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RAGING HEALTH CARE DEBATE

      June 22,2009
 

The raging debate in the US today about Healthcare shows the great strength of our democracy. On the left they would like Universal coverage, but do not know how to pay for it and on the right the usual lets leave things the way they are and of course "No Socialized Medicine for All."

The truth of the matter is that healthcare reform is overdue and the current system cannot be sustained for a long period of time. There is enormous waste in the system and there is also the dangerous but ignored Health Apartheid Regime; which offers comprehensive care to Whites and substandard care to Blacks.

Universal care although seems palatable but the issue of cost over a period should not be ignore hence we risk adding undue burden to the deficit. There should be reform across the board, in the cost of medicine, in billing practices and most of all in the wasteful TEST regime which over prescribes tests for patients because of the defensive medicine most doctors practice.

Although president Obama's reforms are encouraging, he has not shown the determination to see that this scourge in the American system is forever dealt with. A system that guarantees equal care for all would be greatly welcomed if all the parties are willing to give a little, knowing fully well that the health of a nation is its greatest asset and therefore should be treated as a National Security matter.