If approximately 80% of the American population is insured, they pay $X amount of money to be insured. The insurance companies then take U% of $X as profit, leaving $C as the cost of insuring that mere 80%. The cost of insuring 100% of the American population is $Y. The question at hand is what’s the difference between $X and $Y? I bet its a lot smaller than a lot of people think. If the government can find a way to make up the difference between $X and $Y in the ridiculously complex budget then universal healthcare could actually be a reality.

Of course doctors and professionals in the medical field still have to recieve competitive salaries in order to pay off their education loans, so the government can’t save money there. Can’t cut money from the medical research field. Someone has to pay for the other 20% to be insured, but who? Do we raise income tax or do we impose a tax on a specific good or service? I really don’t know, but the first thing we can do is change Americans’ life styles: encourage physical activity and eating healthy. Parents have to start teaching their kids from a young age and it must be reinforced in the schools. Do you really think teaching kids about the food pyramid alone is going to really help them stay healthy and active?

Several companies around the country have started employee fitness and welness programs. What the government should be doing is creating financial incentives to encourage these programs as they are going to be one of the key factors to decrease the cost of healthcare for all. If everyone put in a little bit more effort to stay healthy, it decreases the cost of healthcare, allowing the concept of universal healthcare to become more and more feasible.

*I would also like to note that encouraging digital records will further streamline the medical industry, allowing savings on provoding healthcare. The government is already begining to do this, but should most certainly continue to do so, as we do live in the 21st century.

Dear Keshav and César,

You two are both very bright men; you both knew that by sending out emails, you would create chaos in the UT community, and you have. You are both students interested in government, you must have learned at some point that anything in writing can and will be used against you. You should have just made phone calls and been done with it. Would’ve saved me an earful!

Regards,

Jared K.

http://www.dailytexanonline.com/rajagopalan_used_official_title_while_campaigning_for_o_rourke-1.1605353

http://www.dailytexanonline.com/1.1601392-1.1601392

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/03/11/us/news-palin.html

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Over winter break I was on my friend Deanna’s laptop and I set my blog as her homepage. When I got back to school, I proceeded to set up a account for this blog. I quickly saw that I had a lot of readers in Florida, but had no inkling as to why.