Americans Should Be Entitled to Universal Healthcare

Being one of the richest and more technically advanced countries on this earth, I believe that not one person should be denied healthcare because they can't afford it or their insurance won't cover it. As stated in the Declaration of Independence everyone has unalienable rights, stating that they have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. If that's the case then shouldn't it be our home countries duty to provide universal health care because we have the right to "life"?

According to the US Census Bureau in 2012, 47.9 million people didn't have health insurance. Not having health insurance is a burden to many families. They have to hold back from getting the proper care they deserve, because they can't afford it. In result to this, we have the third highest rates of infant mortality compared to other nations. Infants that could have survived, but didn't because lack of coverage. Deprived from their right to "life".

It is recorded in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) of 2012, other countries are able to provide full coverage to their abiding citizens with anywhere from $3,559- $4,288, but the U.S. spends $8,508 per person on health care. Compared to other countries we spend twice as much on one person, when we could possibly split the number in half and provide healthcare to two people rather than one.

 The fight for U.S health care has been hectic and still we can’t find a way to help every American when sick. If we provided universal health those problems could slowly decrease. It has been proven to work through multiple countries so why do we hold back? With that have being said I think universal health care is a good move.