Question

3 pros and 3 cons to free healthcare with explanations for each

Answer 1

ANSWER

Free health care

• Free health care or universal health care is a health care system that provides health care insurance to all citizens
• Countries with free health care programs provide universal access to health citizens.
• They have a single-payer system by which the government pays for the health care services
• The united States has health care as privilege, only available to those who can offer it and health care system based on insurance coverage.

PROS AND CONS OF FREE HEALTH CARE

A) Pros

1. All the members of the country has equal access to health care

• With out discriminating people based on financial conditions, caste, color all the members have equal access to health care
• It provides a support to those who aren’t employed or have other difficulties getting healthcare
• Everyone in the particular social system treats equally
• Improved capabilities of health care lead to better health and higher labor market productivity

2. Improve the public health and awareness about public health

• People will aware about their rights to get basisc health care and rhus improve the quality of life
• It help to increse productivity , decrese illness among the general population

3. Serves as an aid in promoting human rights

• Through the universal health care all the individuals will be able to get equality in term of health care services
• All the members in the social system will be able to get same treatment.

CONS

1.Chances of medical abuse

• Unnecessary medical help seeking of people can result in burdens on the health system.
• They even seek care for conditions which don’t require a visit to the hospital
• All these affects the care those given to the needy people

2.Absence of innovation and competition

• Improved capabilities of health care lead to better health and higher labor market productivity
• If workers bear the incidence of higher health care spending, they have less income to spend on other goods and services .
• Absence of incentive to create better medications or pursue better medical services

3.Increse burden in the government

• since equal free services provides to all citizens, causes an increase in taxes in the system
• THese can results in debts and burden over health care system

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