Open AccessUS Healthcare: A "Disaster" of a System
Author(s) -
Daphne Myers
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
pitt political review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2160-5807
DOI - 10.5195/ppr.2017.90
Subject(s) - health care , healthcare system , healthcare policy , presidential system , public administration , political science , business , public relations , health policy , law , politics , health care reform
The United States has seen presidential administrations with lofty goals for healthcare policy come and go time and again since its founding, but never an efficient healthcare system. The healthcare debate has been raging in America for years. Should healthcare be universal? Should it be publicly or privately funded, or both? Should all citizens have the right to healthcare? Should all citizens be required by law to have healthcare? The case for universal healthcare seems to be the strongest because it is the most cost-effective way for society to fulfill its humanitarian obligations.