An estimated 50 million people in the United States lack medical insurance. Those who are uninsured are excluded from medical treatment, charged more for services, and die because they lack medical insurance.

With universal health care, everyone is covered, so they all receive the medical help they need without paying or worrying about insurance. Free medical services would encourage patients to practice preventive medicine and ask about problems early when treatment will be light; currently, patients often avoid physicals and other preventive measures because of the costs.

Universal health care would also remove wasteful inefficiencies such as duplicate paper work, claim approval, insurance submission, etc. Every time we go to the doctor, a claim must be submitted, an approval department has to go over the claim, checks have to be mailed, patients are sent co-pay bills, and so on; which is a waste of time.

A universal health care plan would allow us to build one centralized system. There would be no need for maintaining insurance information or wasting time submitting claims. A centralized system would allow us to do outstanding data analysis, leading to medical advances and increased diagnosed efficiency.