Capitalism vs Social Democracy

C1: America's Healthcare System 1. America spends the most on healthcare, yet acquires the least benefits required to create a stable system: The US spends more money than the top ten biggest spenders on healthcare combined. Japan, China, France, UK, and Germany, Canada, and Brazil all outrank America when it comes to the aspects of health and mortality rates. 30 cents of every dollar spent on medical care in America is wasted, which amounts to $750 billion annually. That is the same amount the Department of Defense estimates we spent on the ENTIRE Iraq War! This $750 billion of waste is made up of inefficient delivery of care and excessive administrative costs, unnecessary , inflated prices, prevention failures, and outright fraud. The largest defrauder of the federal government is the pharmaceutical industry.Thirty-five percent of Americans have difficulty paying their medical bills, and nearly two-thirds of all bankruptcies are linked to inability to pay medical bills due to being uninsured or underinsured. Medical impoverishment is nearly unheard of in wealthy nations, other than the US, because all have some form of national health insurance. 2. Most Americans do not have access to a primary care provider: There are 0.5 physicians per 1,000 people in teh US, but in every other modern nations' physician rate is 1.23. The consequences of such recklessness leads to surgeons not having adequete information on what blood type their patient is, and other essential information which would be crucial to the survival of a patient. 3. Fewer Americans recieve healthcare: Americans do have shorter waits for non-elective surgeries, compared with other developed nations. Only four percent of us wait more than six months, which is considerably less than the Canadians (14 percent) or Britons (15 percent). However, when you consider how many Americans lack access to any health care at all, the wait-time advantage disappears. Nearly one-third of Americans are uninsured or underinsured. Twenty-five percent do not visit a doctor when they're sick, due to the cost. Twenty-three percent can't fill their prescriptions. This is far worse in America than in any of the other countries surveyed. In Canada, only five percent skipped care, and in the UK only three percent. 4. Physicians are paid less for the qualiy of care they bestow on patients:Most other countries reward physicians for good care with financial incentives. For example, in the UK, 95 percent of physicians are paid, at least in part, according to the quality of care they deliver. In Australia, it's 72 percent. The US scores lower than anyone else, at 30 percent. C2: Single Payer Healthcare System A single payer healthcare systems replace private insurance with public insurance. Instead of individuals having to directly pay private insurers, the public sector will assure an adequete system for doctors. A single payer healthcare sytem still allows the capablility of doctors and hospitals to be private, but hospitals and practices will recieve payment from public insurances rather than private insurances. One can see the benefits of such a system by attaining results from every other modern nation that has already implemented this system. 1. Cost-efficiency: America allocates 8,600 dollars per patient. Switzerland allocates 6,700 dollars per patient. Denmark allocates 6,700 dollars per patient. Canada allocates 6,700 dollars per patient. UK allocates 3,500 dollars per patient. Germany allocates 3,500 dollars per patient. Spain allocates 3,500 dollars per patient. France allocates 3,500 dollars per patient. Italy allocates 3,500 dollars per patient. Japan allocates 3,500 dollars per patient. The numbers make the claim for themselves. The federal government is effectivly depleting money by not implementing a single payer healthcare system. 2. Access to healthcare has been dettered by capitalistic greed:The average American spends 1,400 dollars on an MRI scan. The average European spends only 200 dollars on an MRI scan. 3. Rankings: World Health Organization ranked all country health care systems by their access, quality, and costs. 1. France 2. Italy 3. San Marino 4. Andorra 5. Malta 6. Singapore 7. Spain 8. Oman 9. Austria 10. Japan The majority of the countries listed above are practitioners of a single payer healthcare system. Yet, the wealthiest country in the world with a GDP of 17.43 trillion dollars was ranked at 37th below Costa Rica and the Dominica. Our absurd system must not be held with impunity. 4. Implementation: American Health Security Act: Establishes the American Health Security Standards Board to: (1) develop policies, procedures, guidelines and requirements to carry out this Act; (2) establish uniform reporting requirements and quality performance standards; (3) provide for an American Health Security Advisory Council and an Advisory Committee on Health Professional Education; and (4) establish a national health security budget specifying the total federal and state expenditures to be made for covered health care services. Establishes the American Health Security Quality Council to: (1) review and evaluate practice guidelines, standards of quality, performance measures, and medical review criteria; and (2) develop minimum competence criteria. Establishes the Office of Primary Care and Prevention Research within the Office of the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Creates the American Health Security Trust Fund and appropriates to it specified tax liabilities and current health program receipts, including premium assistance credit amounts under PPACA. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose on individuals: (1) a health care income tax, and (2) an income tax surcharge on amounts of modified adjusted gross income exceeding $1 million. Imposes an excise tax on securities transactions and allows an income tax credit for such taxes. Universal college is an investment in the 2/3s of our youth that require financial aid. In our era, college experience is a necessity in order to progress in life. We are living in the era where students who are not financially secure that want to pursue the American dream are deterred by student loans. The United States of America is the wealthiest country in the world. The Federal Government has a GDP of 17.43 trillion dollars. America's assets are the equivalent of 223 trillion dollars. The Federal Government spends 800 billion dollars to create the most powerful military in the history of mankind. Yet, almost every modern western nation provides universal college for all. Our country has always been capable of providing free college due to our excess in wealth. Instead of bestowing money to countries with a significant amount of human abuses; we should bestow our citizens with proper education to better equip them for the future. This case will go over the exact plan for community colleges, how it will receive funding, and the advantages our civilization is capable of accessing if the implementation were ever to occur. C1: Plan 1. Make Tuition Free at Public Colleges This is not a reckless decision. Many countries have already implemented this step. 39% of young people are expected to graduate college. All European countries have above 80% of young people graduating college. 2. Put an end to the federal government acquiring profit off of student loans Over the next decade, it has been estimated that the federal government will make a profit of over $110 billion on student loan programs. The implications of such an absurd action by our government is a long term waste of ambitious young people who could benefit America with their more competent skills rather than manual physical labor. 3. Allow Students to participate in work study programs This is a necessity for those that want to acquire proper experience. 4. Cease acceptance of students below the GPA of 2.8 to 3.0 range. In order for this program to be beneficial, than GPA caps must be put in place to insure this program is not a depletion of money. 5. This program will be funded by imposing a tax on Wall Street speculators. The cost of this $75 billion a year plan is fully paid for by imposing a tax of a fraction of a percent on Wall Street speculators who nearly destroyed the economy seven years ago. More than 1,000 economists have endorsed a tax on Wall Street speculation and today some 40 countries throughout the world have imposed a similar tax including Britain, Germany, France, Switzerland, and China. If the taxpayers of this country could bailout Wall Street in 2008, we can make public colleges and universities tuition free and debt free throughout the country. Universal college is an investment in the 2/3s of our youth that require financial aid. In our era, college experience is a necessity in order to progress in life. We are living in the era where students who are not financially secure that want to pursue the American dream are deterred by student loans. The United States of America is the wealthiest country in the world. The Federal Government has a GDP of 17.43 trillion dollars. America's assets are the equivalent of 223 trillion dollars. The Federal Government spends 800 billion dollars to create the most powerful military in the history of mankind. Yet, almost every modern western nation provides universal college for all. Our country has always been capable of providing free college due to our excess in wealth. Instead of bestowing money to countries with a significant amount of human abuses; we should bestow our citizens with proper education to better equip them for the future. This case will go over the exact plan for community colleges, how it will receive funding, and the advantages our civilization is capable of accessing if the implementation were ever to occur. Additional information and sources will be placed in the comment section due to the lack of characters