Our health care system is a widely discussed and debated issue regarding the American economy. The healthcare system in the United States is not public, meaning the state does not provide free or affordable healthcare services. In Canada, France and Britain, for example, the government funds health care through taxes. The United States, on the other hand, has gone in a different direction and shifted the burden of health care costs onto individual consumers as well as employers and insurers. In July 2006, the issue was transparency: Should the American people know the price of the health services they use and the results obtained by doctors and hospitals? The Wall Street Journal article revealed that "America's hospitals, mostly nonprofits, were charging uninsured patients far higher prices than they were charging their insured patients." Driving their uninsured patients into bankruptcy." (p. B1) The most expensive health care system in the world is America's. I will talk about health insurance in the United States, health care in many countries. other countries, Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill, and my solution to this problem The health care system in the United States is poorly structured. Insurance companies only care about themselves; to save money and not spend it through your application and medical records as if it were a murder investigation, they will try to find any possible loophole in your application so that they don't get it. to pay your medical bill. Health insurance companies have an extremely long list of medical problems you might have for this. They will reject you if the operation is considered experimental,...... middle of paper ......on, which is not about making tons of money, but about helping. people fight their health problems and save lives. This is why we should have a socialized and publicly funded health care system. To ensure everyone receives appropriate medical care, we should no longer turn people away because they don't have insurance. Works Cited Herzlinger, Regina. Who Killed Healthcare? America's $2 Trillion Medical Problem and the Consumer-Driven Cure. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2007. Print. Lucette, Lagnado. “Anatomy of a Hospital Bill,” Wall Street Journal, September 21, 2004, p.B1. Print.Moore, Michael, narr. Sick. Dog Eat Dog Films Weinstein Company, 2007. DVD. Palmer, Donald. “Utilitarianism”, does the Center hold? An introduction to Western philosophy. 5th ed. 264-271. Print.Unknown. “American Medical Association,” The New York Times, June 15, 2009, p.2. Print.