Should The U.S Government Provide Healthcare?

Thesis Statement

The main purpose of this thesis is to make an argument on the issue that should United States government provide health care?

Discussion

United States devotes a high proportion of their national wealth to health care. Estimates for 1990 indicate that USA has spent more than 9 percent which is 100 of its gross domestic product (GDP) or $ 60 billion for health care. While the U.S. spent 660 billion or 12 percent which is100 of their GDP to health care. The health care system in U.S.is characterized by strong government intervention. Health expenditures in 1990 have been paid to 72 percent which is 100 by the federal and provincial or local governments. Americans do not pay out of pocket that services are not covered by the insurance plan of their province, which is 21 percent and 100 of the total bill. For its part, the health system in the United States relies mainly on the private sector; U.S. citizens and private insurance companies paid more than half of health care spending, while the central government, State and local governments accounted for 43 percent which is 100 thereof.

Government intervention in health care is a source of controversy, the opposing camps by both argued a strong case for or against it (Acorn, 12). In U.S., healthcare is considered a public service that should not be subject to market forces or the price mechanism and profit. The Americans prefer that government assistance should be reserved for those in need and that the private sector takes the lion's share of the market. They maintain that the market dynamics, which are the engine of classical economics, helps contain costs and provide efficient quality services through competition.

According to a recent research survey about health care quality in United States, people have voted that the health care of United States is very good and mostly people said that they consider them as a healthy citizen. When they are asked about the reason behind this, they said that it is because of the health care quality which is provided in United States (Kleinke, 45). According to people the Universal Healthcare quality system is closely linked with the citizens of the nation. In United States, health of people is taken very seriously. Since almost 50 years, so many efforts have been made in order to provide the good health care quality. In order to make developments in the health care industry, recent guidelines have been published by United States Health Act.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2007, approximately 4.6 of every 100 employees experienced a workplace-related injury or illness—the lowest reported job injury rate since 1973. The federal agency responsible for setting workplace safety standards, conducting workplace inspections, and imposing employer fines is the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). OSHA is housed in the Department of Labor, with the secretary of labor having the primary accountability for the agency. OSHA has more than 2,000 employees, including 1,100 people who served as ...