Health care reforms bring out lofty and noble goals and reveal the secret to quality and affordable health care for all. But the stakes are very high. There is a general feeling of necessity for health care reform. A solution is absolutely essential for this. There is however no need to, hurry and take wrong steps which can only worsen matters and compel the public to pay more.
The Root Causes
In advance of carrying out any health care reforms, we have to address the root causes of the problems being faced. It is easy to find fault with the health care providers in isolated instances or what the government, employer and patients or other related systems experience from health care services. Better if one takes a serious look at the structure and its related systems. These force the behavior of health care providers and later improve the quality of health care reducing its cost for the public.
Proper implementation of health care reforms will provide cheap services and will not be thrust upon their throats if they dont require it. Many people strongly believe that treatments, in effect, are the products or service of health care. Health care reform should have good health as a product and be cheaper than poor health.
Past records point out that health care consumers do not shop for health care for the results they are likely to get. All health care being the same, the costlier the health care the better would be the health care provided.
Health care reform is the need of the hour but should not be due to a self crated feeling of need. It should be based on informed decision and action must be timely. Each health care reform proposal should be based on many case studies and facts that could be demonstrated. By elimination of the facts and proposals you should find out if the health care reforms increase or reduce the value of health care that the patient receives. This should be the basis for accepting or rejecting such health care reforms.