Ms Mkenya wrote:Mtu Biz wrote:'For Profit' healthcare has and will always be a bad idea.
NHIF is definitely not the solution....
I support the NHIF idea.
The acrobats charged with implementation are another story altogether.
Everyone should contribute according to their ability and receive treatment according to their need.
Then we can possibly see an end to harambees to clear medical bills.
The majority of the population will never afford 'corporate' cover, what happens to them?
When a HMO makes 1.3 billion and its customers are being turned away at chemists/health centres.. there is a problem.
Michael moore contrasted the healthcare systems in America with Britain France and ...wait for it.. Cuba in his documentary Sicko.
What an eye opener that was! Check it out.
Let me give you a preview.
In the documentary, a couple of volunteers who helped pull people out of the 911 WTC rubble developed lung problems as a result. The Goverment would not touch them claiming they were not their responsibility i.e they acted on their own behalf yet they had been paraded all over and hailed as 'heroes of 911'.
To cut a long story short they received their tests, diagnosis and starter drugs...in Cuba! at a cost of $0/-.
Sicko by michael moore ... reccomended.