Health Debate Topics — page 12

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• Health care law holds insurance companies in check
• 2009 health bill provides aid to those without employer insurance.

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• ...other countries have better health care pay their drs less Did you just come up with this assumption? If you did not i would like to know which countries have better health care than us and i would like to know why you say they have better health care. Until you prove the…
• The one thing that keeps medical care satisfactory in America is the fact that we pay our medical staff more than other countries. ...other countries have better health care pay their drs less In fact if we pay our doctors less, as you suggest, we would run in many other…

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• Food labeling is an important form of consumer protection
• Food labeling helps people make better choices regarding their food

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• Nurse practitioners are registered nurses with years of nursing and medical experience who go back to school to become certified as Nurse Practitioners. They are trained clinically to provide primary care services and have a lot to offer. With physician shortages, lack of…

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• Seeing as how we have 4 rounds in this debate, I'm going to state my case in a simplistic manner, and I'll go back later to elaborate on any points that cause confusion. There are a lot of problems with the healthcare system that the United States currently has. Insurance…
• My opponent's account has been deleted, likely due to her plagiarism. She has thus not been able to post a final argument. I will use this final round to reiterate on the case I have made for universal, government-run healthcare. This will be a brief overview; you can find the…

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• Summary The issue of access to affordable health care has become a pressing concern in these hard economic times, exacerbated by high unemployment and loss of job-based health insurance, the expense of obtaining individual, private health insurance, denial of care by private,…
• Thank you for your welcome and for taking on this debate. 1. "As it stands your definitions arise to absurdity with your resolution, in essence transforming it into: Access to affordable health care is a right, not a right. As such your definitions fail to properly detail the…

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• I assumed my opponent would have gotten the essence of my argument being mainly on cigarette smoke as my entire points are based on it and its harmful effects. As my opponent is very keen to sway away from the main topic and meander into his own topic of choice; I am left with…
• I hold the position in agreement to my topic. Cigarettes should be banned from society and be illegal parallel to selling illicit narcotics such as heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine. Tobacco smoking can be dated back to approximated 6000 BC. Today it is ubiquitous throughout…

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• I am sorry that I was unable to respond last round, so this round I will try best to clarify and defend my points. Contention 1-Constitutionality While I appreciate my opponet's respect for the constitution, I believe that he is a little bit behind the times. Since when does…
• === Resolution === Special taxes put upon the sale of a tobacco product, outside of sales tax, ought to be illegalized by the government. === Definitions === Special taxes-any tax that is imposed on the purchase of a tobacco product, but not levied on other products. Sales tax…

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• Anything I say is correct so your link means nothing because I have a PhD. I love to drink liquid plastic. In fact I drink a pint just before bed every day.
• Please provide proof of your claim. Liquid plastic is very healthy. I have a PhD so I know what I'm talking about.

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• Response to your round 1:You are committing an Argumentum ad Naturam fallacy because you are arguing that a vegetarian diet is bad as it is "not even natural".You are committing a Strawman Fallacy because you are vastly distorting, exaggerating and misrepresenting my view. I…
• This debate will be about whether a well-balanced vegetarian diet is generally to be preferred over a well-balanced omnivorous diet. Therefore, arguments about nutrient deficiencies will be excluded unless Con can show that even a well-balanced vegetarian diet leads to nutrient…

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• Ok I give up. I got nothing. Good debate.
• Nice reasoning. But plants aren't that special. It's bad to eat plants but it ain't a living creature is it. When you kill it does it make sounds of pain. No plants don't because plants don't feel pain. Animals do. There living things and plants are too but there not that…

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• my resolution was to show that smoking is a stupid choice to make. you have conceded that there are obvious better decisions. well since it's stupid to go against the obvious better decision, then smoking is a stupid choice. i have proven my point. i never set out to prove that…
• 1 second equals 120 years? no, but instead of getting into that premise, let me address the conclusion you drew from it by asking you, would you rather have most of your life filled with unhappiness that comes from bad health, or most of your life filled with joy from…

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• Competition in health care is generally a bad idea
• Universal health care grounds doctors in professionalism, not commercialism.

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• Con failed to provide any arguments and did not meet his burden of proof. I have had nothing to disprove, so I have met my burden.
• Con forfeited this round, providing me with nothing to refute.

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• Con states that only 1-2% percent of nicotine is goes in too the body. Then never responded about how the other harmful chemicals named in my previous respond like the carcinogens (cancer-causing poisons). Then talks about how we have a choices to stop if we choose. Ignoring…
• Rebuttal con explains how a cigarette contains 10mg of nicotine. Then we would have to obverse how at how many people smoke cigarettes a day. Let's take a look at how nicotine addiction works, Every puff a person takes at least takes 10 sec for nicotine to reach the brain. Then…

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• Lower healthcare costs
• Reduces growth of tobacco

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• As you are reading this, please keep in mind that I am also quoting from the messages below. Thank you. First, I will respond to blond_guy's arguments, then move on to the member's comments. "Well, these companies could obtain these fats and put it in their food without telling…
• Yes, while "consumer foods containing trans fat is a billion dollar industry," there are many alternatives that would even IMPROVE the economy. With more health officials warning the public about the negative effects of trans fats on the body (Coronary heart disease, prostate…

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• Summary
• Recruting 'inactively' is hypocrisy.

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• My opponent con states that "Obesity is not being unhealthy, or having fat. Obesity is a medical condition. Obesity is not a choice, it is the result of a series of choices. The result is distinct from the choice."He is right. A person makes choices on a daily basis knowing the…
• There are many different definitions. Just because you choose a definition doesn't make you right. Obesity most of the time is caused by excessive amount of calories. People have choices, to be healthy or not. It's all up to them what they eat or don't eat, if they choose to…

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• I will go line by line based on what my opponent has said in his previous speech. My opponent makes two premature statements. The first is that because the 20% of people over 65 with diabetes aren't "the average person," they should be disregarded entirely. I never said they…
• Oh by all means, you can have an extra 24 hours.I know how it feels for the internet to crash on you.:D

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• I thank you for voicing your opinion. Though, I must completely disagree. " The child can take matters into their own hands and start exercising." "The child has the power to take matters in their own hands, and the parents cannot be blamed." This is a lie. Studies show that…
• Parents should be held responsible for their children being obese. if you make the argument that the children are the ones eating, yes, but the parents are buying. I am interested in any point of view. please share with me and may the best man win.

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• Fast food restaurants are in eventuality causing a lot of health problems for the country and skyrocketing the national medical bill. Fast food - food prepared quickly, with little regard to nutritive quality. sell - to advertise and cater for, to transact with monetarily This…

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• they sould not be fast food because there killing to many people

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• my opponent misjudged my motive in this debate. the motive of this debate is not to ban trans fat for obesity only but to ban trans fat in order to prevent other harmful effects and the solution. some of the effects are listed as in: heart problem bad eating habits. going back…
• Trans fat has been a growing problem in our schools and still we are able to sit and ignore this problem. Trans fat limits were also addressed in local wellness policies. Schools across America were mandated to develop and implement local school wellness policies as part of the…

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• Adverts generate profit. Profit funds research into improved drugs
• Patients will be better informed than under the status quo

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• Hello, I'm not going to fully put accross my argument in this post, simply outline the terms and topic. I believe there should be a forced nationwide smoking ban all over the USA, to cut smoking for both health and pleasure reasons. During this debate, I will not be placing…

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• If a fat 5 year old has enough blood then we should allow them to donate. we are allowing skinny people to donate now and drawing than much blood from them is not healthy to their body.
• "The gift of life" is giving people life through giving blood but, many cant do this because they are to young. Let there be a weight restriction not age

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• I would like to start off by saying I have no problems with fat people in general, I have many fat friends. My stance is that being fat is not healthy. When I say "shame fat people" what I mean by that is the same way we would shame or frown upon drug users. I know arguing this…
• From what I understand my opponent seems to be confused as to what we're arguing. Let me clear up any little misunderstanding my opponent may be having. It's very simple. As the title of this debate suggests. "We should shame fat people" In order to shame, we must point out why…

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• i think the price should be raised. smoking has a lot of problems it gives you bad breath it stains your teeth and there is way more what do you guys think

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• This debate is not about whether or not people would be better off if they are forced by the government to do x, y, or z. It is solely about the truth of the assertion that under pending legislation, "if you like what you now have you will get to keep it." 1. Con has not…
• I am glad that Con has taken this debate. We are getting into some important issues. Con's arguments, if I understand correctly, is that because pending legislation does not directly require a person to change their existing health care provider, that the assertion "you won't…

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• I extend my arguments from the previous round. Also, seeing as we both forfeited one round, I think it would be fair for voters to ignore our forfeits and consider them as cancelling each other out.
• Position: The United States should replace Obamacare with a universal Medicare for All SystemArgument 1: Countries with universal healthcare have the highest iHDI (inequality-adjusted human development index). Obamacare is not a universal healthcare system. It is a system that…

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• " 50% of bacon is monounsaturated and a large part of those is Alec acid" Alec acid isn't actually a thing. Its called oleic acid. Either this is a horrible mistype, or you where attempting to avoid plagiarizing as this is a direct quote from the website you sourced. "Meat…
• Bacon is a bad food. I would like to clarify at the beginning I am talking about real bacon, not fake bacon, or turkey bacon or any other variations. Simply real pig bacon. Bacon is 68% fat and contains 30 mg of cholesterol (for the average strip). It has been linked to…

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• Okay, first of all I can kind of see what you are saying about freedom, however, there are lots of laws in the UK which are stripping people from their freedom however, they are stripping people of there freedom for the better. In think this is what they should do with…
• Good, and thanks for accepting. So here's my main argument: Well, as you and i will know cigarettes have devastating effects on people, however once people start, the cannot stop, becasue of the nicotine in cigarettes. I'm not going to go into all the effects of cigarettes,…

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• Good luck to my opponent!

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• Since my opponent seems occupied, I'll burn a round and talk about why those who can afford medical insurance so often choose to go without it. Let's imagine for a minute that the government did not force hospitals to treat people who do not have insurance or the ability to pay…
• I will use your statistics, but keep in mind that "poverty" as a designation is typically used as a threshold to qualify for federal, state and local assistance. These income numbers are reported by the very people who are trying to qualify for government aid. As a result,…

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• kid shouldn't learn about that yet there to young to learn about that what happen if they not responsible

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• "I said it raises taxes beyond the necessary limit. Read my post next time, don't skim it. As I said, just paying for 10% of the population causes much less of an increase in taxes, so we should do that instead." Same to you - I can still apply the same argument to that. What…
• "Taxes are infringing on an individual's right to make money, so, although they are necessary, universal health care causes us to raise them above that level." OK, I can make the same argument about anything. The government needs funding for a war - they'll raise taxes. The…

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• Condoms are not always the best protection method. Condoms can break. Women need to use birth control to guarantee that pregnancy will not occur. Using a condom alone is more risky than using birth control alone. Should parents know whats going on with their children? Yes. But…
• Im sorry for the forfeit. Teenagers are going to have sex. They are NOT going to tell their parents, and while people say they should, they wont. So you're going to let them have a child instead of giving them birth control? Sure its expensive, but so is diapers, food, and…

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• Thanks for responding! First off, weed and pot are the same thing, and tobacco is smoked in public, weed isn't. As for crack, that is an illegal drug is not common in public, while tobacco is. Next, you claim that "Tobacco smoke doesn't linger as long as pro thinks." Tobacco…
• Thanks you accepting! I hope we can have a good debate togeather. Pardon my spelling and the like, as I am doing this on a mobile phone. But on to my argument. We all know smoking is awful. It causes a ton of diseases, takes years off your life, and kills other people as well.…

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• I apologize for missing the last round as well. Con raises the question "Should we criminalize eating steak because doing so is dangerous and potentially fatal by contributing to heart disease?" This "analogy" says that eating steak causes heart disease, but eating steak is…
• I have clearly stated that the government has the right to criminalize cigarettes. They have done it in the past with other substances and still uphold laws with substances today. And the argument at hand is about criminalizing cigarettes, not anything else, therefore the fact…

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• dabbing means hitting someone with a knife
• Indian people are cancer b/c they're stinky like f*ck

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• I accept! Thank you for instigating this debate, @AndDontCallMeShirley. Good luck to my oponent...

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• medicine is cheaper in universal healthcare countires too. the main reason it's cheaper in those places along with healthcare in general is because the government negotiaties and sometimes regultaes the prices lower. and lower administrative costs getting rid of the insurance…
• con says we have to be scare with healthcare because of a big popululation. the problem is other industricalized countries consider healthcare a right, and spend much less than we do per capita. so it doesn't have to be rationed. logic also predicts this... iwth a bigger…

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• Obesity is obviously the most urgent issue in America today. As I stated above obesity affects 1 out of every three adults and 2 out of every 19 kids ages 2-19. Obesity does more than just make a person look bigger / fatter, it also increases the risk of many serious health…
• Obesity is the most urgent problem facing America today. Today, 36% of all adults ( people over 18 ) are obese! That is 1 in every three adults. what's more is that obesity rates have doubled from 1990 going from 15% to 30%! However, this major issue does not just affect…

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• my opponent says that congress made a mistake by passing the health care bill, and I say they made the correct decision. All my opponent has done is just restate our views. In order to prove my point over my opponent's, I will restate the reasons why the health care reform is…
• my opponent fails to see the big picture, this health care bill is needed and congress agrees, THEY APROVED IT! When someone without insurance receives health care, that money has to be provided by the government. If you didn't already know, our country is in debt. When…

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• Fun fact: you cannot 'tip a cow'
• Also, meat tastes bloody delicious raw.(rimshot drums)Ok, I'm going to extend once more since I have nothing to refute.

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• Lets start off with " It's none of your business what somebody wishes to put into their body." When did i mention that it was my business? I really don't care if you smoke or not, this is about that being brought into restaurants. By me saying that i don't think people should…
• I believe that smoking is a very bad habit. I think that it is a good thing that most restaurants ban it. Second hand smoke is very unhealthy. I will look forward to a lively debate with my opponent! Thank you.

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• The presence of severely mentally ill persons in jails and prisons is an urgent problem. Clinical studies suggest that 6 to 15 percent of persons in city and county jails and 10 to 15 percent of persons in state prisons have severe mental illness. Offenders with severe mental…
• I understand that criminals may be placed under the mental health category, however, 7.5% were properly diagnosed as expressed in your point, that is over half of the population of assessed criminals. Yes, the 2.5%, have been wrongfully written up which I agree is morally…

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• Ok so mary-J and other worst drugs are two diffrent things, and trying weed out is nothing alike from doing meth etc. I been a pot smoker for 2years and not once in those years did I even THINK about trying anything else. I had a lot of people bug me and bug me about trying…
• 0k in someways weed can be bad for u. And Don't u need oxygen to breath? (Sry I was confused on that.) But anyway thats also why I brought up being with people u KNOW while smoking weed. And with soo many people smoking weed anyway why can't the law already just give up busting…

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• Obesity is a public health issue .
• Making it easier for parents to raise their children well.