Why is it important to have equal ACCESS for every citizen (man, woman and child) in the United States to health care services?
It is important to have equal ACCESS to health care services because: 1) it will save lives: 2) it is morally the right thing to do for our citizens; 3) a great country should provide for its citizens health care needs and 4) it is cost effective. Anyone who has been without health insurance at anytime in his or her life knows how it feels to be on a trapeze without a net – it’s terrifying. In 2003, 45 million Americans were uninsured (ii), had no health insurance and therefore little if no ACCESS to health care services. This resulted in the premature deaths of thousands (18,000) of uninsured Americans annually and sleepless nights for the remainder of the uninsured (iii).
