Goverment Healthcare Plan: Key Elements

Dear Professor, I own the movie sicko and was one of my assignments in a prior class. Although he paints a great picture of Universal Healthcare being the perfect answer it has its issues as seen in recent news. I must agree with him when he states that Pharmaceutical companies should be run like an utility company. One way to accomplish this indirectly would be global production lines and the Government can assure the best price; it would cause our monopolized pharmaceutical companies to have to compete. This tried to be accomplished in Bush's administration but failed although including myself and many others receive our medication through Canadian channels.

The only difference but a psychological one is with a CEO of an insurance company telling where you can get service verses the Government is you get to sign the contract making it your decision now I know this decision is often curtailed completely when you elect to join your companies insurance plan. But in the end psychologically you are still making the decision with the Government it looks as you have no choice when in reality in most cases it depends on who you work for that makes the decision concerning your insurance plan. But people do not seem to look at it this way unless it is pointed out to them. Ironically when this is pointed out that the idea of Government deciding for us my open up much less restrictive channels for availability and portability.

One comment on Fox News Channel address why insurance companies are not focused more on preventative care and the answer was an opening for much thought. The Doctor stated that with company based healthcare plans the employees are always changing, getting new jobs with new insurance plans. The only way a insurance company can insure preventative care is if their policy holders are lifetime. Entertaining that idea you would be able to keep the same plan for life and take it with you where ever you may move to and work for now that is potability at its finest and is in consideration on Capital Hill at present time.