Introduction
1). Provision of a background assessment of the
healthcare environment, from the perspective of cost, and the net impact on
citizens
2). An evaluation of the moral case for universal
healthcare and a comparison of the issues facing the insured and the uninsured.
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The case of
socio economic disparity between the rich, middle class and the poor or
unemployment.
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The impact of
economic constraints in relation to the millennium healthcare goals.
3). The impact that a non-achievement of universal
healthcare would occasion on citizens and the country.
- Guaranteed
healthcare will improve living standards of the American poor.
- The
government moral obligation to offer healthcare services
4). An evaluation of the gains/benefits versus the
costs of universal healthcare to establish the rationale of its enforcement
·
Some diseases
are expensive to treat for instance, AIDS and Cancer might end up impoverishing
the families who the affected.
5). The Economic Case for Universal Health care
·
The nation is
likely to increase its taxes in a bid to achieve the free healthcare.
·
The government
budget is overstretched and introducing free healthcare would further increase
the government expenditure.
6). The Cultural Case for Universal Healthcare
·
An assessment of
the concept of “American dream” (the promise/desirable level, competence, and
quality of healthcare for citizens)
·
A comparison of
the free healthcare in Canada U.K and Australia
7) Conclusions
Summary of the principal points that constitute
the economic and cultural case for the universality of healthcare
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