Health Care

The first question is how do you define social status? Is it defined by how much money you make and who you know, location, or is this defined by citizenship?

I read this article in today’s Washington Post about the problem of obesity. I thought the problem of obesity was actually quite funny, people eating themselves to death and what not. But this article pointed out that if too many people are sick and going to the hospital the U.S. could face productivity problems.

We all know the story of antibiotics.

Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928 and there was much rejoicing.

Well, actually the rejoicing comes a little bit later, because Alexander Fleming didn't actually do anything.

As our life expectancies grow longer, the American population of senior citizens also grows. Today, there are more than 36 million Americans over the age of 65. This is 12% of the population. By the year 2050, the number of senior citizens is expected to jump to 21% of the population, ourselves among them.

There are few things that set off warning sirens in my head as much as the idea of universal health care. If people on this website are as scared of an Orewellian-state as I read about, this should send shivers down their spines.

Hospitals across the nation help millions of wounded, impaired and neglected every single day. Myself, as well as many other students, are inspired and want to join the team of healthcare. Hospitals should help the aspiring doctors, nurses and other hospital employees by joining with schools everywhere.

People are starting to become immune to medication. We need to face the fact that if we do not find a different way to vaccinate humans or animals, we will eventually kill the coming generations. In the past, we had doctors who attached leaches to their patients as a cure right? It is considered inhuman to attach leaches to an individual as a cure or should I say remedy?

Seeing as how health care seems to be a very relevant issue for the presidential primaries (and the upcoming election), I thought I'd write a quick little blog entry concerning what I know about universal health care.