The American Health Care system has prided itself on providing high quality services to the citizens who normally cannot afford them. This system has been in place for years and until now it did a fairly decent job. The problem today is money; the cost of hospital services and doctor fees are rising faster than ever before. The government has been trying to come up with anew plan these past few years even though there has been strong opposition against a new HealthCare system. There are many reasons why it should be changed and there are many reasons why it shouldn’t be changed (Barnett, 1999).
The main thing that both sides head towards is money. Both sides want to save money just in different ways. The movement for changing the Health Care system believes that there is a need for change because of the problems that the system faces today cannot be handled. Every month, 2 million Americans lose their insurance. One out of four, 63 million Americans, will lose their health insurance coverage for some period during the next two years (MacStravic, 1999). 37 million Americans have no insurance and another 22 million have inadequate coverage. Losing or changing a job often means losing insurance. Becoming ill or living with a chronic medical condition can mean losing insurance coverage or not being able to obtain it. Long-term care coverage is inadequate. Many elderly and disabled Americans enter nursing homes and other institutions when they would prefer to remain at home. Families exhaust their savings trying to provide for disabled relatives (Bloche, 1998).
Heads in the healthcare industry have been spinning recently with multiple last minute regulations issued by the outgoing Clinton administration, followed by the delay of some by the Bush administration through executive action, and subsequent delay of....
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