ESSAY: Universal Healthcare

Should universal healthcare be available to all regardless of their ability to pay in the same way that other services (such as education) are available to all for free?

• Construct an argument for a position on the topic. This is the position that you will defend in your Final Paper. Make your argument as high quality as possible: In particular, make sure that all of your premises are true, and that the truth of the conclusion is demonstrated by your premises.
• Consider possible objections to your argument, and revise it several times until you have an argument that is as strong as possible.
• Search in the Ashford University Library for quality academic sources that support some aspect of your argument.
• Constructing quality arguments is harder than it sounds; you may find that your first few attempts have problems and that it takes quite a bit of time and effort to revise an argument to a point that the premises adequately support the conclusion. You will be revising this argument for each of the remaining assignments in this course.
• Write: In your paper,
• Present a main argument in standard form with each premise and the conclusion on a separate line. Here is an example of what it means for an argument to be presented in standard form

All men are mortal.
Socrates is a man.
Therefore, Socrates is mortal.

• Provide support for each premise of your argument. Explain the meaning of the premise, and provide supporting evidence for the premise. [One paragraph for each premise]
• Pay special attention to those premises that could be seen as controversial. Evidence may include academic research sources, supporting arguments, or other ways of demonstrating the truth of the premise. This section should include at least one scholarly research source.
• Explain how your conclusion follows from your premises.

Please have title page as follows:

Universal Healthcare

Frances Dunn

PHI103: Informal Logic

Kurt Mosser

January 15, 2018

ANSWER

Premises

Premise 1: Like education, universal healthcare is an important necessity that is critical to creating a more productive society. 

Premise 2: The constitution guarantees equal protection and every citizen must be entitled to enjoy these rights.

Premise 3. Inclusivity means that every citizen is entitled to access free services provided by the government regardless of their ability to pay.

Conclusion: Therefore, Universal health care benefits all people equally and should be available to everyone for free, even to those who are not in a position to pay for them.

Rationale The first premise focus on how education and healthcare are equally important in creating a more productive nation when afforded to all citizens for free.  Universal healthcare is a needed service that would give both the insured and uninsured citizens the right to access quality and affordable care services hence creating a more productive society. According to the Supreme Court’s decision on the rights to fair treatment, all individuals have the right to access healthcare facilities whenever they want (Patel &…