Have you been watching the news. Healthcare reform is the biggest topic of the airwaves during the past few weeks. Unfortunately, it is much ado about nothing. It is politics and profitability as usual.
I would not expect anything new on the horizon. Congress is on hold until well after the July 4th holiday. Even then, no one will be able to pull it together.
What is it that we really need to fix healthcare in our country.
That is the $64,000.00 question. We first need to agree what is basic to all Americans when it comes to their health and well-being. We must begin to pay for prevention. We must live prevention. We must make prevention a part of all of our lives 24-7. I have blogged about this before.
We must also adopt a catastrophic insurance plan for all.
many can afford the short doctor visits and generics can cost as low as $4.00 per month for many prescriptions. It is the big hit that wipes people out. The hospital stay or major operation is what is so costly. This is really what all Americans need.
Protection when a catastrophe hits us. So prevention, generic medications and catastrophic care. That pretty much sums it up.
For all of you politicians, take it from me. Check your egos and special interests agendas at the door and solve this crisis before its too late. Or is it already too late?
Dr. Dale
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It's not just catastrophic coverage that we need, we (as a society) need balance at the other end - coverage for PAP smears and annual exams, access for simple issues before they become catastrophic.
ReplyDeleteEmergency Rooms are not a good substitute for a regular doctor visit in a timely manner.
We don't need "protection" - we need prevention.
What we don't need are CORPORATE bureaucrats (that is, the insurance company bureaucrats) making decisions that put profit before health care which is what is happening now.
We also don't need the current system of health care rationing - if you have enough money, you get the ration of health care. If you don't have any money, we're sorry, your ration ran out!
Everyone deserves access to quality health care.