Nationalizing Health care

My case will be split into 1)Resolutional Analysis 2)Harms in Status Quo 3)How Nationalized Health care will bring a net-benefit to status quo 4)Closing 1. {-Resolutional Analysis-} [Definitions] National Health Care- Health care for the citizens, administered by the government The US includes all American citizens, exclusive of illegal aliens [Burden] The con must prove that the current status quo is better than any form of nationalized health care to win this debate. Thus you should weigh this debate on a net-beneficial scale. 2. {-Harms in Status Quo-} In the current status quo, there are many problems with the US health care system. They include: 1)47 million Americans lack health insurance. This means that people are forgoing health treatment to avoid the high costs. This puts both an economic and social strain on the US. Economically, it is more expensive as those without health insurance do not go to the doctor as frequently where they could potentially spot the symptoms of a disease before it becomes malignant. Yet without health insurance, a previously easy to cure disease becomes much more expensive to cure later on. Socially, people are less healthy thus decreasing productivity (Rovner in 2008) 2)The US spends the most on health care and has about the same health as Cuba who spends very little on its health care (San Gabriel Valley Tribune in 2008) 3)Employer forced health care is putting a strain on firms. In the current economic status, this is detrimental. (Swartz in 2007) 3. {- How Nationalized Health care will bring a net-benefit to status quo-} Nationalized Health care is inclusive of universal health care as both are run by the government, thus the affirmation side would like to propose a universal health care system on the US. [C. 1] A universal health care system will benefit firms. By making it so firms are not forced to pay health care for the employees, there will be increased capital for the firms to invest. More importantly is the fact that, in the current economic times, putting less strain on the firms is essential for the US to rise out of the recession. [C. 2] A universal health care will increase the overall health of America. Because there is health care for everyone, people are more likely to go to the doctor. Thus increasing the health. [C. 3] A universal health care system will decrease operational costs. The problem in the current system is that doctors have to negotiate with health care firms to get their payment. When the government controls, it makes it much more efficient, thus less operational costs. [C. 4] A universal health care system will help the economy of the US. For one, as I have already stated, it will help firms. Also, because it reduces operational costs, it also benefits doctors financially. But most importantly is the fact that because everyone is covered, the families do not have to dish out thousands of dollars per year to pay for health insurance. While my opponent may argue that the costs will come in the form of increased taxes, the tax increase is actually less than the original costs in paying for insurance. The reason is that insurance companies force an incredibly large sum of money for health insurance, yet the government is focused more on benefiting the people as opposed to benefiting the treasury, thus the tax increases are going to be enough to cover potential medical costs and no more. Thus on a net, there will be an economic benefit. [C. 5]- Empirical Assessment Japan, Canada, and France all have universal health care systems. Statistically, all these countries have a lower per capita health cost and the people are healthier than the US. Thus empirically a nationalized health care system is better than the current US health care system. 4. {-Closing-} I have warranted why a nationalized health care system is better than the current US system. I have empirically shown you three examples where nationalized health care is much better than the US system. And holistically, I have shown you why a nationalized health care system is net-beneficially better than the current status quo.