Rachel Coy 1st period English 1010 Universal Health Care is a Bad Idea Health Care.

It is time-consuming, e pensive, inconvenient, and vital to li!e. "here is no #ay around that. $ome people thin% that i! &merica re!ormed its health care system to a universal system that all o! these pro'lems and inconveniences that go #ith health care #ould (ust go a#ay. "hey are #rong. I #ill argue that re!orming the &merican health care system to a complete universal system #ould 'e a huge mista%e. )a%ing changes and upgrades to the current health care system, ho#ever, could improve the lives o! many &mericans. "he cost o! health care is one o! the 'iggest concerns !or many &mericans. "hey 'elieve that i! the government paid !or everyone*s health care, it #ould save them a lot o! money. +eople are under the impression that a universal, government-regulated and operated health care system #ould come at no cost to them personally, so it #ould 'e !ree. "his misconception is (ust that, a misconception. ,-overnment inter!erence in medicine has caused incalcula'le harm to 'oth patients and doctors, and driven up the cost o! health care. /0inser and Hsieh 11. Health care costs are rising and the government is only ma%ing it #orse. "hese government o!!icials are not educated in health care and should have no right to tell patients #hat health care they do or do not need. "he government doesn*t %no# ho# much medical care patients need. "hat is #hy #e have medical pro!essionals and health insurance companies that %no# #hat they are doing to decide #hat proper medical treatment is !or each, individual patient. 23'amacare #ill sharply increase insurance costs...!orcing everyone into comprehensive insurance coverage speci!ied 'y

the government...4ree mandatory 'ene!its raise health insurance costs2 /4errera 51. Health insurance costs are e pensive enough as it is. "he government6s involvement in health care and health insurance #ill only #orsen the pro'lem. ,&nd health insurance, as reported 'y U$& "oday, is 'ecoming increasingly una!!orda'le !or many employers and #or%ing people.. Health insurance is e pensive currently7 universal health care #ill only increase these costs. "his evidence sho#s that Universal health care is not a good move !or the country 'ecause it #ill increase the amount o! money &mericans #ill pay !or health care and insurance. "he e!!iciency o! the health care system is slo# and tedious currently. & universal system #ould ma%e it even #orse. ,+hysician shortages and long #aiting times #ere o! greatest concern to sic%er adults in &ustralia, Canada and 8e# 0ealand. /9ingson and Cornman1. "his evidence #as !ound in a comparison study o! the universal health care systems o! di!!erent countries around the #orld. "he su'(ects o! these studies #ere not satis!ied #ith the e!!iciency o! their health care systems. :hile every country is very di!!erent and nothing is certain, #e can6t help 'ut 'e concerned that the same things could go #rong in a universal &merican system that #ent #rong in the universal systems o! &ustralia, Canada and 8e# 0ealand. "he availa'ility o! medical resources and health care services is another pro'lem that #ould arise in a universal health care system. &mericans are #orried that they #on6t get as much health care as they need under this legislation. 2$everal provisions o! 3'amacare give insurers, doctors, and hospitals incentives to deny and ration health care to patients2 /4errera 51. "his evidence con!irms that health care #ill 'e denied and rationed. Health care should 'e availa'le to all &mericans. ,;ou #ill lose your health care under this legislation2 /4errera 11. ;ou #on6t 'e guaranteed health care under the 3'amacare legislation.

In conclusion, a universal health care system in &merica #ould 'e a 'ad idea. Costs #ould go up and availa'ility and e!!iciency #ould go do#n. "he <uality o! the actual health care #ould decrease as #ell. ,Contrary to claims that government-imposed =universal health care6 #ould solve &mericas6 health care pro'lems, it #ould in !act destroy &merican medicine and countless lives along #ith it. /0inser and Hsieh 51. & universal system #ould 'e 'ad !or every &merican citi>en, especially !or all o! the employees in the medical !ield and health insurance industry. $ure, the current health care system could use some improvements, 'ut a s#itch to universal health care is not the #ay to go a'out it.

,Health care costs, as reported 'y the 8e# ;or% "imes, are rising t#ice as !ast as in!lation. /0inser and Hsieh 11. "he government should not have that much po#er. "he right to a !ree mar%et is one o! the principles that this country #as 'uilt on, !orcing everyone onto 3'amacare #ould 'e unconstitutional. ,"he mar%et can and does 'ring do#n health care costs #hile improving services #hen allo#ed to operate #ithout government inter!erence. /0inser and Hsieh ?1. :e shouldn6t allo# the government to inter!ere in our health care, not no#, not ever. I! #e let health care 'e a !ree mar%et, competition #ill %eep prices lo#, and <uality high.

,Each year doctors are #or%ing harder and harder 'ut ma%ing less money, resulting in a ,critical level. o! stress and 'urnout. /0inser and Hsieh 11.

,-overnment inter!erence in medicine has@driven up the cost o! health care. /0inser and Hsieh 11.