This very good Al Jazeera report gives one a good sense of just how high the stakes are with China’s healthcare reforms.
“The Chinese government is launching a $125bn, three-year plan to reform its healthcare system, hoping to expand basic coverage to 90 per cent of the population.
But in a country where less than half of the population is currently covered and decent healthcare remains beyond the reach of many, implementing the plan is an ambitious project.
Al Jazeera’s Melissa Chan takes a look at the state of healthcare in China and why systematic problems make it difficult for the government to improve it.”
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The US is currently sitting in a similar boat. Though it may appear that there is a greater percent of of the population receiving coverage here than in China, the struggle is still the same for those who go without. How does the system take care of those who can't afford it? It doesn't! Conservatives can complain all day long about how horrible it is that the poor get such wonderful care and don't spend a dime, but do they? If they were able to receive basic care at points in their life when they didn't require urgent care, they may not tax they system at all.
Adopting the idea of preventative medicine for all is very difficult in a money driven society. The immediate thought is self preservation. Well how is going to benefit me? Well if everyone payed into a system that was designed to help them make better life choices and regulate conditions at an early onset, then there would be less people straining the system in the long run.
Here is an article written by a panel of doctors, all of whom sit on different sides of the US Health Care debate, that offers some very eye opening perspectives toward the future of Health Care. http://www.ourblook.com/component/option,com_sect…