Loopholes in Healthcare Necessitates Medical Bills Assistance

Do you know how much the U.S. federal government allocate for health expenses? It's nearly 20% of its total budget, nearly equal with military spending. Taken by itself, you may think it's considerable, but here's a few numbers and see if you can guess which country places a premium on medical bills assistance.

7 percent
1 percent
7 percent

Doesn't sound familiar? The first number refers to the health service budget by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the second is Iran, and the third is Pakistan. Except for the UAE, the latter two countries couldn't hold a candle to the United States in terms of resources yet their nationals pay less when they go to the hospital. In fact, the Vietnamese and Cubans have better per capita expenses when it comes to health care because of socialized medicine.

It's not to say that we go the route of socialism but there's a need to review the heavy reliance on private companies to take care of the nation's health. When that happens, the objective is not to provide the best medical bills assistance possible, but how the companies can eke out a profit at the expense of families whose choices have narrowed because of a medical condition.

The World Health Organization recognized the fallacy that the more resources you have, the better your health care would be. A survey in 2007 by the health agency revealed that nearly a quarter of third world countries across the globe earmarked 10% of total budget to health while 11 "high-income" countries earmarked less than that.

The United States is a perfect example of a state that plugs the leaks only when it sees water coming out. The adage, prevention is better than the cure, clearly doesn't work here. Sure, there may be free emergency health care but the point has always been to provide medical bills assistance on each and every family to make sure the situation doesn't worsen to a level that they really do need emergency help.