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Rashford endeavored to elucidate whether a universal healthcare system is right for the United States. The U.S is amongst the developed counties without a proper universal healthcare plan. Whilst the implementation of universal healthcare plans in the U.S is a plausible feat, progress will not be achieved unless all facets of society are involved. The study gives a good example for comparison between countries with healthcare plans and those without the plan. The study supports the topic under study by elucidating the importance of a universal healthcare plan.Wang, G. (2010).
Financial Sustainability of Universal Healthcare and Its Reform: The Case of Taiwan. Asian Socila Scienece, 6(4), 3-18.Taiwan is one of the many countries in the Asian continent that have implemented a universal healthcare plan. The researchers aimed at evaluating the rationale and achievements of the program so far, financial crisis, and political interference.The study provides a useful framework for the evaluation of universal healthcare plans in existence, and factors affecting such programs.
Woodman, J. Brandon, M., Bailey, S., Sidebotham, P., and Gilbert, R. (2011). Healthcare use by children fatally or seriously harmed by child maltreatment: analysis of a national case series 2005–2007. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 96(3), 270-275.The researchers conducted the study to determine antecedent patterns of healthcare use by children fatally or seriously harmed by maltreatment. Children who are victims of maltreatment encounter various challenges in accessing healthcare. The study confirmed earlier findings that complex pediatric and family problems limit vulnerable children’s ability to access healthcare.
The annotation offers an example of vulnerable groups that need free access to healthcare. The study also indicates the need for a universal healthcare plan. These findings offer substantial support to the topic under study.
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