We do not have the best healthcare
system in the world. In fact among the so called first world nations we may
actually have one of the worst. It does not matter what evaluative criteria you
use we are woefully deficient. Let take the socialized medicine argument off
the table and look at quality of care. Look at who the influencers are on our
healthcare, it is the medical industrial complex. The drug companies have an
inordinate influence on what is taught in medical schools. We over rely on
technology for diagnostics to the exclusion of the physical exam. Our doctor training
is fast becoming outdated. We need to stop kidding ourselves and
put politics and greed aside and get this thing fixed. We need to focus on
getting our population healthy again through movement and exercise, not
medication. The economic and personal cost of all of this is beyond
staggering. We are destroying ourselves
from within. At the rate we are going a significant portion of the population
will not be able to afford healthcare in any way, shape or form. This is the
greatest country in the world; we should be ashamed at what is going on. We
need to swallow our pride and go out and look at the rest world. See what works
and incorporate it into a new system. Cuba, yea lets take a look at what they do. From
what I have seen they do a much better job of training their doctors. They have
greater life expectancy and by the way a higher literacy rate. Does that mean
we adopt their political system, by no means. We need to be pragmatic and make healthcare
reform a priority – NOW!
3 Comments
Joe
Vern,
What are the coporate heads of the pharmaceutical companies going to do when we aren’t addicted to their drugs? How are they supposed to make millions and millions of dollars? How are they supposed to run the government then?
We keep using their drugs to temporarily cover up our symptoms of our diseases when we should be fixing our health & lifestyle habits. If your tree had leaves that weren’t turning color or dying, would you spraypaint the leaves green? I would hope not. You would see what’s going on inside the tree.
Sorry, just a little frustrated with our current health system like Vern is.
Jonathan Hewitt ATC
Vern,
I agree with your commentary. Western medicine excluides prevention and is postactive and not proactive. However you forgot a very large element, insurance. Even if we did have an education system like you suggested, will the insurance companies allow the health care provider to make the decisions? It’s very complicated needless to say.
buck blackwood
Keep drinking the Micheal Moore documentary kool-aid…I stand by our health care providers being the best in the world. Go-ahead and take that fast boat to Cuba but be careful to post anthing critical…you’ll end up in a jail cell. I do, however, agree w/ Vern that we need to bolster the woefully inadequate physical education programs of our schools.