When we begin to think about health, healthcare and healthcare security; and the public debate on healthcare policy and reform the subject is often narrowed to the point where the substance of the discussion no longer matches the character of the concern. When people discuss healthcare they often focus the core discussion specifically to health insurance.
When we discuss health insurance the conversation immediately goes to the management of cost. Health insurance’s sole purpose is the financial management of the cost and strictly the cost of illness. While important, if health insurance and risk management are the sole points of reference for the healthcare debate our solutions are narrowed significantly and improperly focused. we simply end up solving the wrong problem.
Let me ask you, why do American’s care about the state of healthcare in this country? The answer is so intimate to our nature that it is often taken for granted. Americans care about the healthcare debate because they care about their health. Shouldn’t health then be the focus of the healthcare debate?
