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3). In the same Hastings Center Report as the above quoted article, another article reiterates, "One widely accepted way of justifying universal access to health care is to argue that access to health care is necessary to ensure health, which is necessary to provide equality of opportunity, but the evidence on the social determinants of hearth undermines this argument" (Sreenivasan, 2007, pg. 21).

Though the literature offers sound reasons why a move to universal health care is not a welcome one according to many experts, it seems likely that some form of health care reform will take place. This is especially true when observing the number of states that are moving towards implementing such a system.

One writer provides the following information; "When I first heard of the Massachusetts state legislation, two things came to mind. One of them was a piece of Canadian history little known to Americans: universal care in that country began with the Canadian provinces, gradually spreading to its federal government" (Callahan, 2006, pg. 28). Canada's provinces established one-payer systems long before Canada's central government did so, and many states in the U.S. have followed suit. Massachusetts was the first state to pass a system into law, California followed suit and there are a number of states that are in the process of doing so as well. "A proposal to begin...

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With state governments moving towards implementation of these systems it is easy to imagine the federal government doing so as well. The problem with that scenario is the failure of the federal government to run other programs in an efficient manner, programs like social security, Medicare and Medicaid. If the federal government runs socialized health care in the same manner, then many people (especially conservatives) believe that the results will be as equally disastrous.

References

Callahan, D.; (2006) Universal health care: From the states to the nation?, the Hastings Center Report, Vol. 36, No. 5, pp. 28-29

Daniels, N.; (2007) Rescuing universal health care, the Hastings Center Report, Vol. 37, No. 2, pg. 3

Hanson, S.S.; (2007) Libertarianism and universal health care: It's not what you think it is, Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics, Vol. 35, No. 3, pp. 486-489

Menzel, P.; Light, D.W.; (2006) a conservative case for universal access to health care, the Hastings Center Report, Vol. 36, No. 4, pp. 36-45

Sreenivasan, G.; (2007) Health care and equality of opportunity, the Hastings Center Report, Vol. 37, No. 2, pp. 21-31

Thompson, R.E.; (2008) Debating health…

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References

Callahan, D.; (2006) Universal health care: From the states to the nation?, the Hastings Center Report, Vol. 36, No. 5, pp. 28-29

Daniels, N.; (2007) Rescuing universal health care, the Hastings Center Report, Vol. 37, No. 2, pg. 3

Hanson, S.S.; (2007) Libertarianism and universal health care: It's not what you think it is, Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics, Vol. 35, No. 3, pp. 486-489

Menzel, P.; Light, D.W.; (2006) a conservative case for universal access to health care, the Hastings Center Report, Vol. 36, No. 4, pp. 36-45
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