7/20/09KEEP YOUR PREFERRED HEALTHCARE AND LET THE POOR LOVED-ONES HAVE IT TOOUniversal healthcare will enable average Americans to obtain healthcare insuranceat an affordable cost, provide much needed real time competition in the healthcaremarketplace, will reduce or eliminate racial or ethnic bias, improve the qualityof healthcare, reduce waste, eliminate the currently inefficient providers,improve the economy, provide jobs, provide much more homeland security than now,stimulate new medical research, create new entrepreneurs, and improve the bottomline of most private healthcare providers. The beneficiaries of UniversalHealthcare will be the Americans of all political affiliations, ethnicities,faiths, social classes, economic levels, health conditions, ages, and professionsetc.American healthcare system has been acknowledged by many to be the best in theworld. In fact, only a portion of it is the best in the world. This best portionis enjoyed by only a segment of our population which is in the highest incomebracket and therefore can afford its higher premiums. Average American cannotafford it, and poor people cannot afford any. Universal healthcare is the besthealthcare reform for American healthcare system. Let a federally instituted planenter the marketplace and create an option for the less affluent and poor. Theoutcome will be enormously beneficial to all Americans.The current estimated cost of healthcare is about $8,000 per year per person whenabout 47 million are without any insurance because they cannot afford it, andthere are millions more who find it hard to pay at the current prices. In 10 yearsthis cost under the current system can rise to $12,000 (inflation adjusted) whichwill make it unaffordable for more people than today. Those who can afford it willfind it much more burdensome than now. The cost will keep on rising unless ahealthcare reform is instituted preferably in the form of universal healthcarewhich will create a cheaper and affordable option for the poor, and the smallbusinesses which generates about 75% of all new jobs. In 10 years time, theteenagers of today may find it almost impossible to afford healthcare insuranceunder the current system.People with no healthcare or minimum healthcare or with co-pay will tend to ignorethe symptoms of some illnesses and postpone visiting a medical facility for fearof expense involved. Infections and viruses can spread and can get out of hand,resulting in loss of wages, productivity, etc. Healthcare for everyone has alwaysbeen very important for any nation, and it is becoming more so in the modern timeswhen travel, pollution, chemicals, toxins, etc. are a part of life.Today, it is more important to have universal healthcare than ever before, becausetomorrow may bring an awakening should some act of bio-terrorism takes place onour soil, which can cause a significant devastation involving a large number ofpeople in matter of hours, and a national calamity in a matter of days. Americacannot afford to have someone infected with a virus not getting immediate medicalattention. It’s an issue of national security and wellbeing of all Americans.Universal healthcare will create an atmosphere of responsibility and relief besideaffordability.Those who have a satisfactory healthcare should maintain it, and allow their lessaffluent and poor loved ones and fellow Americans to have a choice as well. Thiscan only be achieved through a universal healthcare system, step by step. There isenough money in the system, but it requires redistribution because the medicalcommunity seems to maintain a large number of patients for routine visits, tests,prescriptions, etc. for recurring revenues. Instead of expediting the healing
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