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Resolved: The U.S. government should not require its citizens to have health insurance. In a country where we leave 1/6 of the population without means of health treatment we look to the obvious answer. Required health care is not only overall beneficial to the American Public, but also allows for the system itself to become more efficient. The burden for the affirmative team today will be to simply prove that there is more significant good than harm by requiring health insurance. To lay the grounds for fair debate we would like to lay the following observations.
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Observation 2: Contention 1: Required health care will over all benefit the American public. a) Current Healthcare is limited and doesn’t covers about 1/6 of the population. According to money.cnn.com from the census bureau the number of uninsured Americans in 2011 was 48.6 million people. This startling number is a clear representation of the amount of Americans who are restricted from healthcare due to unemployment or insufficient coverage. We cannot ignore the fact that a large portion of the United States people do not have Health Insurance only adding on to the obligation of the U.S. government. b) Ensures for a more prosperous community. Health Care is just as big of a necessity as plumbing and water services and must be available to allow for a public to function. Procon.org says that not only will it ensure the wellbeing of the public but also aide those who are in financial debt due to health care problems. Required health care also has many benefits aside from direct health issues such as allowing employees to leave their jobs and possibly pursue their own businesses since health care will no longer be an issue. The many benefits of required health care only prove that they are necessary to obtain a healthy and well-kept American public.
Contention 2: Quality of HealthCare will improve. No matter the circumstances of the usage of healthcare, requirements and standards will not allow for the quality of health care to be destroyed. Healthscienceconsortium.org state that in order for health establishments to function they must always meet validated standards incorporated nationally. If health establishments do not meet these nationally
