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1、OnAmericanHealthCareSystemMostChineseareprobablyundersuchanillusionthattheUnitedStatesisthemostidealplacetoliveinsincetheycanassurethemselvesofthe"fact"throughaseeminglyreasonablededuction一—theUSislargesteconomyintheworld,whichundoubtedlyprovidesastrongmaterialbasisforever
2、ythingtheymayneedlotsofjobopportunities,goodenvironmentandsafetyguaranteeaswellasimmensesocialwelfare,inwhichadesirableuniversalhealthcaresystemshouldhavebeenincluded.AmongstthosevisionarieswasmewhousedtotakeitforgrantedthatAmericashouldbeliketheabove-mentionedorevenbetter
3、;howeverIwasstartledwhenthefactwasunveiledbymyteacherAngelowhoshowedusadocumentarySicko,whichironicallyexposedthedarknessinsidetheUSmedicalsystem.IbegintorealizethatweChinesestudentsaresouiIl-informed^ofwhatarealAmericaisandthatitseemstobealwaysthecasethatwearekeptinthedar
4、kuntilawesternercomesupto"letthecatoutofthebag”.Ithinkanyonewhohappenstolearnthefactwillquestion"whydoesifttheUSprovideauniversalhealthcareforitscitizens?^Fvelongdeliberatedonitandcomeupwithsomeideasaboutit.Inthefollowingparagraphs,Fllfocusmyanalysesonthreefacets,namelythe
5、values,thegovernmentandcorporations,toilluminatethequestionmentionedabove.Whenitcomestovalueswhichpeopleuseasayardsticktomeasureandidentifythings,FvesortedoutthreetendencieslonginvolvedintheAmericanshistoricallyandcontemporarily.Theyarecomposedofabeliefinfreedomofchoice,an
6、unwillingnesstohavethegovernment^involvementandafearofsocialism.Tobeginwith,theAmericanscanneverfailtoemphasizethefreedomofindividualchoice,whichhasbeendeeplyrootedintheirmindsasaninfalliblecreed.SuchabeliefcanevenaccountfortheinitialpurposefortheAmericanconstitutiontoallo
7、windividualownershipofguns,whichenablesitspeopletodecideonagovernmentoftheirchoice.Likewise,undertheuniversalhealthcaresystem,everyone,eitheraffluentorimpoverished,receivesthesametreatment.Thisiswheremanypeople,especiallythosewealthy,feellikebeingtreatedunfairlysimplybecau
8、setheyfinditaffordabletotheexpensivebutbettermedicalservicebutareactuallydeprivedoftheacc
