Friday, November 13, 2009

Thirteenth Entry

Thirteenth Entry: 11/13/09 8:49:52PM
Tonight I plan to talk about two hot topics that have been discussed frequently in the last couple of months: the economy and the health care plan. I have some insights on both.

As we all know, the economy took a serious hit a couple of months ago. Many people lost money, jobs, and even some lost their families. People also lost homes. This crisis hurt all the people of America, especially the middle class. Also, a lot of companies went, or they were close to being bankrupt. The government decided to bail out certain companies. I don’t agree with this at all. If the company was bankrupt before, what will be different in the future? If the companies are used to getting money when they need it, they will never learn how to adapt and become more self-sufficient. It would have been more appropriate to have given those billions of dollars to help support who need it. To create jobs, or to help bail out the people who need it, not the companies who are interested in their self-preservation. The people of America could have profited much more than the companies. And as far as the stimulus package goes, has anybody actually received their stimulus package? The way to improve economy is not to give away billions of dollars to companies, or make shallow promises that are never fulfilled.

Recently, a new health care bill just passed through the House and is now on its way to the Senate. The politicians have been coming up with elaborate plans to help fix the health care. Personally, I don’t think that there is so much wrong with it that there is a necessity for a new bill. I have two suggestions for those politicians. The first one is lowering the price of medication. It costs about two dollars to make a pill, but for 30 days my Dad has to pay around 300 dollars. I don’t understand how they think it is fair to mark up the pills by eight dollars. And the medication he takes is not some new scientific venture, it’s something that has existed for a long time. Especially for senior citizens, if the government mandated that self-fish insurance companies lower the price for medications it would help them save money. In turn, they would invest it into the stock market, which would only increase the economy. The insurance companies have no right to cause inflation for literally no reason other than self-centered gains. The last thing that must be done to improve health care is to educate the public on natural remedies. I am not one of those health freaks who advocates for going vegetarian or macrobiotic. However, I eat healthy and I do see a naturopathic doctor. Most of the time when the general population has a general cold they take antibiotics, or when they have a headache they always take Tylenol. Antibiotics destroy all the cells in the effected area, not just the bad ones. In return it takes a while for the immune system to catch up. It is more beneficial for the body to try more natural remedies that do not have such a costly effect on the body. Also, these natural remedies save money, which in turn would be invested into the market; thus, helping the economy. Anybody seeing a pattern here?
Our country is going through some rough times, but there is no reason why we cannot fix our problems.

2 comments:

  1. More than any time in recent history, America's destiny is not of our own choosing. Good insight.

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  2. Lydia: agreed.
    Sam: The health care problem infuriates me. Helpful website: http://www.balancedpolitics.org/universal_health_care.htm
    7 yes 16 no? I don't think it's necessary to change our system. It will take months to get in to see doctors, and surgeries can take forever to occur. Universal healthcare is used in Poland. A friend of mine's mother lives in Poland. She had to have eye surgery, but only one of her eyes could be done. She has to wait over six months to get the next eye's surgery. This is a major problem.

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