Universal health care should be implemented in the United States

First, a few direct responses to my opponent. 1. "I want to thank my opponent for posting his argument. My opponent believes that healthcare is a right, and not a service" This is a reversal of what I have said. I believe that healthcare is a service, and not a right. 2. "Basically, he is saying that the right to live is a service, and not a right. " There is a great difference between the right to life and the right to health care. Life-threatening situations will, of course, not be glossed over. This is the right to life. However, no service should be given away for free, or have the potential to be abused by people who contribute nothing to the system. This is the protection of health care as a resource. 3. My opponent brings up evidence of how insurance companies hurt the health care system. I find this evidence superfluous because my proposal essentially merges all health insurances into one organization. 4. Vaccinations are separate from health care because widespread vaccination helps everyone. Also, as vaccinations have almost no potential for abuse, they will be provided for free. 5. The wealthy, if unpleased with medical care, will simply pay for private care or care outside the country. There is no good way to rely on the wealthy to fund healthcare except by allowing them to pay either high monthly payments or high copays. 6. The Canadian system only ranks #30 compared to the U. S. at #37 according to the World health organization . http://www.photius.com... The Canadian system is also very much against third party insurance. The French system, however, ranks at #1 and DOES include a third party option that many take advantage of. . http://www.medicalnewstoday.com... In this manner, it more closely resembles the mechanism of funding that I propose. To clarify my point: In my proposal, all emergency care would be covered, but all out-patient expenses would require a copay that is based on how much we input per month. The majority of prescription drugs today are long-term drugs for high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and obesity-related Type II Diabetes. All of these things are the result of (for the most part) poor lifestyle habits. I don't like the idea of poor, unemployed, undereducated Americans getting expensive prescription medication for free, just because they can't stop stuffing themselves full of food that they steal from the middle class using food stamps. That money will be spent sponsoring nutrition and exercise programs for them instead. The best part about this system is that it is available to everyone, but does not automatically cover everyone. It gives people the freedom they want in matching their finances with their health care. My opponent's concern about the poor is unwarranted because a monthly payment of $30 ($1 a day) should cover enough such that the copay is not too high for poor people to pay. And since they receive food stamps anyway, there should not be a situation in which they must choose between food and medicine. The copay system is also good in making sure that elective procedures and medications are well above and beyond the price which a non-contributor can afford. It is a waste of health care resources and will do nothing but drain money out of the pockets of the Middle class citizens who are holding up the poor. While Universal Health care sounds very nice, and we are lead to believe that it will solve all of our problems, this is simply not the case. All countries adopting Universal Health care are implementing copays that are climbing higher and higher for middle class citizens with greater wait times because Health care resources are being sapped by the poor, who are taking advantage of health care that is free for them. By offering a Capitalistic yet centralized system, we reap all the benefits of Universal health care while greatly decreasing the negative aspects, by locking out bottom-feeders who abuse the system. Understand that my opponent is proposing a system which places idealism over practicality. Life is a right, but health care is a service and a resource that cannot be partitioned out fairly unless it is regulated by cost.