I very much agree with the statement that governments are not spending their health budgets in the best possible way. If governments continue to spend such large sums of money on treating illness and disease instead of preventing these diseases, then perhaps they should rename our national health services ‘national illness services’!
Governments will probably argue that it is necessary to spend a large proportion of health budgets on treating illness because the general population do not live healthy lifestyles and so become ill. They would argue that most people do not listen to health campaigns. Also, they would say it is not possible to prevent many illnesses and diseases such as flu and many types of cancer, as well as accidents and emergencies. The problem with this argument is that it is very negative because it assumes that people are stupid and refuse to lead healthy lives. However, when people have the right information, they often do the right thing – in my country than in the past. I believe that the main reason for this is government health campaigns, including very strong health warnings on the products.
In my opinion, governments can do a lot to prevent not only illnesses and disease, but also accidents. Why don’t governments spend more money on installing speed cameras on roads to make people drive more slowly? That would reduce the number of accidents.
To summarise, I really think that there is a lot that governments can do to prevent illness and disease to make the world a healthier place to live. In particular, rich governments can spend more money on scientific research to find the causes of new diseases such as AIDS, while governments from less well-developed countries can spend money on providing clean water for all their people. In this way, the world will have less need for expensive cures and hospitals
I
very
much
agree
with the statement that
governments
are not spending their
health
budgets in the best possible way. If
governments
continue to
spend
such large sums of
money
on treating
illness
and
disease
instead
of preventing these
diseases
, then perhaps they should rename our national
health
services ‘national
illness
services’!
Governments
will
probably
argue that it is necessary to
spend
a large proportion of
health
budgets on treating
illness
because
the general population do not
live
healthy lifestyles and
so
become ill. They would argue that most
people
do not listen to
health
campaigns.
Also
, they would say it is not possible to
prevent
many
illnesses
and
diseases
such as flu and
many
types of cancer,
as well
as accidents and emergencies. The problem with this argument is that it is
very
negative
because
it assumes that
people
are stupid and refuse to lead healthy
lives
.
However
, when
people
have the right information, they
often
do the right thing
–
in my
country
than in the past. I believe that the main reason for this is
government
health
campaigns, including
very
strong
health
warnings on the products.
In my opinion,
governments
can do a lot to
prevent
not
only
illnesses
and
disease
,
but
also
accidents. Why don’t
governments
spend
more
money
on installing speed cameras on roads to
make
people
drive more
slowly
? That would
reduce
the number of accidents.
To
summarise
, I
really
think
that there is a lot that
governments
can do to
prevent
illness
and
disease
to
make
the world a healthier place to
live
.
In particular
, rich
governments
can
spend
more
money
on scientific research to find the causes of new
diseases
such as AIDS, while
governments
from less well-
developed countries
can
spend
money
on providing clean water for all their
people
. In this way, the world will have less need for expensive cures and
hospitals
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