The costs of medical health care are increasing all the time. Governments are finding it difficult to balance the health care budget. Should citizens be totally responsible for their own health costs and take out private health insurance, or is it better to have a comprehensive health care system which provides free health services for all? Discuss.
Medical
health
care
costs continue to rise, and governments are struggling to satisfy the needs of the public. The issue of private versus public health
care
systems is much discussed, and this
essay will consider both possibilities.
On the one hand, in a private health
care
system
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,system
people
can usually get a doctor’s exam and treatment more quickly and the treatment is often better. Although
this
might seem to be a better system
, private health
systems depend on insurance or cash payments. Some people
can afford to pay for private health
care
while for others this
is impossible. As a consequence, this
kind of health
care
accentuates the differences between social classes. For example
, a majority of deaths caused by the Covid pandemic in the USA have occurred among Afro-Americans due to underlying physical conditions and a
generally lower standards of living. The problem is not only limited to specific ethnic groups but applies to poor Correct the article-noun agreement
apply
people
in general.
On the other hand
, in
a public Correct your spelling
is
health
care
system
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,system
people
are treated more equally and not according to how much money they have. Response times may be longer due to the fact that everyone has access to the system
, however
, everyone is treated fairly. This
kind of system
helps to reduce social economic
differences. Most Add a hyphen
social-economic
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government-subsidized
government
subsidized Change to a plural noun
governments
health
care
systems require that some people
work and pay for others who do not work. This
might seem like an inequality but in the long run
everyone receives proper Add a comma
,run
health
care
, which is a basic human right.
In conclusion, whereas private health
care
could seem more quick and convenient, a public health
system
is the better option both to reduce the disparities between social classes and ensure health
care
for the entire society.Submitted by bene.zarpe on
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Use cohesive linking words accurately and appropriately
Linking words are very important in your essay.
To score effectively on your IELTS exam, you should make an effort to implement short concise sentences coupled with linking words.
Almost every sentence in your essay should have a linking word of some sort.
In fact, the only sentences that can omit linking words are your background sentence and thesis.
Linking word examples:
- firstly
- secondly
- thirdly
- in additional
- moreover
- also
- for example
- for instance
- therefore
- however
- although
- even though
- despite