23. Should education and health care be free of charge and funded by governments or should it be responsible of the people for these service. Discuss with the example. v.2
A healthy and educated society is the backbone of any successful society; however, deciding who is to provide this is a sensitive topic. I strongly believe the government should be held responsible to provide these services for two reasons. Firstly, the entire society benefits, and secondly the whole population is currently paying for the services. However, if one prefers extra services they should be prepared to pay for it themselves. Firstly, education is largely considered a basic right. A population unable to calculate, read, write or even learn would be doomed in such a competitive global economy. Globalisation has increased competition and shifted the emphasis to knowledge, information and science. A state education should, therefore, be freely available to everybody. However, if people wish to purchase private education, this should also be allowed or even encouraged. Private education reduces the strain on public services and provides a source of tax revenue for the government, in effect, subsidising state education.
Secondly, health services must undoubtedly be available to all because the entire nation is paying taxes and, therefore, should not be excluded from any service. Take the NHS in the UK, for example; this organisation caters for the entire population, and no private medical insurance is needed. Unfortunately waiting lists can be long and service is occasionally slow; therefore, some purchase private medical insurance for a faster service. This reduces the workload of the public sector.
To conclude, I believe both healthcare and education are basic fundamental rights, necessary for any advanced society, and, therefore, the responsibility should lie with the government. Nevertheless, if individuals require more than the standard level, then they should be prepared to pay for it
A healthy and educated
society
is the backbone of any successful
society
;
however
, deciding who is to provide this is a sensitive topic. I
strongly
believe the
government
should
be held
responsible to provide these
services
for two reasons.
Firstly
, the entire
society
benefits, and
secondly
the whole population is
currently
paying for the
services
.
However
, if one prefers extra
services
they should
be prepared
to pay for it themselves.
Firstly
,
education
is
largely
considered a basic right. A population unable to calculate, read, write or even learn would
be doomed
in such a competitive global economy.
Globalisation
has increased competition and shifted the emphasis to knowledge, information and science. A state
education
should,
therefore
, be
freely
available to everybody.
However
, if
people
wish to
purchase
private
education
, this should
also
be
allowed
or even encouraged.
Private
education
reduces
the strain on public
services
and provides a source of tax revenue for the
government
, in effect,
subsidising
state education.
Secondly
, health
services
must
undoubtedly
be available to all
because
the entire nation is paying taxes and,
therefore
, should not
be excluded
from any
service
. Take the NHS in the UK,
for example
; this
organisation
caters for the entire population, and no
private
medical insurance
is needed
. Unfortunately waiting lists can be long and
service
is
occasionally
slow;
therefore
,
some
purchase
private
medical insurance for a faster
service
. This
reduces
the workload of the public sector.
To conclude
, I believe both healthcare and
education
are basic fundamental rights, necessary for any advanced
society
, and,
therefore
, the responsibility should lie with the
government
.
Nevertheless
, if individuals require more than the standard level, then they should
be prepared
to pay for it