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All Americans should be entitled to health care

To begin: -In this debate health care shall be defined as a universal government run health care system -I would like to refrain from arguing specifics of health care provisions but I will fully accept arguments on the effectiveness of government health care Resolution: All Americans should be entitled to health care So with this in mind I would like to open my argument: In the status quo, millions of Americans have had and will continue to have serious medical illnesses and will be required to pay vast amounts of medical bills. In the interests of this debate, I will list the reasons to prefer the resolution to the status quo: 1. Many Americans are unable to pay for their health expenses even though not at fault, this creates a situation in which a person's right to live is judged by their income. Governing a person's right to live by income is bad because it advocates that a a person who is very morally just and has contributed greatly to society is worth less than another person who has cheated his way to wealth. My argument is simple, government run health care is better because your state of health is not determined by your financial worth. 2. The privatization of health care is bad because the most successful health care company is the one that makes the most money which means that a person's health isn't held as importantly. 3. Children born to families in lower economic conditions will also suffer from decreased health even though the child has done nothing to deserve that status. 4. Health care costs are unaffordable and bankrupting Americans. In 2007, 62.1% of all US bankruptcies were related to medical expenses and 78% of these bankruptcies were filed by people who had medical insurance(1)(2). (1)http://www.pnhp.org... 5. In order to protect the interests of all Americans, universal health care is the best option to counter epidemics like bird flu. 6. The Preamble of the US Constitution clearly states "to promote the general welfare" of the people.This justification alone is enough to show all Americans should have the right to health care because it "promotes the general welfare." These are all reasons why governmental health care solves best for moral and economic factors. In conclusion, universal health care is a moral imperative to insure that freedom and equality is preserved in the US.