The U.S Government should provide free healthcare to its citizens "Outline"

 

 Outline

• Introduction

Over the past few decades, America has experienced skyrocketing costs of healthcare. Health insurance premiums have continued to increase on average by double-digit points in the past five years alone; this rate of increase is three times the rate of inflation. Following such out-of-control costs of healthcare, there has been a steep increase in the number of uninsured US citizens. Apparently, it is estimated that fifty million Americans lack any form of healthcare insurance and million more remain uninsured; they have insurance but do not have sufficient financial security from healthcare costs. Even though this issue was initially limited to low income Americans, more middle class Americans are now directly affected by the issue. In the wake of increasing costs of healthcare, fewer employers are willing or have the ability to offer their employees with health insurance. Therefore, the percentage of employers providing health insurance has dropped significantly from 70% in 2005 to 60% in 2012. Even if business owners are able to offer health insurance benefits, the trend is towards offering high deductible insurance, which covers an increasingly shrinking portion of healthcare costs.

• Body:

* The Economic Case for Universal Health care.

- An evaluation of the cost of universal healthcare - financial cost at the national level.

- The impact that a non-achievement of universal healthcare would occasion on citizens and the country.

* The Cultural Case for Universal Healthcare.

-A discussion of the American values that relate with and form a foundation for universal healthcare.

• Conclusions

Summary of the principal points that constitute the economic and cultural case for the universality of healthcare.