Thursday, October 25, 2007
The Future of American Health Care
Health care in American is becoming increasingly harder to come by. The growing number of American's that are found to be without health insurance gives proof of how American's are dealing with the rise in health care costs. The Campaign for America's Future gives testimony to the hardship that increasing health rates are inflicting on the American consumer. The idea that the campaign presents is that profit needs to be taken out of health care. This is one among many ideas of what needs to be changed in the current system. As dissatisfaction grows what is in store for the future of American health care? I predict that in the near future a level of universal health care will be adopted enabling the government to regulate health care prices. The government's capability to regulate the prices of health care and related goods and services will make them more affordable to consumers. Support for this alteration in the current health care system is growing. If the health care system stays the same the rates of health care and related goods and services will continue to increase at a rate that will make it difficult for citizens to obtain quality health care. The reasons that the health care costs will continue to rise according to David H. Chenoweth, author of "Worksite Health Promotion" include: cost shifting, inflation, technological advancements, high prices of malpractices insurance, practicing defensive medicine, and catastrophic cases. More Americans are feeling the effects of increasing health care costs. The future of the American health care system and the application of universal health care will be determined soon. The approaching point of action will be reached when American's need for health care will outweigh their objections of allowing increased government interference in health care.
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Does not everyone want health care that is cheap and effective, because I know I do. People should not be worried about the government interfering in the health care system but they should be worried about the health of themselves. There are many people who do not have health care and the potential costs of needed surgery could cripple them financially. Universal health care could help protect against those costs and provide a safety net for many people.
You bring up some great ideas HealthyGirl! A lot of people are willing to fight tooth and nail to keep costs down. Others are willing to cut out paying for health care to go shopping or pay for other unnecessary things. That is, until they are struck with a health issue of their own, they get in an accident, so and and so forth. The idea of bringing in the government to control costs is a great idea. It concept is similar to how the government controls business to prevent a monopoly, in any given product or service, from hiking up the prices.
joe smith, its true that you would think in the current material world that we live in citizens wouldn't have loyalty to a broken system. However the idea that with a single-payer system people will be paying for the illnesses of others is on factor that fuels this trend.
I think that the profit aspect of big corporate insurance companies needs to be taken out of health care. It just doesn't make since. I found online stated that Americans don't worry about calling the fire department when their house is burning, so why should they worry about how much they'll have to pay to go to the emergency room? In a system where the costs are shared there is no need for this extra worry and it is fair, because everyone will need health care eventually.
As you stated in your post, the rise in health care costs is a growing problem. Many people don't have health insurance because they cannot afford it and then when they are bombarded with health issues they are doomed financially. I think that Universal Health Care would be a good idea because it would take the profit out of health care and provide health care, a basic need, for all citizens.
One of the main problems with the current health care system is the economic prospect of earning profit. It seems like companies are more interested in coming out ahead financially than providing effective care. With this kind of mentality the U.S. has increased technology, but at the same time made sacrifices elsewhere. Proposals for reform are calling for a system that will entice producers to make advancements while still making health care affordable.
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