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A Malthusian View on Current Healthcare Issues
As the number of individuals dependent on government healthcare grows, how will the government continue to provide funds for healthcare? Presidential candidates will try to convince the public they have the answer to our country’s healthcare problems in the upcoming election year. The public will hear promises of universal healthcare coverage and reduced costs for prescription medications, but at what cost to society. Thomas Robert Malthus would have certainly opposed government providing healthcare to those unable to afford it, but today’s economists could use some of the ideas Malthus expressed in An Essay on the Principle of Population to evaluate our current government funded healthcare programs.
Malthus discussed his economic theories in essays, pamphlets, and books written during the late 1700’s and early 1800’s. In his Essay on Population, Malthus determined that the population would double every twenty-five years and the rate of food production would not be enough to sustain the growing population, at that time. ... In addition to positive checks, Malthus also believed in preventive checks, such as abstinence and postponement of marriage. ... The intense criticism and rapid growth of the agriculture industry quickly cast a shadow on Malthus’s theory. Although history has shown that Malthus was indeed wrong about population growth and food supply, his views of society and individuals behavior within a society may be helpful when applied to other economic issues, such as healthcare.
The number of individuals dependent on government funded healthcare continues to rise as the government struggles to provide the funds for these programs, much like Malthus believed the population growth would increase, and society would struggle to maintain the food supply to support such growth.
Approximate Word count = 1373
Approximate Pages = 5.5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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