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Upgrading health-care technology would save many lives, much money
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| Contributor | ArmyDem |
| Last Edited | ArmyDem Jul 26, 2005 10:29pm |
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| Category | Commentary |
| Media | Newspaper - Daily Herald (Suburban Chicago) |
| News Date | Wednesday, July 27, 2005 04:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Posted Tuesday, July 26, 2005
[By] Sen. Barack Obama
Sen. Obama is wrapping up his first six months as the junior senator from Illinois.
Over the last few decades, tremendous advances in science and technology have led us to a moment of unparalleled promise in health and medicine. Today, cures and treatments that were once barely imagined are now imminently possible.
And yet, while some of the biggest potential breakthroughs continue to lie just around the corner, our ability to solve one of our biggest medical challenges still seems far away. Today, the greatest single threat to the health of our nation is not a scarcity of genius or a failure of discovery; it is our inability, after years of talk and gridlock, to finally do something about the crushing cost of health care.
A new study tells us that the United States spends more on health care per person than any country in the world – and yet we’re not getting more health care for all that extra money. Forty-five million Americans are uninsured, and health-care costs are increasing at almost double-digit rates. And millions of Americans are suffering from diseases such as diabetes or AIDS that could have been prevented or delayed with the proper care. |
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