The health of the nation is the social issue. The statistics reflecting the state of the people’s health within the country can be discussed as the mirror to reflect the social welfare. Furthermore, in theory, all the citizens have the right to receive the necessary help including the medical help because they have the right to life.
In practice, Americans can face a lot of threats for their health and life because of the impossibility to receive the necessary medical help in time. Definite rules and principles of the national health care system prevent people from being treated equally.
The problem is in the developed insurance system according to which the citizens are divided into those people who can receive the medical help because they have the insurance and those ones who cannot afford the insurance because of their social status and income.
Thus, the Government should provide the health care for all the citizens in order to overcome the social inequality and because the current accents on medical insurance in the health care system emphasize the social division, affect the Americans’ health and welfare negatively, and contribute to changes in the rates of birth and mortality within the nation.
Proclaiming the ideas of democracy and equality, the Government does not refer to the situation that Americans are unequal in their right to receive the necessary medical help because many Americans are unemployed, and they cannot afford the medical insurance.
The current situation in the US health care system supports the idea that only employed and rather prosperous people have the right to be healthy because of the opportunity to have the insurance (Shi and Singh 191).
The Government should provide the health care in order to break the vicious circle when employers reject hiring people without insurance to decrease their costs, and moreover, unemployed people cannot afford any kind of insurance.
The realization of the Government’s programs on supporting the health of the nation is the real issue because the citizens’ health and welfare cannot become better without providing the necessary medical help.
Thus, the Government should guarantee that all the citizens can receive the insurance and an opportunity to be treated in hospital and improve the state of health.
Today, many Americans have no opportunities to afford insurance and receive the necessary medical treatment in spite of the fact that the Government concentrates on increasing the quality of the US health care system (Shi and Singh 62-63).
That is why, the health care system should be funded at the federal level and orient to the Government’s support.
The rates of birth and mortality in the USA are in a constant change. The Government’s task is to guarantee the positive changes in rates and to contribute to increasing the rate of birth with decreasing the rate of mortality.
The current situation is rather opposite. Many people who have low social statuses and have no insurance suffer from different diseases which can lead to their death (Shi and Singh 12).
Being deprived of the chance to be treated in hospital without insurance, these people do not receive the necessary medical care. The problem can be solved with references to the health care provided by the Government.
All the Americans in spite of their social status and income should have the right to receive the high-quality medical care based on the usage of the innovative technologies.
Today, the effective medical treatment is a privilege of only wealthy Americans. That is why, the Government should create conditions for providing the necessary health care for all the social categories without references to their employment or income.
Works Cited
Shi, Leiyu, and Douglas Singh. Delivering Health Care in America: A Systems Approach. USA: Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2011. Print.