Some people think that private health care is better for people. Others ay that health care should be free of charge and run by the government. How far do you agree or disagree with the statements given?

It is the one of the fundamental duties of the government to offer quality healthcare to its civilians. There has always been a debate about whether free governmental health care should be preferred over private healthcare. My opinion is that governmental facilities are always required but there should be no restriction on private health care.

Private health care provide competitive and qualitative medical services to the people. Here, highly qualified professionals are hired to work for the community to ensure a certain enhanced quality of services offered. Moreover, private sector units are profit making organisations that invest a good proportion of their profits in acquiring latest technology and research. This is highly beneficial to the patients in the long run. Finally, private companies offer better facilities like 24-hour emergency services, ambulance networks, highly quality and super speciality hospitals and so on. Though, on the flip side, some private hospitals sometimes overcharge their patients to maximize profits.

On the other hand, governments run health care offers cost effectiveness and better accessibility. It is available in smallest of towns and villages of the country, where under-privileged people are benefitted by it. In addition, governments can get donations and allocate funds to offer free healthcare to the civilians. However, it is often observed that public healthcare centres may not offer satisfactory services primarily because of the huge cost of free health care. Lastly, it is also seen, at times, that promptness and professionalism in healthcare services and absent in government run facilities.

Finally, it is evident that both systems of offering health care have their own benefits and drawbacks and yet both are required in present day societies. Hence, I opine that private health care should not be eliminated.