2) Fix number two is to require preventive check-ups. Catch problems before they cost serious $$$. Encourage well-care facilities and minor-care / nurse-practitioner options that don't cost as much as emergency room visits.

3) Fix three is to turn R&D and drug discovery back to non-profit / university / government research. New drugs should not be designed to be “blockbuster” moneymakers, but life-savers. Reagan-omics has taught business that it can drain money out of government faster than governments can do on their own, with little or no restriction.

Socialized medicine vs capitalist medicine? We need a better middle ground than what we are currently being force-fed.

I remember that no one cared or seemed to get the implications when for-profit companies took over healthcare and shot down community based hospitals.

I remember my friend who lost his CEO job when AVON (yes, the cosmetics company) bought out his hospital.

The common denominator for the banking/healthcare situations and more is the gross financial illiteracy of the majority of Americans. Yes, getting back community control would make all the difference in the world, but only if people bothered to understand the need for preventive measures and the true costs of an illness based healthcare system.

2) Fix number two is to require preventive check-ups. Catch problems before they cost serious $$$. Encourage well-care facilities and minor-care / nurse-practitioner options that don't cost as much as emergency room visits.

3) Fix three is to turn R&D and drug discovery back to non-profit / university / government research. New drugs should not be designed to be “blockbuster” moneymakers, but life-savers. Reagan-omics has taught business that it can drain money out of government faster than governments can do on their own, with little or no restriction.

Socialized medicine vs capitalist medicine? We need a better middle ground than what we are currently being force-fed.

I remember that no one cared or seemed to get the implications when for-profit companies took over healthcare and shot down community based hospitals.

I remember my friend who lost his CEO job when AVON (yes, the cosmetics company) bought out his hospital.

The common denominator for the banking/healthcare situations and more is the gross financial illiteracy of the majority of Americans. Yes, getting back community control would make all the difference in the world, but only if people bothered to understand the need for preventive measures and the true costs of an illness based healthcare system.