Comments on: McCain & Obama: The Politics of Health Care http://politicsanew.com/2008/09/06/mccain-obama-the-politics-of-health-care/ Opinion and Commentary of Over 500 Women Political Bloggers Sat, 15 Oct 2011 00:02:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: JCE http://politicsanew.com/2008/09/06/mccain-obama-the-politics-of-health-care/comment-page-1/#comment-13491 JCE Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:14:13 +0000 http://politicsanew.com/2008/09/06/mccain-obama-the-politics-of-health-care/#comment-13491 I don't know what to think, quite honestly! Health care is such an enormous issue that I just don't think any one president will be able to completely overhaul it. It takes years to get any kind of reform through government and by the time it trickles down to the average citizen it is such a diluted mess as to be useless. I am lucky enough to have partially paid insurance through my employer, but every year the premiums go up along with co-pays and deductibles so, for me, it is fast becoming unaffordable since my income increases have not kept pace. I do think many people in this country reach for medication or seek medical help when it is not necessary and this is very bad - it encourages the drug companies to continue to produce an every increasing list of medications for phantom illnesses, allows the insurance companies to justify increases, and pretty much screws anyone when they actually do need medication or medical help. We also have a lawsuit happy country who are willing to sue doctors and hospitals for nearly anything these days - again, this drives up costs and makes it difficult for people in genuine need. When you add the greed of hospital administrators, doctors and drug company directions the whole systems just plain sucks. I do not know what the answer is, but I do know that education on every level needs to be increased in this country if we are to survive. Somehow, some way, common sense must be taught and that is not happening. People need to be educated on understanding and taking responsibility for their own health as well as not allowing themselves to be bamboozled into convincing themselves they have a disease or disorder because a television commercial tells them they do. I don’t know what to think, quite honestly! Health care is such an enormous issue that I just don’t think any one president will be able to completely overhaul it. It takes years to get any kind of reform through government and by the time it trickles down to the average citizen it is such a diluted mess as to be useless. I am lucky enough to have partially paid insurance through my employer, but every year the premiums go up along with co-pays and deductibles so, for me, it is fast becoming unaffordable since my income increases have not kept pace. I do think many people in this country reach for medication or seek medical help when it is not necessary and this is very bad – it encourages the drug companies to continue to produce an every increasing list of medications for phantom illnesses, allows the insurance companies to justify increases, and pretty much screws anyone when they actually do need medication or medical help. We also have a lawsuit happy country who are willing to sue doctors and hospitals for nearly anything these days – again, this drives up costs and makes it difficult for people in genuine need. When you add the greed of hospital administrators, doctors and drug company directions the whole systems just plain sucks.

I do not know what the answer is, but I do know that education on every level needs to be increased in this country if we are to survive. Somehow, some way, common sense must be taught and that is not happening. People need to be educated on understanding and taking responsibility for their own health as well as not allowing themselves to be bamboozled into convincing themselves they have a disease or disorder because a television commercial tells them they do.

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