All education and healthcare should be funded by the government and free for everyone To what extent do you agree or disagree with this option?

Healthcare and

education

are two of the main pillars for the growth of a country’s society.

Therefore

, few people would object that these are essential necessities that should be guaranteed by the governments. In

this

essay, I will explain why these two people’s needs ought to be guaranteed for free not only from an ethical standpoint but

also

as a form of investment from every country willing to evolve. Despite being one of the main person’s rights, health is not guaranteed to everybody even in the most advanced nations.

This

of course may sound like a clever government policy from an economic standpoint, even though it is quite unfair.

For example

, in the U.S. and in Canada, only those who can afford an insurance policy have

access

to hospitals and, for those who don’t, the expenses in case of a hospital stay would be prohibitive. Of course, it is unacceptable for evolved

countries

to exchange human rights for economic revenue. In Italy,

for instance

, basic health care is guaranteed to every citizen at the full expense of the government.

Although

being more costly on one hand,

this

kind of policy is still affordable with a wiser funding reorganization on the other.

Likewise

,

access

to universities is unbearably expensive in many

countries

of Europe and in the U.S. The reason for

that is

that these

countries

do not want to direct their expenses on

education

, a field that apparently does not have immediate revenue. While ensuring high-quality

education

and accommodations for the students,

this

system could leave out several talents that, despite having excellent potential, cannot afford to pay all the university fees or for some reasons did not manage to get a scholarship.

For instance

, several epidemiologic studies have shown that many intelligent talents, the so-called “brains”, must emigrate to find another country to host them and permit them to complete their study course to obtain a fruitful job position afterwards.

This

, in the end, translates into a loss for the country of origin which did not invest in these people, providing them easy

access

to the highest degrees of

education

. Still, to date, too many

countries

, even the most developed, have failed to guarantee free

access

to university and hospital care for their population.

This

dissertation briefly reviewed why health and

education

should be a fundamental investment for any advanced country’s government. In fact, while being an indubitable expense at a

first

sight, these can transform into precious resources in terms of economic and humanitarian progress in the long run.