In the USA, healthcare is provided without cost.

Squires and Chloe assert that the USA is the greatest nation in the world, boasting the biggest economy, strongest military, freedom of expression and religion, and one of the most effective democratic parties. (2). The only western modernized country that does not provide free healthcare to all of its people is the United States. Evidently, the expense of healthcare for uninsured people in the US is prohibitive, and insurance companies are more concerned with maximizing profits than ensuring that insured people receive adequate care. These conditions are unexpectable and incompatible with the United States standards and ideals, and it is time for the American government to offer free health care services to all citizens. In fact, like education and security, health care should be considered to be a fundamental right for all the Americans, not a privilege in the middle and upper-class citizens. Nevertheless, this is a point of argument, where different people and agencies have different views supported with facts concerning the free health care in the US.

The free healthcare system in the United States will ensure that there is improved access to health services. The current system of insurance coverage to cater for the healthcare services limits the individuals who have no monetary powers to pay for insurance premiums. The middle and high-class citizens have full access to the perfect health care system, but the unemployed and poor people have no access to appropriate medical services (Gulliford and Myfanwy 123). As a result, there are two distinct social classes based on medical care access, where some people acquire the first-class services and treatment, while others rely on cheap to no medical treatments. If the United States implement a law that supports free access to medical services, all the health care facilities and providers will be up to standard, providing decent and acceptable health care services to all citizens (Byrd and Linda 567).

Another benefit associated with free health care system is that it preserves life as it ensures free treatment to the entire citizens despite their financial status. Apparently, the life of a human being is sacred and incomparable with any amount of money. It is unethical for an individual to die due to lack of finance. As stated by Obama, the United States is known to have the most skilled doctors and healthcare facilities in the world (526). Ironically, the two third of the Americans have no access to health insurance cover, meaning, they cannot afford to get the health services from the best doctors and the best facilities in the country. To protect life and to avoid unnecessary deaths of the innocent citizens, free access to medical services should be a distinct system to be employed in the United States of America.

Also, free healthcare will promote equality to all citizens by decreasing the number of economically challenged individuals in the society. Apparently, poor health care status relates to financial problems. Most of the world governments advocate for equal treatment of all citizens, fair distribution of resources, and bridging the gap between the poor and the rich (Gulliford and Myfanwy 37). The health care industry directly or indirectly affects every living individual in the US in one way or another. For instance, the poor citizens who are uninsured get excluded from accessing proper health services, or they end up being charged more for medication, which makes them stay weak and be economically unproductive (Gulliford and Myfanwy 39). As a result, they turn out to be a burden to their relatives and friends, which makes their living standards worse. In fact, free health service is one of the practical ways of reducing poverty in the US as it lowers the debts of the nation, making the citizens economically active.

On the other hand, one of the common arguments used against free health care in the USA is that it is expensive, and it will cost a lot of money. Universal healthcare service would increase the tax liability to the US taxpayers; however, it is significant for the government together with its citizens to examine how much money the free health system will cost, and more significantly, elaborate how much money is too much (Squires and Chloe 7). Apparently, as affirmed by Squires and Chloe the citizens with health insurance coverage already pay a significant amount of money, while those who are uninsured get charged with unreasonable charges to acquire decent medical services (7). At the moment, the cost of the current premiums for insurance versus the cost of publicly funded medical care is unclear. One reason why the ongoing health insurance coverage is ineffective is that there remain individuals whose aim is to make profits out of the situation (patchwork system of for-profit players) including the directors and the CEO of the insurance firms, who take the vast administrative cost of almost 30% of health expenditure.

Another argument against the free health care system in the US is that other comparative health care systems, such as those of France, England, or Canada are rife with problems and even bankruptcy (Squires and Chloe 8). The opponents of the program claim that those nations that have implemented the program frequently wait in long queues for health care services. Apparently, some truth lies to those claims; however, it is essential for the American government and the people at large to remember and put those small unjustified claims in context with the problems and adverse implications resulting from the current health insurance coverage system. People may take longer in the lines as they wait for doctors to address them, but also in the present US system, people still schedule appointments for weeks in advance to have a consultation with the doctors, which is not anyway different from waiting in the waiting room (Squires and Chloe 10).

In conclusion, I strongly support the adoption of the free health care system in the US as its benefits out do the demerits. The reason being, the program will play a significant role in ensuring improved access to medical care services and ensure all the citizens of America have equal access to health care, as it reduces the medical costs. Furthermore, it will preserve life, which is sacred and it is the responsibility of every government to protect the lives of their citizens. Finally, it will maintain an economy with active citizens who do not give financial burden to the state and the other stakeholders. Therefore, the US government should amend the primary health care law to implement an Act that supports free health care access to all the citizens irrespective of their financial status.

Works Cited

Byrd, W. Michael, and Linda A. Clayton. An American health dilemma: Race, medicine, and health care in the United States 1900-2000. Vol. 2. Routledge, 2015.

Gulliford, Martin, and Myfanwy Morgan, eds. Access to health care. Routledge, 2013.

Obama, Barack. “United States health care reform: progress to date and next steps.” Jama 316.5 (2016): 525-532.

Squires, David, and Chloe Anderson. “US health care from a global perspective: spending, use of services, prices, and health in 13 countries.” The Commonwealth Fund 15 (2015): 1-16.