Should education and healthcare be free of charge and funded by the government, or should it be the responsibility of the people to pay for these services?
Nowadays, majority of people argued that essential services such as education and healthcare should be free and supported by the government. However, others say that it should be paid by individuals. I believe that both opinions have negative and positive effects on citizens but the government’s assistance would be more necessary.
It is true that the quality of services can be improved highly from paying for education and healthcare by individual. In general, high income parents send their children to private school to obtain better educational service such as study abroad, tutoring and second language class. In comparison with public school, students in private school are more likely to have educational opportunities, it will be led to their future career. Aside from that, in hospitals, patients get great service and are focused by doctors and nurses. In contrast, paying every service would place burden on individuals. They have to save money for emergency situation and this does not even apply to low income family or unemployed person.
On the other hand, free welfare services have numerous advantages. Firstly, everyone in all social class can obtain same benefits. For example, in Korea, everyone can have complementary education support until high school. In addition, people feel free to visit clinics and get a medical check-up regularly to maintain their health with the low costs of healthcare system supported by the government. Moreover, every citizen does have rights to get equal treatment and should not be stress about their medical care or education. In order to fund these services, government should collect tax based on family income. In this regard, the government can implement fair laws for everyone.
In conclusion, free education and healthcare services would have more benefits on the public as everyone should be enjoyed those service equally.