Universal Health care is a better system the free market health care

Ok lets get to this. It's worth noting that pretty much every other modern country in the world has one version or another of universal healthcare. So lets compare numbers. Spending: I think my opponent would agree government spending less is good. So lets looking at spending. I'll have a link to a chart which shows spending on healthcare per capita in other modern countries versus america's. This chart lists the healthcare spending per capita of ten countries one of which is the us. Every other country on here has universal health care except america. They all spend much less then us on healthcare. They range from Italy's $3,207 per capita to Switzerland's $6,787 per capita with the OECD average being $3,620 per capita. America in comparison spends $9,024 per capita on healthcare. That means america spends $5,404 per capita more then the national average on healthcare. So other countries with universal health care spend far less then us. So if my opponent agrees the government spending less on healthcare is good then as I have clearly shown a universal healthcare system is the way to go. Satisfaction: I think we can all agree people being happy about their healthcare system is very important. So lets look at that. According to Gallup 44% of Americans say they are very dissatisfied with their healthcare as opposed to only 25% in the UK and 17% in canada. So in places where they have universal healthcare they are more satisfied with their healthcare. Bankruptcy: So this is about people going bankrupt due to medical bills. In countries with universal healthcare people don't pay anything for medical treatment so it's safe to say medical bankruptcy in other countries doesn't happen. In america about 1.7 Million people a year go bankrupt due to medical bills. I would ask my opponent if he supports 1.7 million people having their lives destroyed through no fault of their own just because they got sick. Deaths: So what could be worse then going bankrupt. Dying due to lack of health insurance is up there. In other countries this number is once again zero. However according to a Harvard study 45,000 people die every year because they lack health insurance. This should be considered unacceptable that we let people die just because they can't afford care. In review: So as we have seen universal health care system have many benefits. It costs less per capita then a free market system, people are more satisfied with it, and they don't go bankrupt or die because of a lack of coverage. Questions for my opponent: So some questions i'd like my opponent to answer. 1. Do you want government to spend less on healthcare. If so then as I showed universal health care is simply cheaper. 2. Do you want people to be satisfied with there healthcare coverage? If so then as I showed a universal health care system is simply better. 3. The most important question do you think we as a society should let people who can't afford care die in the streets for the crime of just being to poor to afford care? This doesn't happen in other countries. If you get sick you get help. In america if you get sick and are poor then you are out of luck. Do you think it's ok for a society to let 45,000 people a year die when they could be helped? Sources: http://www.pgpf.org... (Healthcare spending chart) http://www.gallup.com... (Healthcare satisfation article) http://www.cnbc.com... (Healthcare bankruptcy) http://news.harvard.edu... (Harvard study on healthcare deaths)