urned away from the shelter because your condition was to serious to risk infecting others. (From The Homeless Grapevine.) Transition. (Now that we know why our current health care system fails, lets look at how universal health care is would provide the best care)II. Universal Health Care would provide cost effective access to medical treatment for all Americans. A. Universal Health Care reduces overall cost of health insurance 1. Universal health care does not spend health care dollars for non-health items, such as marketing costs, prior authorization teams, billing clerks and investor profits. 2. Savings from reducing the administrative costs of our present system are adequate to cover the currently uninsured and underinsured. The World Health Organization reported that in 1995 the United States spent almost $3000 dollars per person on health care. Canada spent half that amount. 3. In Universal health care Doctors and hospitals, as well as pharmaceutical and medical device companies must negotiate their fees and charges with the government agency in charge of financing the plan. This especially lowers the cost of prescription drugs. B. Universal health care benefits all people equally. 1. There would no longer be the threat of financial ruin associated with a long-term illness that exceeds the lifetime payment of your plan. 2. If you change jobs, you don't need to consider whether health benefits are included 3. Even if you stay healthy, you can benefit by having a nearly unlimited choice of doctors, ...
