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Essay / The Pros and Cons of Free Health Care - 1209
Americans are fed up with the health care system. They're done with exorbitant costs, co-pays, late fees and, after all that, lack of coverage. Like a child who failed a test, America looks to its neighbors for answers. Canada has a free healthcare system and we believe the grass is greener on the other side. Many politicians have used this advantage to get people to rally around them. But people need to see the big picture. Free health care does the opposite of what was proposed; Free health care actually costs more because taxes and hospital visits increase, the quality of health care and the number of health professionals decrease. In 1971, the Department of Health and Human Services would not have to pay fees directly to the provider, and you could make as many visits as you want to ensure your health. You can go there whenever you have the slightest problem. Additionally, research from the RAND Corporation states: "The poorest and sickest 6 percent of the sample at the start of the experiment performed better on the free plan for 4 of the 30 conditions measured." Specifically... hypertension... Vision... Dental care... [and] serious symptoms were less common among poorer people on the free plan. And all rich and poor people get the same health care. But, according to the Forbes website: people benefiting from a free health system pay 60% more than those benefiting from a cost-sharing system, as is the case today in the United States. Forbes also stated in its article on the subject: “Not only was the free care plan much more expensive than the cost-sharing plan (by 60%), but it also generated much more waste: 31% versus only 4% in the past. most cost-effective cost-sharing plan. The Forbes website got this information from the RAND experiment. Data recorded by the RAND experiment indicate that the total costs incurred by those receiving free care were $4,372 in additional taxes and those receiving the cost-sharing plan paid only $2,727. And the copay was $915. This means that for free care you have to pay $730 more per month than if you had to pay with the cost-sharing system. And if we moved to free health care, the federal government would have to raise taxes to pay doctors, businesses, and hospitals that no longer earn revenue from their patients. but since most hospitals are private, they are expected to close due to lack of government revenue. The government should therefore provide hospitals and rehire doctors from their bankrupt employers. By then, the government would have to raise taxes and the quality of supplies would decline, because the government could not afford high-quality supplies without raising taxes to offset the costs. Doctors should be paid less because they are paid by the government which barely has enough money to pay for new hospitals and supplies, the same government which does not even have enough money not to go into debt without the free health system. If you look at the life of a surgeon, for example, with the cost-sharing system, they are paid very well, about $100 an hour, because they have a very high-risk job, one bad move or one Bad decision could cost someone dearly. s life and perhaps their work. Furthermore, they