Healthcare
Why access to healthcare has become an issue in the U.S.
According to a 2010 Gallup Poll, Americans named access to services the "top issue" in health care ("Americans Name Healthcare Access Top U.S. Health Issue," 2010). Empirical research also reveals that access is the top problem in the American health care system at the moment, as "tens of millions of adults under age 65 -- both those with insurance and those without -- saw their access to health care worsen dramatically over the past decade," (Galewitz, 2012). The reasons for the problems related to access stem from social justice and cost barriers (Galewitz, 2012). Health care is simply too expensive for most Americans. As a result, many are delaying seeking treatment. The situation is as true for the insured as the uninsured, showing that health care access is a systemic problem (Young, 2012, p. 1). The 2010 Patient Protection and dentist." Among the uninsured, the problem is far worse. "Forty-eight percent of the uninsured had seen a doctor within a year, a decrease from 54.5% 10 years earlier," (Young, 2012). Thus, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 does at least try to reduce the severity of the problem, even if it…
