Environmental activists could say that enhanced environment naturally decreases the disease occurrence rate and the number of patients who suffer from serious diseases. However, I do not agree with the statement in the topic. In my opinion, health care issue today is the most serious issue that needs both government and people’s attention than environmental issue for the following reasons.
To begin with, well-establishing health care policy helps not only to get everyone proper treatments against their illnesses on time but also ultimately to save people’s lives. From infant to elderly, there is nothing more important than mental and physical healthy. More importantly, healthy citizen is the first premise of consisting of a nation. Once in the past, Dr. Smith, a well-known professor at the department of public health, at University of ____, pointed out that 70 % of dying population a day passed away due to the preventable and curable diseases. He said that the reason they died is that expensive costs of hospitalizing and medicines, which poor people cannot afford. If they have public health insurance which is cheap and public operated, they would not have passed away like that. Thus, health care issues need to get more attention and care from governments.
In addition, as far as financial efficiency is concerned, it is more desirable for government to pay attention to health care issues. Government should deal with the health care issue as much as they can due to the fact that it can save a lot of money in the various aspects in the level of nation. According to the recent research conducted in the United States by a well-known research firm, health-related area including medicine and nursing home is the top ranked area where the U.S. government spends their budget. Moreover, the article also claims that if government offers free or cheap public health insurance toward every citizen, it not only reduces the money they now spend for health area since people are more likely to get regular check-up but also increases tax income because people can work longer and healthier. Supporting people’s health in the level of nation is eventually beneficial for people as well as a nation.
In summary, I do agree with the opinion that government should focus on more health care issues than environment issues.