"Universal Healthcare Coverage should not be established in the United States."
Negative Main Contention 5 (MP)
United States Healthcare system is expensive but effective.
Universal Healthcare
Universal Health Care is a system that provides quality medical services to all citizens. The federal government offers it to everyone regardless of their ability to pay.
Negative Main Contention 2 (MP)
Universal Healthcare limits the payouts which doctors receive. Source:
Negative Main Contention 1 (MP)
Universal Healthcare may limit the accuracy of patient care.
Negative Main Contention 4 (MP)
Universal Healthcare will be misused and abused.
Negative Main Contention 3 (MP)
Universal healthcare could lead to government rationing of medical services.
Negative Main Contention 4
With easy access to health care, some people will seek care with conditions that don't require medical attention.
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10 Year Survival Rate 74% 42% 61% 91%
Public Option
A public option is a plan sponsored by the government that individuals may purchase. Private insurance plans would remain and the public option plan would compete with them for customers.
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According to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, 9.4% of Medicaid beneficiaries have had trouble obtaining necessary care due to long wait times, versus 4.2% of people with private health insurance. (GAO 2018) Source:
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America has the best survival rates for colon, rectum, lung, breast, and prostate cancer. This has to do with high GDP-per-capita in the U.S., which provides for expensive cancer treatments. (Pubic Health, 2019)
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Association of American Medical Colleges predicts a shortfall of up to 104,900 doctors by 2030 (AAMC 2019). Doctors come into this profession to save lives and to get paid. Source:
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Canadian provinces spend 40% of their budget on health care. That reduces funding for other programs like education and infrastructure. (CBC 2019)
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Countries with universal health care, including Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, all ration healthcare using methods such as budgeting, price setting, and service restriction
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Country Population France 65,129,728 Canada 37,411,047 United States 329,064,917
Negative Main Contention 2
Doctors have less incentive to provide quality care if they aren't well paid. They might spend less time per patient to keep their costs down. Source:
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Graph of different types of cancer in women and survival rate. (Cancer, 2019)
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Healthcare costs overwhelm government budgets.
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In Canada and the United Kingdom, where there is a universal right to health care, physicians have incomes 15-51% lower than US doctors. (BBC 2018)
single-payer system
In a single-payer system, the government pays all medical bills and sets prices for medical procedures. Canada has a single-payer system.
Negative Main Contention 1
In the United States, only 25% of patients had to wait at least four weeks to see a specialist compared to 59% in Canada, 56% in Norway, and 43% in the United Kingdom - all countries that have some form of a universal right to health care. Source:
Medicare
Medicare is a government program that insures 60 million people, most age 65 and older.
Negative Main Contention 4
Places like France and Canada are able to use Universal Healthcare and ration medical services because the population is not as vast as the United States. (World Population 2019)
socialized medicine
Single-payer is not the same as socialized medicine, where the government owns the hospitals and clinics and employs the staff. Great Britain's National Health Service is an almost fully socialized health system.
Negative Main Contention 4
The government may adopt rationing of medical services as seen in countries like France, Canada among others because of abuse and misuse of Universal Healthcare.
Negative Main Contention 5
Type 5 Year Survival Rate Uterine cancer 29.8% - 82.7% Ovarian cancer 36.5% - 46.5% Cervical cancer 64% - 67.1% Prostate cancer 90% - 98.6%