Health insurance was given greater access when employers in the 60s began offering it as a benefit towards employment. Unfortunately it has become clear that all Americans should have access to healthcare no matter if your rich or poor. Healthcare is not something that should be based on profit although it is something that is popular to make a profit from. Medicare is a popular program among its users and is perfect to create a national based healthcare system using Medicare.
The United States is the only major nation in the industrialized world that does not guarantee health care as right to its people. Under the current health care system, 45,000 Americans a year die because they delay seeking care they cannot afford. Health care eats up one-fifth of the U.S. economy, but we rank 26.