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Posted by David on September 12, 2009, 5:56 pm, in reply to "Re: I wish someone could explain"
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I think both Sharon and Peg hit the nail on the head. Health care in the US is great, assuming you have the means to purchase good insurance. If you lose a job, for whatever reason, or don't have the means to purchase good health insurance, you might just as well live in a third world country (I like the picture painted with one's face against the window of a restaurant when you are starving, good analogy). It might not be that bad, but it certainly isn't good.
In the US, prevention is not as important as it should be. Obesity truly is a major problem, (I can't stop eating in front of the TV). True we are big on vaccinations, but other things we are not in the forefront, as we should be.
I was floored when I read that Sharon has to pay 10K per year for insurance in Mexico. I thought medical care in Mexico was much cheaper than the US. I guess with all the drug problems in Mexico, fewer US citizens are going to Mexico for treatment, pharmaceuticals, dental and eye care as health care prices are going up everyplace.
If approximately, 1 out of 3 posts on this site are about health care, then something is inherently wrong, someplace. I wanted to try to get more people to express their opinions on health care in the US. This is why I put up the poll to get people thinking. Health care IS a big issue for all of us on the site and the general public. I think a lot of scare tactics are being used by politicians in the US who have accepted monies from drug companies to push their agenda, as billions of dollars are at stake for drug companies. If prices fall on drugs, will they go out of business? Absolutely, not. There is a lot of money to be made in keeping people healthy. If you are sick, people will paying anything to be well.
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