Hayworth, Nan. "Should the Federal Government Be the One to 'fix' Health Care?" Ebscohost. Westchester County Business Journal, 19 Oct. 2009. Web. 3 Mar. 2015. <http://web.a.ebscohost.com.proxy.mul.missouri.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=f03bb64a-9a87-4dea-a347-8b5bd4f2c8bb@sessionmgr4003&vid=38&hid=4204>.
This article helped kind of redirect my thinking compared to my first source. The article talks about how the system can't be broken if there isn't a system to begin with. It refers to the health care system as a "network of shareholders" listing off the different components of the network. They went on to hold surveys asking if people thought that the government should provide healthcare, it was widely agreed upon that the government should provide a basic plan of health for its citizens. The article goes on to say that in due time the government will soon provide a "public insurance 'option'." The presence of this option could bring on many downfalls to the healthcare system. Since the government has the power of taxation they could make the costs of the option very high and the quality of the healthcare could indeed show no improvement at all. Since the government would have ultimate control over the public health option, ultimately business care packages or individual owners of packages could ultimately vanish all together. Those are just two examples as to what could happen if the government overtook all control of healthcare. If anything this article has only strengthened my opinion on the matter.
My opinion on the subject of the government providing healthcare for all of its citizens is that they should not! The article mentions that the people as a whole agree that the government should provide for a basic plan of care, I would have to say i agree with that point. But, when it comes to the government taking advantage of its citizens and providing us with a basic plan that could in turn cost its citizens the same amount of money that it already does, then what was the point of a "basic care plan"? The article specifically asks if its the governments job to fix the healthcare problem and skyrocketing debt, I do believe that it is their responsibility to find a solution for its citizens and dig their nation out of debt. It also scares me that if they do take the responsibility that they could possibly take advantage of our nation.
These sources don't necessarily oppose each other but they do agree with each other in a weird way. They both propose ways to fix the health care problem. Source one talks more about how the states are starting to come up with their own ways to improve health care and actions that have already been taken. Source two goes on to say how the health care system is there but it is effective in no way and the possibilities that could take place if the government intervened completely with healthcare. I think together these two sources could work well together to give me a good argument on why every person should provide healthcare for themselves, until another source comes a long my thinking has not changed on the matter.
This source has led me to ask a few new questions. I want to know if the government could provide a "basic care plan" that only the people that NEED it can apply for and the people that still want to privately own their insurance can proceed with that. I think the right questions to ask would be if there will be restrictions will be put on the care plan so people can't take advantage of the act. I think the next part of my research will lead to the opposite side of the argument and seeing the views more from the other side so i can see if they make a valid point.
These sources don't necessarily oppose each other but they do agree with each other in a weird way. They both propose ways to fix the health care problem. Source one talks more about how the states are starting to come up with their own ways to improve health care and actions that have already been taken. Source two goes on to say how the health care system is there but it is effective in no way and the possibilities that could take place if the government intervened completely with healthcare. I think together these two sources could work well together to give me a good argument on why every person should provide healthcare for themselves, until another source comes a long my thinking has not changed on the matter.
This source has led me to ask a few new questions. I want to know if the government could provide a "basic care plan" that only the people that NEED it can apply for and the people that still want to privately own their insurance can proceed with that. I think the right questions to ask would be if there will be restrictions will be put on the care plan so people can't take advantage of the act. I think the next part of my research will lead to the opposite side of the argument and seeing the views more from the other side so i can see if they make a valid point.
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