Why Should Anyone Care?

 

Part one:

1.     There are many things we can do both as individuals and groups. There is a big issue with medical payments in America. This leads to many people not wanting to personally go to the hospital to get the medical attention that they need. In reality, I cannot do much to change our situation in order to make it the best. It would take the whole nation to go on a protest for this issue to be solved, yet we let it slide because “why bother”. No one wants to be labeled as the “bold individual” who stood up against aggression. Many would vouch for the doctors and medical industry because family members are involved. However, at the end of the day, we should really consider our livelihood, and not getting the proper medical treatment could lead us into worse circumstances. We don’t bother ourselves because Jeremy or Brian thinks it’s too bothersome to fight the system that was already set and how these crazy charges that the hospital makes are drying our pockets, quicker than a quicksand would sink our body. This is something we should think about, both as groups and as individuals.

2.     Pollen uses research on “why bother” to verify his points more. He gives several realistic examples that make the readers contemplate what he wrote and his stance while writing the essay. He went in-depth on how one individual trying to change the world might seem as a discouraging role, it is the same when we trust the law to change its people.

3.    Both Berry and Pollen have a good point. If you want to make a change, you should start at home and if you “specialize” in something, you can make a difference. The main point Berry said was if we change as an individual, there is going to be a lot of progress and change in our lives. Whereas Pollen emphasizes that while specializing in one field can be good, the fact that we depend on others for many things is evident.

4.    We can ask ourselves the question “why bother” and elaborate on it. Research can enhance our understanding of the topic we are writing about, and this will help the readers to understand and be easily persuaded. Bringing theories and examples also helps the readers to understand and support your point.

Part Two:

As Americans, the one thing that bothers us the most is not being able to visit the hospital because of the ridiculous fee that we get at the end of the day. This effect has brought many challenges to individuals who earn a low income, thus making it harder for them to go to the hospitals. This is like walking through a desert and having no access to water besides your bottled water that you are reluctant to drink, thus leading you to your doom. 

If one would randomly select any person who lives in America compared to across the world, one would hear most complaints from America being that the healthcare is “expensive” or “unfair” compared to the rest of parts of the world( (Lowering Healthcare Costs, 2022)). This is a grave situation because a lot of people lean towards not going to the hospital to deal with the problem while its small end up in a grave situation and being dragged to the emergency room by the ambulance. The saddest part is that this is all a business for others. America might have some of the best doctors in the world and healthcare, yet one of the most outrageous fees for the little flu injection that they just provided you.

The unfortunate event that this can cause is that insurance like Ucare can suddenly stop helping people pay for their medical fees because of the outrageous charges the hospital charges people. As individuals and as a community, people can help out by getting together and to bother themselves by asking the hospitals to provide them with receipts of the treatment they got, as to not be charged outrageous money to the insurance, later putting them in a black book for the insurance company.

Source:

https://www.westhealth.org/lowering-healthcare-costs/