Bryson_MiChaela_First Essay: Healthcare2As there are countless issues being debated as we enter yet another Presidential erain the marked history of our Country. Today, people are living longer than ever and costingthe American taxpayer more each year. To many this is a reason for celebration but, toothers such as healthcare workers, this results in frequent patients, long hours worked,understaffing issues and the cost of continuing education. To combat these and other issuesfacing our American Healthcare system, more qualified MDs, CTEs and medical personnelare needed to enter the system. This will result in skyrocketing student debt and willrequire the new doctors to spend nearly half their lives in student debt, perhaps deterringsome of the greatest minds our Country has to offer, from entering the field. This issue willresult in lower healthcare costs, yet higher educational demands. As a recent article writtenby CNN, suggests:“The US will need to hire 2.3 million new health care workers by 2025 in order toadequately take care of its aging population, a new report finds a persistent shortage ofskilled workers -- from nurses to physicians to lab technicians -- will mean hundreds ofthousands of positions will remain unfilled, according to research by global health carestaffing consultancy Mercer (Kavilanz, 2019).”Most competing solutions to any cultural or civic issue, both include viable solutionsand outlandish solutions which may cause a tax burden on a certain population to pay forthe new program or bill set forth. In one theory, making public four-year colleges tuitionfree would certainly help medical candidates with financial concerns with a lengthy andoften costly program of study.
