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十六年前，我来到美国。作为一个欧洲人，对于持续争论的关于克林顿总统提出的公费医疗制度，我是怀着极大的兴趣以及极大的怀疑态度。我是一个波兰人，体会到了公费医疗带来的好处，所以我不明白为什么有些人对于医疗体制的改变持消极态度。难道我们真的对当前的医疗保险感到满意吗？我不觉得。人口统计局最新的数据显示：在美国有4340万人并没有医疗保险。几乎1100万儿童也没有医疗保险。成年人和儿童无法负担医疗费用。那些拥有某些医疗保险的人经常也没有意识到潜在成本，这些潜在成本是被私人保险公司口述的。除此之外，你还记不记得新闻上有多少次报道有人由于无力支付医疗费用而寻求经济援助？这样的情形有什么不对？为什么我们就不得不去求助于慈善，而不是去建立一个更好的医疗保健系统？我深信，医疗保健应该覆盖所有人，尤其是在美国这个世界上最富有的国家。我们都想要一个好的、可负担得起的医疗环境，但是我们还无法实现。因此，我们应该改变当前的医疗系统，可以通过学习欧洲公费医疗的例子，通过对保险公司的改革，还可以通过优先发展预防医学来实现这一设想。

I came to the United States sixteen years ago. Being a European, I have watched with great interest and disbelief about the ongoing disagreements regarding a socialized health care system, which President Bill Clinton has proposed. I am a native of Poland and experienced positive benefits of socialized medicine, so I can't understand why some people are so negative towards changes in the health care program. Are we really happy with our current medical insurance? I don't think so. Recent data from the Census Bureau show that '43.4 million people in the United States had no health insurance coverage' (Bennefield 1). Almost eleven million American children are uninsured as well. Adults and children don't have medical coverage because they can't afford it (1). People who do have some form of medical coverage are often unaware of the hidden costs dictated by the private insurance companies. In addition, do you recall how many times you have watched the news about people asking us for financial support because they couldn't pay their medical bill? What is wrong with this picture? Why do we have to ask for charity versus having a better health system? I strongly believe that health care should be available to anyone, and especially in America, the richest country in the world. We all want good, affordable medical coverage, but we are not getting it. Therefore, we should change the current medical system by following the example of socialized medicine in Europe, by making changes in the insurance companies, and by making preventive medicine our priority. 

First of all, let me tell you what socialized medicine means. It is a public system of national health insurance where doctors are usually paid for their services by the government, and everyone is eligible for medical care without any preexisting condition. Most European countries have some form of socialized medicine. For example, in Poland thehealth care system is free. Employers pay 48% of a worker's monthly salary to cover not only medical care but the retirement program as well. The rest of the money for medical needs comes from the government's funds. My sister, who lives in Germany, told me that 13.1% of her monthly salary is deducted from her paycheck to cover the medical insurance. She said that she only pays about $5 for her prescriptions and about $15 per day for a hospital stay. Dental and eye care is also included in Germany's medical program. My sister likes their program and feels secure having the coverage. While many opponents in America say that a national health care system won't work, I don't agree with this statement. I know for a fact (because I lived in Poland) that socialized medicine works. I have an example of the American couple who went to Poland to get help because our present health care program failed. The story was printed in the Commonweal in 1995. The Polish-born wife of an American filmmaker had a history of heart problems, and when she needed surgery, her ins本论文由英语论文网提供整理，提供论文代写，英语论文代写，代写论文，代写英语论文，代写留学生论文，代写英文论文，留学生论文代写相关核心关键词搜索。