Friday, November 13, 2015
The Legal System and Healthcare, How Do They Go Together?
As we delve deeper into the legal system, we see countless examples of people being released back into society. Instances of this, include the Orenthal James Simpson case, as well as the Ethan Couch case. The common denominator in both of these cases? Wealth and power. Both have shown a sheer disregard for human life, and in response, have been able to side-step the legal system, due to their placement on the socio-economic ladder. What conclusions can be drawn from this? Money buys better legal teams, and these better legal teams can thus offer defenses that will sway the public, due to their known credibility. What must be done? Perhaps we should approach this situation in a similar way to how some see the healthcare crisis. Many proponents of universal healthcare, wish to adopt a form of single-payer healthcare, to allow healthcare of all individuals, and cut out the middleman (insurance companies), so no wealthy individuals can buy better healthcare than their poor neighbor. This seems as if it would be an excellent way to stop wealthy Americans from bypassing the legal system; standardization of legal teams and nationalization of legal firms. Essentially, legal teams would be provided for everyone, of the same grade and value, so everyone has the same representation in court. Perhaps this is the solution, or perhaps it is merely a suggestion, but if legal teams were as good in America as healthcare is in Cuba, we'd probably all be better off. Cuba has some of the most innovative medicine in the world, providing the Meningitis vaccine, as well as a system of healthcare for all Cuban citizens and non-citizens, wouldn't we want similar innovations in our criminal and civil institutions, in the form of provided legal teams for all citizens, on a standardized scale?
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I agree with what you are saying Caden, after learning how unfair health care is in the U.S.. It seems as the more affluent citizens are able to get health care while the Americans with an unfortunate medical record and a lower paying jobs struggle to find insurance who will cover them. After watching the disturbing video in economics it makes us start to question other aspects of the United States, such as the legal system. I understand and also agree that it is unfair for wealthier individuals to get a better chance in a trial despite if they're innocent or guilty. Although, it may be argued that if these wealthy people have worked hard and earned their money why shouldn't they have an upper hand and be able to use the money they have worked for to declare their innocence?
ReplyDeleteI like the in sites you bring into this blog. I also have a strong agreement that money is the ultimate determinant in the legal system and I also feel like its goes the same way for the healthcare system. It would be amazing to have equal healthcare for everybody, it would be like a utopia but lets face it not everything in this world is perfect. I personally feel like healthcare (medicare) is just so profitable for the government, especially with new diseases and virus theirs just so much opportunity for the government to yet make more profit on individuals. I also think that Cuba has made some good advancements that would definitely help out here in the US but I think that just with all the history in Cuba and since Cuba is seen as a socialist country with the intentions of becoming communist the US wouldnt consider taking steps they did.
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