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Re: Re: Why is preventative care important?
There are many barriers to seeking preventative care in the United States. Firstly, there is a lack of primary care physicians who can often diagnose an ailment before it exacerbates and causes the patient to procure services, much more expensive ones at that, from a local emergency department. Secondly, individuals in this country who have private insurance have little incentive to investigate, or in some instances report, potential maladies because it will raise their premiums or make them ineligible for their current insurance. Lastly, there are numerous indigent, uninsured, and underinsured members of our country who utilized emergency room services as their only line of health care. As I mentioned earlier this is not nearly as effective as identifying and treating the condition early, both in terms of cost and patient outcome. To rectify these, it would be necessary to undergo healthcare reform for insurance to be sure, but also to undergo an increased effort in health literacy so that patients better understand their own health and how to maintain it. … Read More
January 17, 2008 |
Ryne Cee commented on Re: Why is preventative care important? on January 17, 2008, 6:27 PM
There are many barriers to seeking preventative care in the United States. Firstly, there is a lack of primary care physicians who can often diagnose an ailment before it exacerbates and causes the patient to procure services, much more expensive ones at that, from a local emergency department. Secondly, individuals in this country who have private insurance have little incentive to investigate, or in some instances report, potential maladies because it will raise their premiums or make them ineligible for their current insurance. Lastly, there are numerous indigent, uninsured, and underinsured members of our country who utilized emergency room services as their only line of health care. As I mentioned earlier this is not nearly as effective as identifying and treating the condition early, both in terms of cost and patient outcome. To rectify these, it would be necessary to undergo healthcare reform for insurance to be sure, but also to undergo an increased effort in health literacy so that patients better understand their own health and how to maintain it.
Ryne Cee commented on Why is preventative care important? on January 17, 2008, 6:24 PM
There are many barriers to seeking preventative care in the United States. Firstly, there is a lack of primary care physicians who can often diagnose an ailment before it exacerbates and causes the patient to procure services, much more expensive ones at that, from a local emergency department. Secondly, individuals in this country who have private insurance have little incentive to investigate, or in some instances report, potential maladies because it will raise their premiums or make them ineligible for their current insurance. Lastly, there are numerous indigent, uninsured, and underinsured members of our country who utilized emergency room services as their only line of health care. As I mentioned earlier this is not nearly as effective as identifying and treating the condition early, both in terms of cost and patient outcome. To rectify these, it would be necessary to undergo healthcare reform for insurance to be sure, but also to undergo an increased effort in health literacy so that patients better understand their own health and how to maintain it.
Ryne Cee commented on The Dilemma of Organ Donation on January 17, 2008, 6:16 PM
I think that compulsory organ donation upon death can make major strides toward reducing the shortages of available transplant organs. My belief is that you will run into considerable barriers attempting to persuade healthy people to undergo surgery, which is never without risk, to alleviate the shortage of kidneys available. You mention that you were investigating policy changes but you never elaborated on what these would be (also I am curious how you are considering implementing policy for what seems to be a voluntary decision to help those affected by kidney impairment). Anxious to hear more, RyneCee
Ryne Cee commented on What is the most important war in human history? on January 17, 2008, 7:40 PM
The most important war in human history eh... probably Homo neanderthalensis vs Homo sapien.