The Current State of Healthcare

The rising cost of healthcare in America has most of us on edge. Many can’t afford health insurance premiums and most medical procedures are just too costly to pay for on our own. President Barrack Obama made good on his claim to implement a nationwide healthcare plan once he took office, but it only scratched the surface of the problem. For what good it tried to do, it met resistance at every turn from opposing party members and healthcare officials who didn’t want to be restricted by any more healthcare regulations.

The problem with healthcare in the United States isn’t so much the healthcare system, it’s the bureaucracy that has enveloped it with insurance premiums and the almighty dollar dictating who gets care and who does not. Corporations that offer health insurance to their employees are becoming fewer in numbers simply because of the red tape involved in the insurance process. Insurance companies that function as HMOs and PPOs choose the healthcare providers the insured members can use and limit the number of tests or the amount that can be spent for certain medications and procedures.

Government funded healthcare such as Medicaid and Medicare costs the taxpayers millions of dollars each year. Medicare patients who are over the age of 65 have paid into the system most of their lives and are often stuck living on a fixed income and receiving substandard healthcare because the amount of money they are capable of spending is limited. In some cases involving both Medicaid and Medicare, healthcare professionals over charge patients for procedures or just charge them for procedures that aren’t even performed. This type of insurance fraud has become quite common and is the cause of a large percentage of the outrageously high prices we are all faced with….[Click Here To Continue Reading]

Healthcare companies are merging to form large conglomerates who offer every procedure known to man, but have little knowledge on how to maintain a personal aspect to their business. Their impersonal touch leads patients to feel uncared for and more of a number than a person. Large healthcare corporations offer convenience because of the broad scope of services they provide, but this feasibility comes with a price. Costs of receiving care at facilities like these are offering quite a bit hire than smaller corporations who are willing to work within the parameters set forth by the insurance companies.

With the continual struggle to receive adequate healthcare, many individuals are turning to alternative healthcare practitioners. Chiropractors, Natural Health Consultants and Acupuncturists are becoming increasingly popular and many insurance companies have broadened their range to cover the services these professionals offer. People are realizing that because alternative healthcare is not regulated by government bureaucracy, they are able to keep their relationships with their patients on a highly personal level. The norm for this type of healthcare is quality and not quantity. Modern medicine on the other hand, is directed to encourage their healthcare practitioners to see as many people as they can in the shortest amount of time. Assembly line medicine has become a concept many large healthcare corporations have unknowingly embraced.