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Organizing HealthCare System, Time is Ripe for Action

By Dr. Pathe Sambe - Feb 5th, 2009 at 8:03 pm EST

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1. Problematic

Economically, with the baby boomers about to retire in growing number, the cost of America’s public- health and retirement programs, if left unchanged will rise from 8% of GDP now to 19% 2050.

The time is ripe for grand bargain that reforms the tax code, entitlements and healthcare simultaneously, boosting productivity, raising revenue, expanding healthcare coverage and putting the budget on the path of long-term balance.

2. Institutional Goals and Solutions

Our approach for this socio- economic crisis must be global with the full participation of everyone following their capacities and not their incapacities. With organization and method by helping any states with tangible policies, and more funding concerning the health care, special education and rehabilitative services issues, as following:

In every county, we must create a “ Social and Health District” with mission to coordinate the prevention, care and rehabilitative services in the framework of a   district area. This will permit to anyone residing in the district to have the opportunities to get all the basic services needed in the field of social, health care or rehabilitative issues.
In these districts, naturopathic and allopathic medicines will work together with other legally licensed professionals in the basic of conventions with the district. This global approach will have the merit to lower the costs and give people more choice for their health care and medical rehabilitative issues.
The Social and Health District will have the responsibilities to protect people and the prevention any diseases as a local public health authority. (The recent case of the   salmonella in a manufacturing plant of peanut is a important evidence for a better prevention with qualified investigators and equiped laboratory at the district level to save many innocent people of the salmonella)
The Social and Health District work with the School District concerning   students with disabilities for their full integration into their respective school at all level. This will permit the students with disabilities to benefit all the services needed for their full participation as a responsible citizen. The best school inclusive integration is the path for a better integration into the workforce.
For persons with disabilities, the local district will have a better control for the respect of the Americans with Disabilities Act. There are a lot of discriminations again people with disabilities in the workforce. It is time to change these discriminations, by tangible policies and controls for the full respect of the law. The local district will help to solve efficiently these problems
The present organization of the US health care system needs tangible reform, and because it is was not planned to serve everyone, but only for people with health insurance. This is a discrimination, as everyone have the right to a better health care based on the WHO rules.The prevention, health care and rehabilitative services issues must be administered and controlled at national level by the federal government and provided at local level by the Health and Social District for to serve the people and not the big insurances and other corporations. The urgent reform of the health care system is on the priority of the President Obama.

Thanks so much for your attention on this proposal and ideas

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By nordwind Feb 5th 2009 at 8:48 pm EST (Updated Feb 5th 2009 at 8:48 pm EST)

However, since some of our people are retiring, the younger generations will have to carry the burden to pay for the benefits of this retiring ones. What are we doing to ensure that our young people are capable, and prepared, and have the skills to find the jobs that will provide a solid tax base to handle the load? In a lot of our inner cities, there are plenty of gangs to join, plenty of delinquency that can happen, but no preventive programs to turn them into productive channels. What are we doing about the drop out rates in some of our schools? I think that a health initiative is necessary, however, the whole thing has to be examined in a comprehensive holistic/community-wise perspective since we cannot look at issues with tunnel vision. The whole thing has to be together and connected.

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By Dr. Pathe Sambe Feb 9th 2009 at 6:18 pm EST (Updated Feb 9th 2009 at 8:08 pm EST)

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By Dr. Pathe Sambe Feb 9th 2009 at 8:18 pm EST (Updated Feb 9th 2009 at 8:18 pm EST)

Thanks so much for your comment and analysis.

About Your Questions
Q:What are we doing to ensure that our young people are capable, and prepared, and have the skills to find the jobs that will provide a solid tax base to handle the load?

Answer:At all level, our education system must be innovative and meet the present needs for education to our young people. In this ideal, these young people must have all the resources and conditions for get a better education. The most important will be the reform of the education system in the framework of the school district by creating the school of excellency. Young people will have the opportunities to find all resources
to do their homework and advice from very qualified specialists. Some school must have an boarding this will keep many young people out of the street.

Q:In a lot of our inner cities, there are plenty of gangs to join, plenty of delinquency that can happen, but no preventive programs to turn them into productive channels. What are we doing about the drop out rates in some of our schools?

Answer:The cause of the delinquency is that many young people can not get the attention and support from their parents who work from 5:00am to sometime to 6:00 or 9:00pm. For to get more attention they become a delinquent for to show their importance in the society. The delinquency can be overcome by the prevention and education with more educators, social workers, psychologists and vocational rehabilitation specialists, etc.. in the both districts ( Social and Health District and School District) and not by the police or the sheriff, only. The creation of the School of Excellency open to these very intelligent young people will help to develop their skills and turn them into the productive channels.

In conclusion, this can be happen by examining in depth the social, economic, demographic, health and educational issues and factors. It is a comprehensive holistic/community-wise, as you say.

The proposed Social and Health District and School District working together and well connected with latest Information Technology will permit in long-term our next generation to become very competitive in this global economy of this digital age. Time is ripe for actions, now.

Thanks

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