Health Care Reform
Where does one begin to tackle this problem. I worked in health care and have been around the environment closely for more than half of my life and I cannot come up with a solution simple or complex. Here are just a few issues:
1. Insurance companies (that in my opinion are just scams and the public’s number one enemy).
2. Pharmaceutical companies that have had inflated prices from their inception and are public enemy number 2.
HAVE YOU NOTICED LATELY THAT THE ONLY ADVERTISERS THAT CAN AFFORD SPOTS ON MAJOR TELEVISION STATIONS ARE INSURANCE AND DRUG COMPANIES?
3. Then of course there are the people in the U.S. (TRULY A NATION OF VICTIMS) always crying “WOLF” and trying to milk the system when in fact they haven’t been injured or done wrong. Risk management is a department in hospitals that settles cases for patient’s when an error is done or they see a loophole (or their attorney) finds one to jump on.
4. Then we have the trusty American Medical Association which is it’s own political machine which I will not even attempt to tackle.
5. Illegal Immigrants. So many Americans are uninsured today. An illegal immigrant must be treated in our ER’s if injured. What about the U.S. citizen that has paid taxes, worked hard, owns a home and can’t afford insurance? Do they deserve liens and lawsuits because they are legal and hard honest working people?
6. Now we have a government trying to manage this catastrophic situation. Oh great!
I really can’t wrap my brain around this issue. It starts cramping. I would like to see each state appoint a board of physicians to begin to create a solution. The American people should be able to choose ANY health plan available in ANY state in this country to start and not be limited to their own state government regulations. Your comments and suggestions are encouraged.
Persia Monir
September 9th, 2009 at 6:01 pm
Hi Persia,
What do you think of Britain’s National Health Service? As an intelligent woman and with yr background in healthcare I assume you are familiar with it – do you think some form of the NHS would work in US, even though admittedly it is flawed?
Love
Mikey
September 10th, 2009 at 5:55 pm
Well hello to a fellow brit, also good question but it will be a cold day in hell before we see anything like the NHS rolled out in the states. As a n external observer one does find the American health system tragically comic, especially when watching fox (I swear its meant to be satyr). An example of this those town hall meetings people screaming and calling an openly gay Jew a Nazi and fox is presenting these people as sane patriots. All i can say is bring on the death panels some people are too stupid.
September 12th, 2009 at 6:57 am
Whoa!!!! Stop all the anger. This is all about public service. My first hero was Clara Barton. Health Care needs to be a philanthropic effort on the part of the wealthy community. Some of our tax dollars could be given towards health care. I say legalize drugs, get rid of the black market, and start syphoning the money to the people. The world is so corrupt and greedy, why so many grey areas when it is plain and simple. The longer I was in medicine, I stopped reading books and diagnosing and started listening to the patient. The patient, sick person tells you what is going on. They have all the answers. Happiness is the answer. Lets all get happy and stop worrying. It may sound trite, but truth is right in front of your face…like a pie!
April 16th, 2010 at 1:17 am
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Where does one begin to tackle this problem…..
April 19th, 2010 at 6:33 pm
Individuals take for granted how much one person can empower the next. Cost containment and being frugal in life is a good start. What do you think?
May 12th, 2010 at 11:07 pm
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