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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. |