Health Care Crisis 

   How would you like to have some input in the evolution of our health care system? The President has asked for citizen participation on solutions to our health care crisis. There will be a forum hosted by The Health Progressive on June 6, 3-5PM CST. Go to www.thehealthprogressive.com/register to register. Then you can share your comments. How about a more integrative wellness approach being included?
  

   The Health Progressive website at www.thehealthprogressive.com makes the following points on some things that should be included in any new health care system.

Health Insurance reform with greatly simplified and uniform codes.
Managed Care reform.
Health regulatory reform.
Full integration of wellness and prevention in mainstream healthcare.
CAM products and services being available for all Americans in their health plan.
All Americans having access to Catastrophic Health Insurance with reasonable deductibles in their health plan so that no American suffers bankruptcy again due to an unforeseen medical crisis.
The elimination of preexisting health conditions and rewarding patients for healthy lifestyle choices.
Health professionals and citizens being actively involved in health reform and selecting new areas for health research for both conventional healthcare and CAM.
Environmental health playing a key role in keeping our people healthy. The role of public health must greatly expand to evaluate and rate products and services that are either health promoting or health deterring, with rapid phasing out of any that are health deterring.
A healthcare system that is simple for patients to understand. From time with their doctor or health provider, to time reading patient education, to billing and other paperwork. All health choices and decisions will be clearly communicated to patients, with safety issues carefully discussed with all treatment options, conventional and CAM.
A health plan where Medicare and Social Security are separate and distinct entities; the Social Security trustees have given a Medicare warning for 2 consecutive years that Medicare’s projected insolvency by 2016 will place our Social Security reserves at risk; we say “NO MORE!”… preserve our Social Security!

   What are your thoughts on healthcare reform?