Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Preventive healthcare


It was sad yesterday to hear from my best friend about her lost mom, Jane, who fought her lungs cancer for almost one year after she had been diagnosed for terminal stage illness.   Jane was considered healthy, and she never smoked or drank during her whole life.  After hearing the news, I just have so many questions popping in my mind and wonder if something should have been done to stop her disease to get worse.

Most people believe that it costs less to prevent illness than to treat it, so they do regular checkups and try to reduce their risks of getting sick.  Although significant resources employed in medical research and technology in our society, there are still some incurable illnesses that cannot be detected until the terminal stage. 

I doubt if it is a good thing for us to live through our advance age nowadays, or it is a bad thing for us to live longer and suffer cancers when aged.  Whether we are really in better control of our health with the current ObamaCare’s Health Care Reforms?  http://obamacarefacts.com/obamahealthcare.php

Does health insurance help us to stay healthier?  Why people cannot make their choices of what to do and how to handle health care?

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