A 1.
In this paper I will be comparing the overall healthcare systems between the United
States and that of Great Britain.
A 2.
In the United States we have private healthcare which each individual person has to pay for, one way or another. There are some government programs such as Medicare, Medicaid,
Veterans health administration and Children's Health Insurance Program that help supplement healthcare but there are strict qualifications that must be met and not everyone may qualify for it. Not everyone has access to health insurance and there are those that are underinsured. “ In
2010, the population without insurance coverage increased to nearly 49.9 million, or 16.3% of the population. The uninsured and underinsured include the working poor employed by small firms without insurance coverage, parttime workers and unemployed persons” ( Cherry 2015 ).
In the United States, children have healthcare insurance through their parent's employer and are eligible to remain under that insurance until the age of 26 for most insurance companies.
For example, my children are covered under my health insurance through my hospital employer by paying bimonthly premiums out of my pocket and will remain under coverage until they are
26 if I choose. Unemployed adults can apply for Medicaid which they must qualify for and have some other form of supplemental insurance. Another choice could be the newly developed
Obamacare but there would still be some sort of premium to pay and that would be very difficult for the poor and unemployed to handle. Most of the americans that are retired qualify for medicare and might still have to pay a small monthly premium.
In contrast, Great Britain participates in the government run National Healthcare System
(NHS). Anyone can use the NHS, there are no premiums, copays or fees of any kind and everyone is covered; unemployed,