Sunday, May 8, 2011

What People Are Voicing Out - Reforms On Health Care

By Raul J. Mara


These days, the whole issue of health care and talks of a reform exercise is gathering pace in the USA.

Some of these debates cross from the party's borders and are now hot on the tongues of the public because it affects them directly. Their keenest interest has been to do with what public health options should be put forward if there is to be genuine reform that benefits millions of Americans. There still are many things that need remodeling if they are to present better standards for the masses.

For those who are for the idea of reforms, their argument is that it will see the costs of health insurance come down slowly and therefore more accessible to the masses. A great percentage of Americans do not have health care insurance agreements just because it is costly for them to achieve.

Poor families are finding it difficult to cope with the demands of private healthcare alternatives. In a sense, this is why they would be more interested in public health options. It guarantees them cheaper access.

Those who are against the idea have the argument that if many people go onto the government program, the private corporations will have to take the bullet. They will collapse if this sort of thing happens.

When there is a government operated corporation that is competes with the private ones, the benefits will come as the private companies will have to lower rates to keep in business. If they do not lower the prices, they will simply go out of business.

In other perspectives, private sector players are not expected to take the competition sitting down. To stay in the game, if they will not react by lowering prices, they will collapse and leave only public sector insurance monopoly.

With this, we can see that if the government starts operations in that sector, it will not only affect the industry but it will rattle the whole economy. It is an unfair practice in disguise in case it comes to fruition.




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