No Preventative Medicine: Wellness as a Crisis without a New Health Care Bill
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The main dispute about health care reform is that the cost is just too much for the American taxpayers, state or federal governments to afford. Indeed, there is no arguing that the cost to implement a quality health care system in this country from the ground up will come at a sizeable cost. But everything great in US history has come at a high cost: good public transportation (where it actually exists), highways that span the nation, railroads, ideals of public education, taxpayer supported law enforcement, mail service, armed forces and arms programs. So if we can afford the price tags associated with these -- in many cases whether we agree with them or not -- why do we as taxpayers not have the right to pay for something that will keep us well?
"Crisis health care" such as ONLY seeking medical attention after a severe accident or when extremely ill leads to worsening health conditions, more death, and more costs are incurred by taxpayers. Unpaid visits to the emergency room for Americans without insurance will eventually cost exponentially more than a new health care plan.
Seeing a doctor only when disease is consuming someone's body or when a patient has a railroad spike piercing his cerebrum is a careless use of the most high tech medical machine in the world. The message of prevention is lost on the American public because they have been without it for so long that entire generations don't even really know what it means to have it and how much it could better their lives.
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prevention health care rather than crisis health care is the only sure bet for the long run of a successful American health care system. Preventative medicine means doctors who take the time to inform patients and
health care programs that promote healthy living and wellness as a way of being rather than letting the public depend on emergency rooms that offer only a temporary fix; it's like patching a flat tire over and over again. Eventually there will be one last blow out that just isn't fixable. This is an apt metaphor for both human beings in the current health care system and the current system itself.