Universal health care

Introduction
What is universal healthcare?
Health care spending
Health care in a global context
Historic debate on universal health cCare
Obamacare and Medicare for all
Public opinion
Pros
- Pro 1: The U.S. already has universal health care for some. The government should expand the system to protect everyone.
- Pro 2: Universal health care would lower costs and prevent medical bankruptcy.
- Pro 3: Universal health care would improve individual and national health outcomes.
Cons
- Con 1: Universal health care would be marred by government inefficiency and ignore the realities of the country and free market.
- Con 2: Universal health care would raise costs for the federal government and taxpayers alike.
- Con 3: Universal health care would increase wait times for basic care and worsen Americans’ ill-health.
Six U.S.-signed treaties and declarations recognizing a right to health care
- World Health Organization Constitution
- International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
- International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights
- Convention on the Rights of the Child
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- World Health Assembly Resolution 58.33
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