Dec 17 2008
Healthcare Highways
As I sit here in the doctor’s office (no worry, regular checkup) I wonder why our healthcare system here in the US shouldn’t be more like our highway system.
We have roads and highways provided and regulated by the government, but we are free to buy or not buy the car of our choice. For those who don’t or can’t buy a car, there us public transportation available that may not be as fast or fancy, but it works. Additionally certain regulations are put on the methods if transport so that we are safe.
As we are seeing with the failing auto makers, those providers who don’t give the people what they want will still fail, so it isn’t a totally socialist system. (And no, I don’t believe the automakers should be bailed out.) So with this there is a free market in transportation, but one where a floor and a standard are provided.
I can take the analogy further, but I will leave it at that and ask for your thoughts. How do you think healthcare in the US should go and why?
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Tags: drugs, governmeny, healthcare, insurance, politics
I don’t know how healthcare should go as I don’t have much knowledge on the matter. But it seems to me that when so many people are struggling with it and our country shows up on lists of worst healthcare, then something needs to be done. I think it’s frustrating that we have to work full time or pay out the ying-yang to get decent healthcare. My cousin in Spain works part-time and gets healthcare provided by the gov’t. Universal healthcare might be worth looking into, but then again we have doctors, pharmacies, and other factors to consider.