Social And Political Issue in The USA. Gabriela Perez

Gabriela Perez
Health Care Factor in the United States


In my opinion one of the biggest factors in the United States and the Government is The Health Care reform. The health care reform means that everybody has a right to have free health care. Many people would be in agreement that this is very beneficial and would help everybody in America have health care. The debate over healthcare reform in the United States centers on questions of a right to health care, access, fairness, sustainability, and quality purchased by the high sums. The private health care system in the United States is the most expensive in the world, with health care costing more per person than in any other nation, and a greater portion of gross domestic product is spent on it than in any other place.
The United States is the only wealthy, industrialized nation that does not have a universal health care system. There are at least 47 million uninsured people, and nine million reside in households whose income totals greater than $75,000. In addition many or most of those with insurance are not sufficiently insured, with high-deductible policies, policies that do have limits on what they will pay for or policies that cost a significant percentage of their income. A fundamental problem in evaluating reform proposals is the difficulty of estimating their cost and potential impact. In an effort to cut drug costs and potential drug-related toxicities, medical doctors have been instructed by the FDA only to prescribe those medications which are "absolutely indicated" in the management of patient's illnesses. The empirical data and theory underlying cost estimates in this area are limited and subject to debate, increasing the variation between estimates and limiting their accuracy.
Another reform hat does not benefit insurance companies or the private health care industry is the power of insurance company and health care industry lobbyists in the United States.