Week one SOC 490

Over the past few months I have heard a lot of talk about health care in the United States and I really didn’t think much of it. The talk that I have heard has mostly been from political campaigns and the presidential debates. Overall though I don’t think about healthcare too much and the way insurance policies are set up. In class though when we had our discussion about the readings it was interesting to see how much the topic really got some people going.

After discussing the readings I have come to the conclusion that I think health care should be a privilege. America has always been about working for what you want, “nothing worth having comes easy”. Peikoff states, “The system guarantees you the chance to work for what you want – not to be given it without effort by somebody else”.  People should have a desire and a drive to always better themselves, if everything was just given to people think of how lazy America would be.

It seems that in my generation everyone wants things to come easy and fast. That is not how it works, and if health care is made a right then that will just confirm their idea. I mean don’t get me wrong I think that the crazy rich people could probably all survive with less, but they have worked for everything they have. If you are less fortunate you don’t have to stay that way, get up, go out and work for what you want.