Essay About Health Care And Advantage Of The Current System

My Current Views on Health Care in the United States
My Current Views on Health Care in the United States
Health care in the United States and the increasing costs to provide it are of major concern to the
national population. As a consumer is the buyer of health care and the health care provider is the
seller of health care services, we have the choice, in most circumstances, to choose whether or
not to have access to and utilize health care services. “Choice occurs along a continuum from
the purely private individual choices that do not involve anyone else to those that are purely
public that must be made collectively and affect everyone” (Getzen, 2013). Universal health
care is currently being utilized in other nations where every citizen is covered. Governments are
involved here and the health care costs are lower in their nations than in the United States for the
same services.
There are many citizens that take
advantage of the current system but on the other hand there are health care providers and insurers
that take advantage of the citizens. “The Affordable Care Act puts individuals, families and
small business owners in control of their health care. Nothing in this act or anywhere in the bill
forces anyone to change the insurance they have. Americans without insurance coverage will be
able to choose the insurance coverage that works best for them in a new open, competitive
insurance market. It keeps insurance companies honest by setting clear rules that rein in the
worst insurance industry abuses. And it bans insurance companies from denying insurance
coverage because of a person’s pre-existing medical conditions while giving consumers new
power to appeal insurance company decisions that deny doctor ordered treatments covered by
insurance” (The Affordable Care Act, Title I. Quality, Affordable Health Care for All
Americans). There are multiple groups, political parties, and organizations working on getting
The Affordable Health Care Act repealed. The health care system is broken and this is currently
what we have to work with.
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