If the United States had universal health care, Billy...
The United States should implement universal health care modeled after the french system.
Thank you for accepting this debate, and good luck. There are several flaws in my opponent's argument, which I will attack in this round. Rebuttal: One flaw is that "Billy" could not afford health insurance and needed free universal health care. Universal health care is not actually "free". The way the government funds universal health care is through taxes. Every worker in France pays about 50% of their paycheck each month into health care. If the United States had universal health care, Billy would not be able to even afford food, and it would be unfair to the U.S. as a whole because every worker would have half as much money, and would also be paying for other people. Secondly, is the idea that he got turned away from the hospital. That would be impossible, as it is illegal for a hospital to refuse emergency medical service due to a lack of insurance or money. Even so, Billy could have received free treatment from a non-profit or government-run hospital.