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maiphuonghaha
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Topic: Some people think the government should pay for health care and education, but there is no agreement about whether it is the government’s responsibility. What is your opinion?

Model essay:

Not surprisingly, health care and education are two areas of government priority in most, if not all, of the countries around the world. However, many tend to see the both areas as citizen’s individual responsibilities. The belief is partly right. The government and the citizens should be jointly responsible for the cost of education and health care service.

The first point to note is that government funding for education is of great benefit to families with children and the society as a whole. There are occasions on which parents cannot afford the cost of their education and their savings are meager, compared with the formidable tuition fees being charged by a tertiary institution. Poor academic experience can impair one’s employability and put him or her into a seriously disadvantaged position. Government spending addresses this issue by providing aspiring students with access to a comfortable learning experience. In this knowledge-based society, possibly nothing is more valuable than the access to education.

Similarly, an individual should receive health care treatments, especially lifesaving ones, whether he or she has the means to pay. Access to health care is a basic human right and a measure to ensure a decent standard of living. In the recent of the need for urgent or emergency treatment, government spending enables sufferers to receive immediate health care services. This is the fulfilment of the government’s responsibility to its members. Needless to say, health care treatment costs are, in general, unaffordable to low income families. Government’s financial support is therefore required.

Despite these facts, it is immoral that individual shirk responsibility and try to pass all medical costs on to the government. In view of the fact that the government raises financing primarily from taxpayers’ income, individual’s over-exploitation of a health care system will in fact add a heavy burden on those hardworking and good-hearted citizens. Popular attention should be paid on those people whose health problems are attributed to their poor personal living habits (smoking, drinking, substance use or inactive lifestyle). In such cases, they should not be entitled for public medical services.

As suggested above, education and healthcare services are of primary importance to citizens, and the government has the responsibility to ensure that those services are available and affordable. However, it is not to say that the government should bear the costs of all healthcare and educational services that the citizens currently enjoy.

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  • ML13. Government’s Responsibility ( recorded by jguzik ), None / Midatlantic

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    Topic: Some people think the government should pay for health care and education, but there is no agreement about whether it is the government’s responsibility. What is your opinion?

    Model essay:

    Not surprisingly, health care and education are two areas of government priority in most, if not all, of the countries around the world. However, many tend to see the both areas as a citizen’s individual responsibility. This belief is partly right. The government and citizens should be jointly responsible for the cost of education and health care services.

    The first point to note is that government funding for education is of great benefit to families with children and to society as a whole. There are occasions on which parents cannot afford the cost of their children's education and their savings are meager, compared with the formidable tuition fees being charged by tertiary institutions. A poor academic experience can impair one’s employability and put him or her into a seriously disadvantaged position. Government spending addresses this issue by providing aspiring students with access to a comfortable learning experience. In this knowledge-based society, possibly nothing is more valuable than access to education.

    Similarly, an individual should receive health care treatment, especially life-saving treatment, whether or not he or she has the means to pay. Access to health care is a basic human right and a measure to ensure a decent standard of living. In the event of the need for urgent or emergency treatment, government spending enables the ill to receive immediate health care services. This is the fulfillment of the government’s responsibility to its citizens. Needless to say, health care treatment costs are, in general, unaffordable for low-income families. Government financial support is therefore required.

    Despite these facts, it is immoral for individuals shirk responsibility and try to pass all medical costs onto the government. In view of the fact that the government raises money primarily from taxing income, many individuals' exploitation of the health care system will, in fact, burden hardworking and good-hearted citizens. Attention should be paid to those people whose health problems are attributed to poor personal living habits (such as smoking, drinking, substance use and inactive lifestyles). In such cases, these individuals should not be entitled to public medical services.

    As suggested above, education and healthcare services are of primary importance to citizens, and the government has the responsibility to ensure that those services are available and affordable. However, that is not to say that the government should bear the costs of all healthcare and educational services that the citizens currently enjoy.

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maiphuonghaha
Nov. 23, 2017

Thank you very much! :)

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