Young said he believes health care in America should mirror an institution that is already in place in America: Medicaid.
"With the single-payer policy, everyone should be able to hold a card and be able to get treatment from any doctor," Young said.
During a question-and-answer session, Young said the health care industry is inherently disingenuous, which is why the cost of health care has more than tripled in the past decade.
Many of the students who attended the speech said they were there to develop a better understanding of health care reform.
"I don't know enough to form an opinion," said Weinberg freshman William Mayers. "I'm here to learn more about the issue."
Weinberg freshman Eddie Siegel said he still disagrees with universal health care after attending the lecture.
"He was a good speaker, but all he said was single-payer health care," Siegel said. "I'm a healthy 18 year old. I don't need health care insurance and shouldn't have to pay for it."
The next installment of the group's lecture series is a panel featuring five speakers with varying perspectives on the issue of health care. The panel will be held at 7 p.m. Nov. 14 in Annenberg Hall, room G15.
Reach Tiffany Wong at
tiffanywong2007@u.northwestern.edu.
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Chris C
posted 11/06/07 @ 8:01 AM CST
"I'm a healthy 18 year old. I don't need health care insurance and shouldn't have to pay for it."
Eddie, that's an easy thing to say when you're insured. (Continued…)
Max Fletcher
posted 11/06/07 @ 2:30 PM CST
Not to mention that when you do get injured or sick without insurance, everyone else ends up paying more in hospital bills to make up for the losses incurred because you weren't insured. (Continued…)
lily
posted 11/08/07 @ 10:57 AM CST
watch Michael Moore's SICKO ....sort of sums up the entire story ....after the cigarette companies , the insurance companies and drug companies are the biggest bloodsuckers in he world . (Continued…)
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