There is a dark secret about health care in this country: The quality of our system is poor, and millions of Americans can not afford health insurance.
U.S. poor receive Medicaid, but too many less experienced medical attention. Moreover, many health workers and doctors are unwilling to accept Medicaid payments, which attempts to place limits on medical expenses.
Americans depend on Medicare to meet the medical needs of retirees, but there are serious deficiencies and limitations in coverage. Pensioners, who are middle class can not afford to pay for services of long-term care in nursing homes or care facilities, residential care.
Many of our hospitals are managed properly, are unacceptable and mortality rates of infection are depressing and places to die on the quality of our doctors in this country seems to be totally dependent on their ability to pay.
However, doctor visits, prescription costs, high technology and surgical care are putting tremendous financial pressure for everyone.
The rich are well cared for, the service experience inconsistent middle class and the poor have inadequate attention mostly on the basis of what comes into our emergency rooms.
Unfortunately, too many doctors and hospitals have become so busy that human emotions, compassion and sensitivity that are lost in the confusion.
Too often, the pills, computers and specialized devices have become a substitute for the time health care professional and caring attitude. It's time to do something positive for reform is an entire health care system.
Now that we have been honest and open about the problem, go to the next steps to emotional recovery card. (EMC is my approach to coaching from a life of personal and social change.)
Stop thinking
Let's not address the health care in terms of their ability to pay or, as some products based on mere whims of our market economy. Healthcare should be a fundamental human right. So let's stop and think more about that.
Trigger Face:
We must assume our red flags and see private industry health insurance for what it really is: a business that aims to make a profit from healthy people who do not need very often.
These companies just keep trying to reduce the coverage of "preconditions" and lobby against legislation to expand national coverage for the sick, poor and elderly.
Some hospitals are red flags because they are the companies that benefit from the increasingly specialized, bureaucratized, mechanized and computerized.
Then there are doctors who become red flags. A dance with the dark secret of unlimited wealth, rather than accept their oath not to harm others in desperate need of treatment.
Our government is a red flag, because for too long has been subject to the will of medical interest groups, insurance companies and pharmaceutical companies.
Why can not government be more responsive to the needs of most Americans buckling under the pressure of our health care crisis?
Feelings Face
Finally, the health sector and our federal government are simply too afraid to try new approaches to reform and change.
Guess not want to lose money, power or influence. I hate the way they refuse to confront their darkest secrets.
They maintain a national system of health care would reduce the quality of health care by removing the profit motive. Obviously, avoid facing the fact that profit is the cause of our health crisis.
It is sad to think that the CEOs of these companies are making six figure income beyond the suffering of more than 47 million Americans without health coverage. How do you feel about it?
And because our politicians and business leaders seem so willing to look at the pros and cons of national health systems in Canada, the Netherlands, England, Germany and other European countries?
We can forgive ourselves to think, believe, and hope that our health care system based on the profit is better than them?
Admitting powerlessness
We feel powerless to change the system. We remain at the mercy of insurance companies to cancel our coverage because we have AIDS, cancer or other costly and catastrophic illness.
We can not move some hospitals that have transformed health care in the assembly lines of the beds and tables of patients, rather than a haven for love, compassion and healing.
Many of us are unable to change the medical profession and the pharmaceutical industry, who say the market economy should determine the price of all health care costs.
Sometimes, people may despair or apathy of professional politicians who depend on political contributions by the health sector to get the money they need to stay in office.
I'll finish our discussion on reforming the health system in my next article: Challenging the Dark Secret About Health.