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One thing is for sure, health care as it currently exists in the United States will be different going forward. How different is the question. Will it be affordable? Become a government plan? Cover everyone?
There are answers to the ins and outs of what is happening in health care reform in a new article at CNN. One point that keeps coming up is about preexisting conditions. If you have them, many times it’s difficult to get health insurance. Another point is for people that have health insurance they like now. Will they have to change? In theory, the answer is no.
How much do Americans spend in health care? CNN says:
In the United States, every person spends on average $6,714 for health care. That’s significantly higher than in the United Kingdom, where $2,760 per person is spent; or in France, where the cost is $3,449 per person; or in Canada, where medical costs are $3,678 per person, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. While some would argue that medical care is better in the United States than in these other countries, others would say the opposite is true. For example, the United States ranks 50th in life expectancy, and 180th infant mortality.
In other words, paying a lot for health care doesn’t mean we are getting the most for our dollar. But since this is still being talked about, we can only imagine what health care will look like in five years.
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There is no question as to whether we need reform. We need a new healthcare image all together. The cost of preventative care through education, and the extended cost expenditures, through lack of such measures, has created a significant gap in which we much attempt to close.
In the US, we spend an expurlative amount on medications, and do not relay pertainant informational resources to influence behaviors of wellnese as we should.
The US citizen needs to begin to be responsible for there outcomes earlier in life and this trend must begin now through a variety of disciplines.
My ideas are to embrace change, yet be wary of the Government Intervention if it is not producing long standing results.
We must now implement data recovery for outcomes as preposed by NIH, and evaluate each accordingly, specific to demographics in each region.
In curbing cost, we all know that Medicare is failing, but what fiscal responsibilities should be place on third-party insurances, even if the go Non-Profit. These are tough questions.
The answer is in allowing patients satisfaction, via annual audits, but also maintaining the ideals of business ethics/etiquette to adjust for future prventative systems to be upgraded.
Of coarse limits on procedures will be place, who really want to have by-pass surgery if they could have prevented it. But it has to start now, one way or another. Maybe grandma will suffer in some instances, but in all reality what choices have we made in the past.
I know of alot of horror stories about waiting lists, and this will never be olved by any healthcare system!
LET US BE MATURE AND REALISTIC HERE!
If we want to lead in the world, we should hold everyone accountable and not have to rely upon a “pill” to solve our problems.