Paraphrasing (medical care)

Some people think citizens should be totally responsible for their own health costs. Others think it is better to have a health care system which provides free health services for all. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.take out private health insurance| health insurance premiums

• be privately insured>> the privately insured are entitled to ...privately insure their health
• pay their own medical bills
• afford= pay= cover = take out free medical care = Free health coverage = providing free medical services
• provide= be made available toa safety net in the form of a basic free health care system
• >> government spending/expenditure= the allotment of governments' funds
• make medical treatment affordable
• the unemployed| the disadvantaged| the less well-off | the impoverished| the underpriviledged

some people regard increasing business and cultural contacts as a positive development,while others feel these are leading to loss of national identities
loss|disappearance|extinction|demise|death of national|unique ethnic identities|attributes|traits|features|characteristics
= erode|vanish people's understanding| comprehension of their own food tradition|heritage|inheritance|legacy|custom
>> promote cross-cultural understanding= remove cultural barriers
cultural contacts= cultural exchanges= cross-cultural exposure= cultural interaction= cultural interface
>> international/trans-national/global interaction/communication/contactssome people think that governments should provide assistance to all kinds of artists including painters, musicians and poets. Others, however, think this is a waste of money

• government expenditure|spending|investment|allotment|allocation
• >> spending a significant amount of the government budget|fund
• >> musical institutions/places