Question

Although there is a heavy debate over how the United States should pay for a universal healthcare system, perhaps the best idea is to study the ways thirty-two other countries in the world, including our neighbor Canada, have effectively implemented such a system. Europe has a system in which all residents pay into a common fund that creates a pool of money and provides benefits to all. The United States is currently ranked thirty-seventh by the World Health Organization in a report that ranks the quality of care in each country based on infant and adult mortality rates. This is staggeringly far from the top, considering that America is one of the largest world powers. We must figure out a way to effectively adopt a universal healthcare system that provides care to all citizens. Every month an additional 2 million Americans become uninsured. Americans have a right to health care, and the government has an obligation to support that right.

Which counterargument is addressed here?

Answer 1

The answer to the first question is "the debate over how to pay for universal care," the second answer is "study the systems in Canada and Europe," and the third is statistical.