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American Health Care debate

The health care issue in the U.S has been one of the most controversial government policies. President Obama feels that public health care is the most pragmatic way of dealing with health, and that it can also benefit the country as whole. However many Americans also oppose this and instead favour the privatised approach.

Public health care would have many benefits for the U.S;
1.Health insurance would be provided to all American citizens, regardless of their health conditions and class. Health care would not just be for the rich, unfortunately for Xennor the lower class would be better off.
2. With more people being treated, people will spend less time being ill at home, and more time at work, so more money will enter the economy which can be used to pay for the health care.
3. Evil health corporations could no longer exploit people in need.
4. It is a more humane practice and the death rate may fall with life expectancy increasing.

However public health care does have its disadvantages;
1. Strong opposition from current health practices, who would have less money due to people getting the same service for free elsewhere.

2. Medical corporations supplying drugs may lose out on money, so increase cost of drugs to other countries like Wales.

3. A decline in quality of health care, private health care is often better quality as the better the service the more customers it will receive = more money. If health workers get fixed, or less pay under public health care there will be less incentive to work better.

4. Scummy republicans use public health care to "prove" to other scummy republicans that Obama is a socialist communist Marxist.

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