A Free-Market Solution
The root of our health care crisis is runaway spending. Any attempt by government to extend health insurance in its current form to those without coverage will only make matters worse. High spending makes insurances more expensive, so fewer workers can afford it. People could make deposits into tax-free Medical Savings Accounts(MSAs) to pay for expenses. Affordable insurances would still cover costs of catastrophic illness.
Let Government Provide
Government should act immediately to meet the nation's health care crisis. High-quality health care should be a right, not a privilege. All Americans should have access to government-funded health care. Medicare should be extended to cover every American. Our current system links health care to jobs.
Exploring the Issues
- The Federal Government is the only institution big enough to provide inexpensive, effective health care to all citizens, working or unemployed.
- Employers, who currently must pay rising insurance costs for their workes, could make deposits to employees' MSA accounts instead.
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