To be fair, for those that need and can afford it, healthcare options presented today are fast and efficient. The technological strides made within medical care have tremendously affected the way patients receive care, the amount and quality of new prescription drugs, and has lightened the burden of M.D.’s as well. (Markus) These advances are a double edged sword, however; not everyone can afford them. Additionally, nearly a third of Americans, mostl

Another positive aspect of the system is that there does not appear to be a shortage of treatments, doctors, or medicines. However, this may very well be the problem. Most often the issue with healthcare seems to be abundance of supply, and not demand – if there are more pediatricians in an area, more babies will be treated, whether warranted to not. As one doctor put it, “people are paying for what’s done, not what’s accomplished.” (Brownlee) The highest spending areas as far as medical treatments are concerned are the ones overpopulated with doctors, which therefore have an abundance of equipment and drugs that must be used to make money. The government must create incentives for doctors to settle or relocate to low cost regions. This alone could save dozens of billions of dollars, seeing that there are often discrepancies upwards of 41 % in the type of care received in these differing regions. (Brownlee) If the playing field could be leveled, talk of major reform would not be necessary and there would be a possibility for universal coverage and slight drug subsidies, both of which would alleviate the problems of today that Johnson and the Great Society could not foresee. Healthcare reform is very unpopular to those that realize its’

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