Are We Looking at an Overwhelming Crisis in Healthcare, or A Poorly Hidden Opportunity Calling on us to Improve our Systems? Perhaps Both?

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DOI: 10.23880/abca-16000286

Volume 9, Issue 2

Abstract

We need to face reality; the impact of many recent changes is and will be negative. Arguably adding a profit motive to health insurance systems in the second half of the 20th Century was one complication we didn’t need. The result being the change for what in much of the world is a public service to a for-profit business lacks an ethical basis. One of the great ironies of our time is the opportunity to address many of the issues in healthcare, including this one, may well be upon us soon. The basic issues of access and quality, general education and prevention are facing us all at the same time. When we see comparative data showing us that our allies and competitors around the world are experiencing lower morbidity in many chronic conditions and longevity far beyond the US, scream to professionals and licymakers that the time to address these issues is now and our situation is getting rapidly more complicated and expensive.

Keywords: Bioethics; Chronic Disease; Public Policy; Health; Wellbeing; Policy Change

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