American government should provide universal healthcare for all citizens

The American health system is based on a diverse private health insurance system. It has been questioned for nearly a century. Whole generations of leaders, from Theodore Roosevelt to Bill Clinton, did not get the approval of projects, which were rejected by doctors and health insurance companies. The United States is the only developed country that does not guarantee a comprehensive health care for its citizens (Procon, 2010). In 1912, President Theodore Roosevelt, began the battle by calling for a single health service, however, leaders did not consider the issue important enough by that time. In 1935, the President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, implemented The Social Security that would support pensions and other benefits to the elderly. In 1948, the campaign for a National Health system took forces again, with the President Truman proposal; nevertheless, it was heavily criticized by the American Medical Association and also compared to communism by the Republicans. Only more than five decades after the first attempt to nationalize healthcare, emerged the first signs of programs that aimed to benefit a small part of the population, the elderly and disabled (Health care timeline, 2010). In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed a federal law, two government programs. Medicare, which offers health insurance for people 65 years old or more and with certain disabilities or for people of any age with End-Stage Renal Disease. The other one, Medicaid, which is a program that provides healthcare for low-income people (Irive, 2002). After that, many other leaders continued the battle trying to unify the system of health. Later on, in 1993, President Clinton presented the most audacious project aiming for universal coverage; however, he did not convince the Congress to embrace it (Health care timeline, 2010). The big issue consists of the two groups that are not included in these two government programs. The first one is the people that have insurance through their job