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The Cost of Healthcare in America
By Joe Cascarelli, Westcliffe CO
Consider the following health related issues. Which of them are individual life choices? Ask yourself what is the cost to society resulting from each one? Finally, how will the Healthcare Bill just passed by the House of Representatives reduce the societal costs of each?
• Obesity-We hear on network TV and in the print media that America is facing an obesity epidemic. Doctors tell us that obesity causes heart problems, type II diabetes, high blood pressure and strokes. If one chooses to be obese, what is society’s responsibility?
• Lack of Exercise-We hear a great deal about the sedentary existence that is common in America. The phrase “couch-potato” is regularly used. Parents complain that there children are glued to the TV and the computer instead of being outside playing. Few would think of playing a round of golf without an electric golf cart and how many hunters have you seen using ATVs. This is frequently linked to obesity.
• Out-of-wedlock Child Births-Today 60% of black children and 35% of white children are born out of wedlock many to teenage parents. Who pays for these expenses? Think about the stresses involved in teenage parenthood.
• Crack-babies-An inner-city epidemic of babies born from one or both parents being drug users. What does it cost to birth and care for these infant drug addicts. Who pays?
• Drug rehabilitation-It is no secret that drug use, both illegal and prescription, is on the rise. We hear about celebrities going for Betty Ford Rehab at their own expense. What about all those that can’t afford expensive private treatments? Where does that money come from?
• HIV AIDS-Since 1980, Americans have been treated to horror story after horror story about AIDS suffering. It is likely the Magic Johnson pays for his own treatment, but what about the others. We know how AIDS is transmitted, homosexual sex and sharing of illegal drug needles. Care to estimate the cost to society?
• Smoking-Since 1963, America has waged in a war on smoking, still 20% of Americans smoke. We all know that smoking contributes to emphysema, COPD, lung and mouth cancers and a whole host of other maladies. What does this voluntary behavior cost society?
• Job related stress-This is the latest in a long line of life choice cause of diseases that make headlines.
• Abortions-This isn’t on my list for religious or moral reasons. Will abortions be included in the “public option” currently being debated nationally? If it is, will the number of abortions increase or decrease if the federal government will pay, no questions asked?
• Fast food-One can hardly get through an evening news report without American’s dietary habits being mentioned. The story usually makes some connection to obesity, but then there are cholesterol, heart disease and the diabetes links.
• The Sun-Who over 50 hasn’t had their doctor warn them about “pre-cancerous” growths on their bodies. The whole idea about sunshine vitamin D benefits and the healthy look have turned to warnings and ever increasing sun-block ratings on all kinds of lotions. Untreated or misdiagnosed, skin cancer is deadly or at least disfiguring.
• The Great Seat Belt Debate-We could include the motorcycle helmet argument here too. Police continue to fight a loosing battle on these law imposed safety measures. Americans make choices regarding safety and injuries that require tax payer medical services are frequent.
• Illegal Aliens-We know that many healthcare facilities have closed because state legislatures and the courts have required that emergency room services must be provided at tax payer expense to everyone, irrespective of citizenship. Most reasonable people know that this is a major contributor to the State of California’s current fiscal problems.
• Drunk Driving-This is a cause of innocent victim death and injuries. It is often complicated by lack of insurance coverage. Who pays?
• Children Raising Children-No one in America needs a license or permit to become a parent. Maybe it is 24 X 7 X 365 cable news, but child abuse cases seem to be on the increase. For these cases that require medical treatment, who pays?
As you listen to the current debate on universal healthcare, each of us must consider that most of our most common health related needs are self-induced. A few of us change our life styles after a “life changing” experience, i.e. an early heart attack or a near death experience on a motorcycle. Still many of us do nothing to improve our general health condition, despite decades of warnings. Is it society’s responsibility to take care of the health related conditions that result from a lifetime of poor choices?
The above list is extensive, but not exhaustive and I’m sure that other behaviors can be added. Remember, many in America could check off six or more behaviors in which they currently engage. The cumulative affect must be considered as well in any serious discussion of healthcare. Thinking Americans know that the above realities will turn universal government run-taxpayer financed healthcare into another Medicare and Medicaid only much more expensive.