health care

Health care should not be run by the federal government.The house and senate are wasting taxpayers money and time trying to change the system we have now and they are getting nowhere.It would be more efficient for the states to run their own health care systems.If the states run the healthcare system,it will be more localized and it will save money because the states already have the state offices of health already running.Nationalizing health care would require more offices and staff to run it which would require more money and it would be funded by higher taxes.Pennsylvania has a medical card system for people who are underemployed or in poverty to make sure they are covered and the people making a good living can afford to purchase their own insurance.There is also a program called CHIP to make sure that children are covered.There are a few people in the state that are not covered though because not everyone qualifies for a medical card.The state of Pennsylvania has a pretty good system as it is and it would be bad if the federal government stepped in and changed it.However,if the national government would insure everyone,the cost of healthcare might go down because the hospitals and doctors will not have to waste money suing people and trying to collect money from people who are not insured.Also,if everyone is insured,they could go to the doctors more often for checkups to prevent getting sick and to catch diseases early in their development so they could take care of it early.If the states would insure people however,the government would not have to and the doctors would not have to collect that money and they could concentrate on early checkups to keep the state citizens healthy and productive.It should be the responsibility of individual states to provide health care for their citizens,not the federal government.