Health care is a hot topic in the news these days. Develop an argument from the

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Health care is a hot topic in the news these days. Develop an argument from the comparison that uses analogies to other countries to advocate for retaining or changing the U.S. health care system. You don’t have to write out the whole argument. Instead, submit your thesis statement and a list of the half-dozen or so statistics that you would use to support your thesis.Finally, explain why would you present the statistics in that order, in other words, what is the organizing principle of the body of your argument? Are you using these statistics to appeal to emotion or reason? Use the article in the reading above and put it in the References. You are welcome to use other relevant credible sources, too.

Explanation / Answer

U.S health care system is costly comparing to other countries,experts have identified contributing factors.
1.cost of new technologies and prescription of drugs.(U.S spent $1,026 per capita on pharmaceuticals and non durable medical care,more than double the OECD average of $515.)
2.some analysts have argued that,they generate more costly services ,even though they are not necessarily cost effective.
3.increased costs is the rise of chronic diseases ,including obesity.
4.U.S citizens have rise of health insurance policies and the quality of those are failing.especially last two years of their last stage of life.(about 32% of total medicare spending,much of going to physicians and hospital fees.)
5.health insurance coverages are uneven and the minorities and poor are undeserved.(59% of physicians acknowledge their patients have difficulty of paying for care)
6.The National Academy of Sciences found that among other high -income nations the U.S has a higher rate of chronic illness and a lower overall life expectancy.

The principle body of argument is using for a reason that,people are spending lot of money on health care services(showing the statistics).Inoder to change this health care system ,common methods can be applied to reduce the cost of heaalth care,
*National health services
*National health insurance system
*A multi payer health insurance system.

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