Đề ngày 26/4/2018: Healthy lifestyle or illness treatment

Đề thi ngày 26/4/2018

It is more important to spend public money promoting a healthy lifestyle in order to prevent illness than to spend it on the treatment of people who are already ill.

To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?

Write at least 250 words 

Sample answer

Opinions are divided on whether it is better to allocate state funds on preventive health care or disease treatment. Personally, I think both investments are equally important, which should receive the same public spending. 

It is clear that preventive health care introduces certain advantages contributing to the long-term progress of the whole nation. First, illness prevention is definitely less costly than treatment. Second, fewer citizens getting sick will reduce burdens on the public healthcare system and lessen the working pressure of medical staff. Third, having positive living habits plays significant roles in people’s levels of happiness and general quality of life, thereby making people be capable of working more effectively and productively. Therefore, somehow or other preventive health care is a contributing factor to boost national development and economic growth.

Additionally, similar investment should be provided for treatment of ailments in order to stop the threats of contagion immediately. In reality, there is always a possibility of disease outbreaks. The lack of well-timed medical intervention may cause a minor ailment to develop into a fatal epidemic. It is clear that if the unwanted scenario happens, adequate health care services and prompt medical actions will be the imperative measure saving human’s life. Therefore, it is worthwhile to spend equal national budgets on building more hospitals, modernising facilities, training medical staff and experimenting with new medicines or vaccines.

In conclusion, preventive health care, which is the long-term investment, would be hindered if people’s current health problems are treated inadequately. Thus, both aspects of social health care should receive the same public financial support.

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