Justin Cunningham
Writing 111-Dr. Rigney
Case Study Project, First Draft
How Stress Relates to Health and Wealth; Free Healthcare Society
Imagine a world that has free healthcare for all. Wouldn’t that be a huge re
...
Justin Cunningham
Writing 111-Dr. Rigney
Case Study Project, First Draft
How Stress Relates to Health and Wealth; Free Healthcare Society
Imagine a world that has free healthcare for all. Wouldn’t that be a huge reduction of
stress? Well contrary to popular belief this is true for well over a hundred countries with free and
universal health care (the U.S., of course, being one of the ones that are not). To start anyone’s
day by going outside, walking off the porch, and breaking your ankle, would be stressful not
only because of the physical pain you just endured, but then the ambulance ride to the hospital
and x-rays that will cause your savings account to diminish. The U.S. especially comes to mind
when we have the biggest healthcare problem in the world, with most people that have low
income being the ones who can’t pay for hospital visits. Take a lower-class citizen of the U.S.
and a wealthy citizen and compare their level of health. The one that will suffer the most will
always be the lower-class citizen because he just simply cannot afford the visits to the treatment
facilities. This could be the same for a wealthy person though if say they are struggling
financially and can barely pay the copay. The more money you make, the more you spend comes
to mind. Stress will cause health problems for both the wealthy and the poor alike. Stress
becomes the root cause of som
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