Critical issues in the US today

Critical issues in the US today

Three issues stand out from the rest

Each of the presidential candidates has been ranting incessantly about a whole range of issues which is currently heard all over the US and these things include the economy and job creation, terrorism and foreign policy, healthcare, Wall Street and investment, federal deficit and budget, the environment and global warming issues, immigration and the current gun laws. There can be no doubt that all of these issues is certainly important and we need to have effective solutions for all of them but to my personal opinion those which is touching the pockets of US citizens the most severely is those that involve employment, healthcare and the federal deficit because these are things that have a very direct impact upon the standard of living of every citizen in the US. Once again I am by no means insinuating that these things is not important because we all know that they are but when it comes to the immediate and urgent welfare of US citizens in my belief most US citizens will agree that healthcare, employment and the federal deficit are those who has been directly impacting the lives of millions of US citizens for the last two decades. Of these three issues I believe healthcare to be single most important issue facing the US today. Millions of US citizens continue to struggle with extremely expensive healthcare costs which results in unbearable loads of medical debt for which people no longer have a viable solution.

Simply not enough is done

Rising health care costs and the way in which it is impacting US citizens have been discussed for many years now and still no truly effective and sustainable solution has been found for the prevailing problems relating to the healthcare industry and the medical debts by which most US citizens is burdened. Just have a look at the statistics for a moment, the 3 most profitable pharmaceutical companies is located in the US and between them they had a combined income in 2015 of over US$37 billion. The question most US citizen should be asking in this times just before the next US presidential election is how much of those profits has found its way back into the pockets of US citizens amongst whom that money has been generated in the first place. The most profitable company has declared profits of over $16 billion in 2015 the second one as far as profitability is concerned has earned over US$12 billion while the third one has generated over US$11 billion in profits during 2015. This is a lot of money coming from companies who is doing business in a country where millions of people are struggling in the current economic climate where medical healthcare cost has soared and people are burden by medical debt and they have no answer or solution for their financial situation. I think under the circumstances those profits which has been generated by those companies is criminal to say the least. It shows a shocking disregard for the suffering of millions of US citizens which is utterly inexcusable.

Looking at Switzerland

This is the country with the best medical care system in the world but surprisingly healthcare in Switzerland cost only 50% of what an equivalent care will cost in the US. The two major pharmaceutical companies in Switzerland namely Novartis and Roche has only reported profits of $9 billion each but none of the citizens of Switzerland is complaining because every one of them gets taken care off in the best possible way and then medical care costs is not nearly as high as what the same care would cost in the US. The question which every US voter will have to ask themselves is what on earth is going on here? Despite all the efforts of the affordable care act and Obama care there has only been minimal relief for US citizens and millions is still struggling with very large medical debts and this is even more shocking when one considers that 70% of all bankruptcy filings is in fact because of medical debt. Therefore it is surprising that the situation is allowed to continue were 3 US pharmaceuticalcompanies is allowed to continue to generate huge profits while millions of the citizens of this country continues to suffer due to increasing healthcare costs.