My Junior Theme focuses on the United States’ Health Care Crisis. As I was reading an article that I found on the CQ Researcher Online, I was stunned to find out that in the year 2007 about 45 million Americans lacked health insurance. Incredible, devastating stories of average Americans being unable to afford their medical care or obtain health insurance are told by Jonathan Cohn in his book Sick. Health insurance was one of the main issues throughout the recent presidential campaign and it has been a problem throughout history. My question is: Why don’t Americans have universal health care? And, why is health care treated as a privilege, not a right?
Do you think it is the right of every American citizen to have health care? Should health care be provided by employers or the government?
1 comment:
Remember to check out the radio work of Quentin Young. Also look into the Tribune columns of Dr. Franklin. ( I forget his first name). He's the former head of Cook County Hospital and lives in Wilmette. Either of these docs. would be great interview subjects.
Post a Comment