Health care is a big issue in the United States, because it concerns many people’s health. When their lives are in danger, they can go to hospital and get best treatment, or when they are just having a headache or a cold, they can also go to see a doctor and take care of it. To those people who have health insurance plan, they do not have to worry about huge cost behind the hospitals. But in United States, there are still many people who are below poverty line. They can not afford health care plan, because it is too expensive.
As we know, the cost of health care in United States is most expensive in the world. If a person does not have health insurance plan, the cost of just one small surgery or medical visit would be …show more content…
The reason why I chose this topic is that health care has always been a big issue in the U.S. since it was born. Because everybody needs it but not everyone can get it. And I think it is a great topic to expand, because it relates to everyone who lives in the U.S.. I explained some facts about health care in U.S. based on what I knew before, but there are still many aspects that I do not about. For example, what does helath insurance plan cover and how does U.S. government deal with those people who can not afford health insurance plan. I found these questions quite interesting, and I really want found out the true reason behind them.
Why and how your topic is related to some aspect of Nickel and Dimed:
Nickel and Dimed is a book describing the low-wage people in U.S., how do they live their lives and how do they make their money. There are also many rich people in the U.S. who can easily get illness, but there is no need for them to worry about health care plan. But for those low-wage people, paying health care plan would be unthinkable to them. For example, the co worker of Ehrenreich, who makes only about $7 an hour, lost her health care form and she had to pay prescription drug with a lot money. My topics, health care, is an important factor to those people they have to deal with in their