This Needs to Be the Change in the Medical System
This would fix our health care issues. Change, fundamentally, how Doctors work with patients. Let the entire public be the doctor's patient. Force the patient to have more responsibility for their own health - we each pay more car insurance for bad driving. You can get good, cheap health care, at a super cheap price - as long as you are taking care of your body in a responsible manner. If you choose to wreck your body through eating habits, exercise habits, and whatever else it is that you do then the privilege of health care will be more expensive.
The reason this works - is that if we started being a simply healthier society we would eat less, hurt ourselves less, live better, work better, take care of our kids longer, and probably be doing things that are better for our minds as well. Additionally, one of those wonderful benefits of movement and exercise are the benefits in the brain - quicker, smarter, faster type of benefits.
Society would benefit. Individuals would benefit as well. So would businesses. Rich people. And poor people. The military would like it! Individuals benefit in that they are educated continually about health and looked after because of the system. Business would benefit in that they wouldn't have the responsibility of insurance, unless desired, their medicare taxes would be lower, but more importantly - their employees would be healthier, stronger, able to work better, and happier. Rich people benefit in that society has more healthy people, doctors will become more profitable investments, society would be more efficient, and those rich folks will have better employees - and thus - MORE MONEY! Poor people - health care, education, ...real health care...The military would love having a huge, healthy population of people to kill people in other countries. It is a strategically sound operation!
It benefits all of us much more if the system is an after thought - a commodity because of how good it takes care of us. If we let doctors focus on the cutting edge of medicine because of how healthy we are - we are going to push medicine so far, so fast in today's research and development world.
We are doing so well today because of the improved health of people. But the economics of the system are weighing down growth.
A long term plan that makes people pay for health insurance based upon their habits and measurable body changes. Government gives you are card and a set of rules - you want public health care - you act in the interest of the public. All the while - you as an individual are an amazingly healthy person! A patient level rating system based on data that is scored in a system. Doctors are rated based upon the quality of their patients.
A key here - we are talking about hurting those who currently are unhealthy and costly - because anyone can make themselves more healthy over the long term! As long as your health is improving your rates get better.
...I don't want to write anymore or edit...I have homework. :-)
The reason this works - is that if we started being a simply healthier society we would eat less, hurt ourselves less, live better, work better, take care of our kids longer, and probably be doing things that are better for our minds as well. Additionally, one of those wonderful benefits of movement and exercise are the benefits in the brain - quicker, smarter, faster type of benefits.
Society would benefit. Individuals would benefit as well. So would businesses. Rich people. And poor people. The military would like it! Individuals benefit in that they are educated continually about health and looked after because of the system. Business would benefit in that they wouldn't have the responsibility of insurance, unless desired, their medicare taxes would be lower, but more importantly - their employees would be healthier, stronger, able to work better, and happier. Rich people benefit in that society has more healthy people, doctors will become more profitable investments, society would be more efficient, and those rich folks will have better employees - and thus - MORE MONEY! Poor people - health care, education, ...real health care...The military would love having a huge, healthy population of people to kill people in other countries. It is a strategically sound operation!
It benefits all of us much more if the system is an after thought - a commodity because of how good it takes care of us. If we let doctors focus on the cutting edge of medicine because of how healthy we are - we are going to push medicine so far, so fast in today's research and development world.
We are doing so well today because of the improved health of people. But the economics of the system are weighing down growth.
A long term plan that makes people pay for health insurance based upon their habits and measurable body changes. Government gives you are card and a set of rules - you want public health care - you act in the interest of the public. All the while - you as an individual are an amazingly healthy person! A patient level rating system based on data that is scored in a system. Doctors are rated based upon the quality of their patients.
A key here - we are talking about hurting those who currently are unhealthy and costly - because anyone can make themselves more healthy over the long term! As long as your health is improving your rates get better.
...I don't want to write anymore or edit...I have homework. :-)
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