The current state of healthcare delivery is unsustainable. The government cannot continue to subsidize 40+ million uninsured people, hospitals and physicians cannot provide enough charity care to meet all these needs, and the overall health of our population as a whole will continue to decline as long as we let “disease treatment” instead of “health promotion” drive our healthcare system. What are the major problems with healthcare today and what suggestions do you have to fix it?

From the over the counter drug store brands to the brand named ones at department stores there are a million options. If your makeup bag looks anything like mine it’s a combination of everything.

What do you like best and why? What’s worth paying extra and what can you just buy from the drug store?

There are protections in the Health and Human Services (HHS) Regulations to prevent healthcare providers from being discriminated against for refusing to provide services with which they ethically or morally disagree.  However, until recently, there were no “teeth” to these regulations - there were no enforcement guidelines or penalties.  Near the end of his term, President Bush added these enforcement guidelines to the HHS Regulations.  Within the past month, however, President Obama has ordered HHS not to enforce those guidelines, pending a review.  In fact, these very protections may very well be removed under his administration.  So, I ask, do we want to be treated by doctors and other healthcare professionals who violate their own consciences by performing procedures and treatments that they find ethically or morally reprehensible?  Just as patients who desire Procedure X (which I find unethical) have the right to a doctor who will perform it, shouldn’t I have a right to a doctor who won’t?

Began in 1844, the YMCA has become a part of over 144 countries with a total exceeding 45 million members.  Their mission is: “To put Christian principles in to practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all.”