Posted by
Doc Carlos on Sunday, September 09, 2007 12:21:43 AM
No "Health Care"?
By Thomas Sowell
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
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Yes, government healthcare has unintended consequences. Look how medicare part D plan have increased the cost of medicare recipient's medications. It is my empression from talking to my patients that medication prices have gone up 25% since medicare began paying for prescriptions.
I would like the government to perform an ad campaign regarding the importance of good health behaviors. Education is cheaper and more productive than paying for healthcare. Many , many people have little regard for disease if they are feeling good. Perhaps they don't trust doctors and the healthcare system enough to pay money for a painless illness like diabetes and high blood pressure. These diseases are painless until you get your first complication, but then it is too late to cure.
No health insurance requires personal responsiblity. Some people want the government to solve their problems like obesity.
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