A WELFARE STATE

A WELFARE STATE.

The USA is a Welfare State, a country that has a system of ensuring the welfare of its citizens by means of social services, provided by the state. At the national level the Government is responsible for the National Health Insurance and Social Security. The state is responsible for the welfare of all its citizens, providing pensions, free health care and etc.

The system of National Insurance and Social Security provide financial help for different categories of citizens. National Insurance benefits are available to the unemployed, the sick and the retired.  Financial help is also available to the widowed and the disabled. Every child is entitled to allowance, whatever the parents’ income may be. The poor can claim food stamps.

There is a good medical care service in the USA. America with its private insurance-based system spends 14% Gross Domestic Product on health. The USA is one of the most developed countries in the world, but it doesn’t provide health care for all. Medical care is not free, but many people can afford it because they have high income and many hospitals provide some free or low-cost care for those who cannot pay. There are people who receive medical care through social programmes. They are Medicare which is intended for the elderly and Medicaid which is available for the poor. Most new medical techniques and technologies become available in America before anywhere else. The USA has no public health service, so most people have health insurance.

In America many adult children put their parents into old people’s home, but the state takes care of them. In cases, old people decide to live in old people’s homes. On the whole, such homes are very pleasant. The elderly are always able to call a trained nurse if they have any difficulties.

On the whole, the Social Welfare works well.

Popova Evgeniia, Simonova Anastasiia.