Health Care My Ass!

      Within the United States, health care has never been a field of concern. Most people viewed it as a luxury, however, in reality and my opinion it is more of a necessity. The United States is still one of the few countries that oppose a national health care system. It has been criticized, making it seem like the start of a communist government. Medical care in the US is very expensive and most people can’t afford it. Then again, health care companies aren’t there to primarily help the people, but to make money. Your heath is being used as a business how does a feel?

      In Britain health care is provided by the government, they pay for all needed medical attention that people require no matter who or what it is. Although this universal health care is not free, it is paid for by the people through taxes. Also since that care is free you can imagine how slow the service must be. Some would think that it wouldn’t be fair for the people who pay more taxes to help the people who pay less taxes or non at all. However, to the people who live in a national health care system the peace of mind is greater then the “unfairness”. The thought that their neighbors will pay for some of their medical treatment when they reach a point when they can’t help themselves is a great feeling. In Brooklyn the idea of your neighbor not shooting you is the best you can hope for!

      In many countries the society is seen as a whole and not as individuals, everyone watches out for everyone else. In the United States everyone relies on themselves, and this is bad because when you can’t watch out for yourselves no one else will. It can also be good because you can’t possibly know exactly whom to trust. There should be a balance; Americans are more concerned about their own comfort then their neighbors. In other words you can say that societies that live for themselves only, favor more greed than assistance.

      Right now the United States has health care provided by multiple entities or private companies. There is a very small amount of governmental control on these private health insurance companies. America health care system makes up about 16% of the entire economy. In other words the “health care” in the United States can be classified as more of a business rather than a service.

     In my opinion, the United States cannot have a national health care system unless the government gets of their thumbs and decide to crack down on these heath care businesses. The US also cant have a national health care system because the government officials do not desire one. They refer to a national health care system as a socialist or communist action. I can bet you if I walked up to a random American and asked them if they were afraid of communism they will say "YES!" Then when I ask them to explain to me what it is they won't be able to tell me shit. The fact that the government doesn't want more governmental regulation causes more health care companies to take advantage of the people. In the end, the powerful control the weak. But that was when the Bush administration controlled it all. Lets see how well "Obamas" or the Clinton administration will do.

      It may be seen that the United States doesn’t want to have too much governmental control over the medicine and this causes companies to take control of the people and that is what killed the economy. The more people pay for medicine the less they will spend, this causes the economy to slow down. All the money will be in a few companies’ hands. People can say it’s a communist act but the government is the building while but without people the building is utterly useless.