Ok. Just to put it bluntly: The ability to save a human life, or vastly improve their life, should NOT be one that is driven by profit.
Whats the answer? Im not sure. People have to get paid for their work, yes. But the HUGE profits being raked in by the pharma companies, hospitals, doctors, etc, at the expense of what?
I recently read of a new pill that can literally cure Hepatitis C. But....the pills are $1,000 each, and a person would need many of them, making the cost prohibitive to insurance companies.
So you have a big pharma company who developed the very expensive pill; And hospitals who can give the very expensive pill; And insurance companies who may have to pay for the pill. And insurance companies don't wanna pay for it.
Just one of many countless examples of how we humans COULD save or help someone.....but, is it profitable? The profit seems to matter more than the end result lately, and it is a bunch of nonsense.
The pure greed of this nation's population is what will destroy us. Not some cavemen in the Middle East.
Yes Bucs, you're absolutely right, there should be no profit in the health of a nation just like there should be no profit in its defense. We should outlaw health profiteering as readily as we did war profiteering.
Until we join the rest of the developed countries and move toward a single payer system, we will continue to fall behind other countries. Tell me, if you were going to start up a company would you do it where healthcare was paid for or where you, the employer has to pay for it? What makes the most business sense?
It will be big business that moves us to a single payer system, not the actual needs of the people unfortunately.