Confusion is the keyword when it comes to the US healthcare policy. It is astounding that how successful have the public policy makers have been in clouding the minds of electorate and got away with it repeatedly.
A quarter of US continues to be uninsured or under insured. This may also be consequence of the national obsession to spread the freedom around the world.
The war battered veterans who have lost limbs and psychological trauma; get shoved into a grossly inefficient veteran healthcare system or almost non existent mental healthcare outlets.
The mega drug companies control the healthcare agenda and drug prices. The cost of research and development has been extremely unfair to the current consumers of healthcare at the expense of future ones.
For decades we have been squabbling on abortion or right to die. The religious leaders have blurred the debate further with dogma. Like it or not the final decisions on abortion or death and dying will continue to rest with individuals and the policy makers will only play a fringe roles in the media.
We should stop getting fooled by social issues like spread of freedom, abortion and social security. Healthcare has to item number one in all elections. All future agendas must contain:
Design healthcare for now and living and not for the unborn and illegal.
Provide incentives for non smoking, drug free and healthy.
Parity for physical and mental health
Rein in the runaway cost of research and development by removing the tax havens for drug companies.
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