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Yes the poor should have help with health care, as it is possible resource wise*. Medicines should be quite possible. Then the matter often become prevention. That can be quite a challenge with drug abuse effecting a human's natural behavior. The way government is wishing to require things these days, they may require some people to get a vaccine* that helps prevent the high from abusing drugs. So they don't ever get addicted, or are less likely to relaps into abusing themselves that way again from 'peer abuse'.
Why governance has ever went so far with letting the money system get so far from being in harmony with reality's actual potentials; and letting the rich, especially super rich entities, get away with helping so little. That, I can not follow well at all. Any Public Option* will only shift more of the load to the middle class which is already staggering under the load. Perhaps there may be a way for government to assure a basic policy, like the 'FDIC' does for a bank account. One defined by the government as being fair enough to the end user, costs included. Thus supported, even a small insurance company could sell it. That as least would generate 'competition' to keep prices down. (I am presently wondering how much foreign influence, due to ownership and the likes, is causing the present spike in health insurance costs. Is there a way to note such things well?) As for Single Payer Plan coming from the desire for simplicity. They are already saying the the health care system's users needs to we the wiser on noting costs, and preventing fraud. Maybe a camera with a barcode scanner to record just what was used and how the use of it proceded would be a benefit to all concerned in that realm. As for the confusion in all the forms and pay plans effect upon those trying to keep order at the doctors office. Perhaps an agency that would set standards for communicating payment and medical information might be of great value. Electronic methods can be nice where large amount of data are needing to be transferred over some distance. Though it may prove to be more of a cost, and headache, to keep the system maintained for the small family oriented clinics. And if something fails (or they open it at an odd hour in an emergency), they can't get the info they might wish anyway. They're usually just working with the basics, and not as specialist. Someone was saying that the Public Option would give us choice. The way I hear it, it only sets requirements for using that option or keep one you may already have. If that trips up some way, or you don't have one up to the specs they decide to put out, you already don't have any choice. Without choice, costs have always rose, or quality slipped. There is no reason to do more as you have a captive source of funding. This is one reason I'm not to much in favor of cities and their utilities and services. There usually is no active competion going on among service providers. The biggest factor is the trade balance effect in generating our present financial burden. Putting the burden of our economy on the backs of poorly paid foreign workers; will not work out. As they are also our competition. So our own eceonomy must follow suite, as far as standards are concerned. Without some measure of abundance, charitable behavior in any form can become impossible. [One might note from a historical perspective, the Hebrew word for 'tithe' is related to 'abundance'.] I'd say we need a charity-tariff that is returned to the community of foreign workers (as best as possible). For products entering this country that are made by workers that are paid below our minimum wage; one can then adjust the tariff to match the amount it differs. The political parties ought to be ashamed of themselves for going as far as they have with such abusive 'open' trade policies that allow the workers to be ignored so badly. Admittedly, countries like China and India, being so near the opium fields of the world, may not do well by giving the masses more "disposable income". Yet there should at least be some way for the foreign workers to cultivate healthier lives and environments, where is it possible. Then our country can have the same. Otherwise, we will just effectively import their standard of living here. Another factor is likely the present patent laws driving influence as it relates to new drugs and the likes. The Federal Constitution only says that there will be laws relating to patent rights. The details are left up to the legislative process. Why not make the patent right more persistent for those entities that are doing no more than a sustainable functioning in the management and production of their patented product? That way, there will be more time for the reward of discovering something to more properly balance the cost of getting it to where it actually works, and verifiably noted as being safe. diversity of views:* South Africa 'Constitution comes to mind as something of an example in expressing this potential. resource wise*: The physical resources required for making medicines are usually rather small. It is the cultivational rewards that are usually the biggest part. If you look at the value of a used car near the end of it functional life you may note that most of what is left is the physical resources. And its value is relatively quite small. One can lean on the realm of IOUs quite logically for keeping records of cultivational rewards. The question then becomes, why is the owing party short on those type of funds. You may wish to read the 'Monetary Systems, a better way' webpage here. Public Option*: I have to agree, the way the Federal Constitution reads, it gives such social programs as health care to the States to run. The 'public welfare' is the 'why' the responsibilities specifically designated to the Federal Government are given to it. And thus 'how' those responsibilities are to be exercised. If there is a desire to have a large entity to help insure and manage such programs, perhaps there should be a Federation for State Responsibilities generated to help that function, and in perhaps governed and administrated in a way that is much more transparent and empowers a more diversity of views* than our Federal government does. My understanding is that States organizing this way is quite Constitutional to do. And it perhaps can even lean to helping foreign 'states' outside this country in similar endeavors, as long as National Security is not being put at risk. vaccine*: I wonder why they don't use a freeze dried method for preserving vaccines. It would sure seem to be a lot safer than the mercury based preservative they now use so much. The dose would already be in the needle. Adding a saline solution, and perhaps need to shake it a bit, or at least let it set a while; may be all the nurse would have to do to prepare it. The syringe may have to have a fine screen in the bottom to keep anything that clumps from clogging the needle. With wise analysis of how materials mix, that shouldn't be much of a problem. The affinity for mixing with water is quite well understood these days. Rosetta at home comes to mind. Is this a better way to address health care? |
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