Some people claim that the government should take care of public’s health, meanwhile the other side believes that individuals are responsible for their own well-being.
Firstly, help from the government can definitely attract citizens. For instance, creating special programms that can provide quotes for one medical check up per year can influence people’s attitude towards their own health. For example, in Kazakhstan there was a case with a little girl named Malika. She had a cancer that was hard to cure due to the financial situation in her family. After her mom started posting videos about her daughter’s illness, they were noticed by the president. He contacted a charity program that provided a couple of minutes on TV every day to talk about Malika, which resulted in massive financial help from the citizens. Once the girl had received support from the government, she got better. The initiative can definitely influence people into becoming more aware of their well-beimg.
On the other hand, it is very important for individuals to know how to take responsibility for their own health. First of all, knowing your body is a bare minimum for every adult, as much as doing a medical check-ups at least once a year or visiting specialists when needed. Such basic knowledge and ability to make sure you are healthy should be one of the main habits in everyones life. One private British University had a social experiment. Students had to make a research wheather people see doctors regularlyand or what was the reason of avoiding seeing specialists. More than 80% of the respondents said, that they tend to wait till the symptomps are gone and they see a doctor only if they’re not getting better in approximately a week. The reason to this behaviour was unreasonably high prices of medical help. This proves, that the health system should be regulated.
I believe, that such initiative from the government would be helpful and could envourage people to be more responsible of their health. Additionally, one of the idea is to make it more affordable, so that people won’t feel like someone has stolen their monthly budget after seeing a doctor.