Government and Healthcare

I believe that the government has a lot of laws already to help us with our health. They set up laws that help people stay safe. There are laws that prevent us from getting hurt in a car accident by forcing us to wear our seat belts, they have set out a food pyramid to help us eat right, and they have also done programs such as DARE to keep away from harmful drug abuse.



I feel that how someone treats themselves is a personal health decision. However, the government could help the people that don't have health insurance or lower the cost of health care that is avaliable to many. If they set up these laws such as getting certain annual exams, then they would have to make healthcare more affordible for the lower class in America. I don't think that the government neccessarly needs to make sure you are healthy to prevent further illnesses, they just need to make it cheaper and more avaliable. If they place these laws on us it is almost taking away our healthcare freedom.