Human Needs

Human Needs

CreativityFood/Water

Self-EsteemHealth/Safety

Family

Which needs are most important?

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

What needs does our topic cover?

The need to maintain health The need to be free from anxiety The need to be secure in the

environment The need for order and routine

How does Universal Health Care Help?

By providing adequate health care and preventative health care to everybody regardless of their economic status

By relieving stress about paying for health care costs

If Universal Health Care is so great why don’t we all

have it?

Negatives to Universal Health Care

Expensive (We pay taxes and pay for other peoples’ health care instead of our own)

Health care organized by the government-efficient? Competition and profit motivates doctors to be the best

they can be Less patient flexibility Patients won’t curb their doctor visits so the total costs will

be higher than they are now

Negatives to Universal Health Care

Hospitals will be overcrowded and wait time will increase for health care

Health care and drugs may have to be rationed by the government-less freedom

People might choose not to become doctors because of the loss of benefits

Current Systems of Health Care

France #1 Health Care System in the World Universal coverage by the government Money is contributed by citizens based on

income Patients may choose their doctor Most patients can get an appointment in the

same day Patients often have insurance for the

remaining 30% costs that aren’t covered Preventative care is important for the system

and allows high cost health conditions to be fully covered when they do occur

Germany All citizens must have health insurance

which they select and buy themselves Pre-existing conditions may not be

denied coverage Working germans pay 8% of their

salary to a sickness fund and employers pay another 8% as well

There are preventative programs in place such as phone calls from nurses and increased education from doctors which helps lower costs

German doctors do not feel adequately paid

Britain Socialized medicine Health care is rationed The government runs the system

completely since it pays for it. This includes choosing doctors and paying them as well as running the hospitals

Taxes go to the National Health Service which then pays the doctors and hostpitals

Prescription drugs are not paid for Any treatment more expensive than

45,000 a year won’t be paid for regardless of the age of the patient

Canada Universal health care Funded by income tax and sales tax National government pays for military and

native people but provincial and local governments pay for everyone else

Doctors and hospitals are private and bill the government

Coverage does not include prescription drugs There are long waiting times, particularily for

elective surgeries like knee replacements Private medical systems are illegal but

occasionally exist because doctors desire more up-to-date technology

Switzerland Universal Health Coverage since

1994 Health coverage is not through the

government, but through private insurance companies

Even if you are unemployed you will receive health care because the government will subsidize the plan

Health care cannot be for profit unless it is dental care or alternative medicine

Switzerland has the 2nd highest health care costs in the world

Taiwan Taiwanese government pays for every citizens’ insurance

coverage The system includes a smart card which contains all of the

patients medical history cutting down on paperwork, allowing the government to be billed for health care services and allowing patients to be seen by any doctor

Workers and employers are responsible for paying for the system and subsidies provide help for everyone else

Patients can choose their own doctor and can see specialists and alternative medicine specialists

The problem is that not enough money is being made to upkeep the system and politicians are scared to increase taxes

Cuba All citizens and visitors receive free health

care Preventative care is an important part of

the system including education about how to eat and exercise right

Any citizen may receive a surprise home visit from a general doctor

The morality and standards of the system are not as high Low infant morality rate due to high abortion

rate of sick fetuses

Show video-http://documentarystorm.com/sicko/ (1:48.35-1:52:20)

Brazil Private and public health care

options Public option is funded by income

taxes, property taxes and banking transaction taxes

Anyone who can afford private system uses it due to corruption of the public system which is fighting off bankruptcy This creates a class system within the

attempted universal system

Russia Attempted to create a

public/private combination 90% of patiens have health

insuance through the government but there is not enough funding because although the WHO reccommends a minimum of 5% of a countries total income be spent on health care, Russia only pays 3%.

Patients are often blackmailed for “donations” in order to receive care

Health Care Recap Go through worksheet together1 #12 No, it is not long3 No4 8%5 Socialized6 No, they are scared

Recap continued7 No, local and provincial governments pay for everyone’s

except the government and native tribes8 No9 Long wait times10 199411 2nd12 Medical history13 Yes

Recap Continued14 All citizens and visitors15 No, there is a hierarchy16 3%