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Debate:Health care, universal (redirect page) Debatepedia User Guide Argument: The profit motive and competition are an important source of efficiency and cost control in health care Actor:Rudy Giuliani opposes universal health care Argument: Single-payer universal health care systems are empirically more economical Argument: Health care is a basic human right or entitlement Argument: Free, universal health care is an illegitimate "positive" right Argument: Universal health care would be simpler and easier to understand for patients Argument: Universal health care lowers long-term health costs Argument: There are many ways to pay for any added costs of universal health care Argument: A cigarette tax is a socially responsible way to pay for health care Argument: Private healthcare providers are more expensive than public providers Argument: For-profit insurance companies often put patients at risk to cut costs Argument: It is a myth that the United States' private system has fewer delays Arguments: A right to health care violates the rights of physicians Argument: The government funds fire-stations, why not universal health care? Argument: The case for "negative" and against "positive" rights Argument: Universal health care internationally is better than US system Argument: Government-funded universal health care would violate patient privacy Argument: The lack of universal health care is a leading cause of bankruptcy Past Debate Digest topics Debate: Clinton vs. Obama Argument: US private health care is inferior to European universal health care Argument: Millions don't have health insurance in US; universal health care would address this Argument: Universal health care reduces administrative costs (i.e. paper work) Argument: Private health care has become increasingly unaffordable for individuals Argument: Universal health care makes a centralized national database possible Argument: Universal health care will have rules that decrease patient flexibility Argument: Universal health care will allow doctors to concentrate on patients Argument: Free universal health care motivates people to seek preventive care Argument: Free health care leads to overuse of medical services and higher costs Argument: Just because Americans are uninsured doesn't mean they can't get health care Argument: Government-mandated procedures would reduce doctor flexibility/quality Argument: People leading healthy lives will be burdened by the unhealthy Argument: Free, universal health care would devastate the insurance industry Argument: Universal health care would lower pay so reduce quality of physicians Argument: Universal health care would increase frivolous malpractice lawsuits Argument: Securing a "right" to universal health means impeding on other rights Argument: Universal health care can't be reversed even if costs explode Argument: A profit health care environment results in more frivolous lawsuits Argument: Universal health care creates a universal standard of care Argument: Many businesses cannot pay the private health insurance of employees Argument: Single-payer, universal health care results in long waits for patients Argument: People have a right to pay more for better health care Argument: Single-payer health care erodes competition in price and value Argument: Insurance companies screen out those that need health care the most Argument: High US health care costs are not attributable to poor American health Argument: High US health care costs are not attributable to premiums for rapid care Argument: Single-payer health care allows bargaining for lower drug prices Argument: Government has a cost incentive to invest in preventive care Argument: Single-payer health care reduces complexities faced by patients Argument: Single-payer health care gets rid of wasteful middlemen Argument: Single-payer health care hinders medical investment and innovation Argument: Medical innovation has little to do with investment and profit Argument: Most investment in medical innovation does not come from companies Argument: Profit interests corrupt investments in medical innovation Argument: So many are uninsured in America due to government regulations Argument: If people are uninsured, that's their choice Argument: Greater access to health insurance does not improve public health Argument: Emergency hospital visits of the uninsured is a manageable problem Argument: Single-payer health care over-loads doctors and burns them out Argument: Advanced care improves Americans' chances of surviving cancer Argument: Single-payer systems involve government paying for private services Argument: Public health care is good; it just receives more scrutiny/criticism Argument: Rationing already exist in the US; universal health care won't change this Argument: A single-payer system will not cause government to intrude in medical decisions Argument: US has a big bureaucracy now; universal care won't make it bigger Argument: When the wealthy must use public health care, the system improves Argument: Single-payer systems create new job opportunities Argument: Competition causes the wasteful duplication of expensive forms of care Argument: Competition in health care is generally a bad idea Argument: It is wrong to make more vulnerable people pay more for insurance Argument: A payroll tax could help fund universal health care Argument: The majority of doctors in the US support universal health care Argument: Most uninsured simply can't afford it; it's not a choice Argument: Universal care would protect doctors/hospitals from free-loaders Argument: Universal health care is not welfare; its benefits are diverse/widespread Argument: It is a myth that the uninsured receive sufficient care now Argument: US is the only industrial country without universal health care Argument: There are major hidden costs associated with the uninsured Argument: No universal health care leads to excessive, expensive use of the ER Argument: No universal health care causes "job lock" Argument: Health insurance strains on businesses damage global competitiveness Argument: Cost savings with universal health care will outweigh program costs Argument: Universal health care is a social good, not merely an economic good Argument: The well insured also face risks without universal health care Argument: Universal health care can actually strengthen doctor pay Argument: Single-payer systems insure individuals, but don't restrict doctors Argument: Single-payer health care is "socialized medicine" Argument: Single-payer systems create rigid prices unresponsive to shortages/gluts Argument: Medicare is a failure that should not be expanded into universal care Argument: The uninsurance problem should be solved by less, not more government Argument: Many uninsured can easily afford it so should not receive sympathy Argument: People should pay only for health services they themselves receive Argument: Single-payer systems make it harder to get care when it's most needed Argument: Universal health care creates dependencies on government Argument: Universal health care violates individual freedom and responsibility Argument: Aging countries contain health care costs without difficulty Argument: Universal health care systems suffer from inequality of care Debatepedia:Sub-debate sections User talk:Amole SEO User talk:Ijeh78 View (previous 50) (next 50) (20 \| 50 \| 100 \| 250 \| 500). 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