2.)
Support organic and local farming and wholesome nutritional foods that are not
grown in factory farms or with chemicals. We need to understand where our food
comes from, how many chemicals it takes to mass-produced food and how many
animals need to be drugged and slaughtered because millions eat at McDonald's
every day.
3.)
Give tax breaks to people who exercise and eat nutritiously. Reward them for
good health and for not overburdening the health system.
4.)
For those who still want to keep their bad habits, charge incredibly high taxes
for junk food, caffeine, tobacco,
recreational drugs, and alcohol. These
people also don't get free health care like the rest of us - they pay. I doubt very much if charging more for these
habits will eradicate them totally, but it would finance a better health care
system.
5.) Give tax breaks to people who have two children
or less.
6.)
Charge massive amounts of taxes to those who have more than two children. (I'm talking about birthing children, not adopting them. If you have more than two children, even if you give them up for adoption, you pay.) Overpopulating
the world overburdens our limited resources and forces the system into factory
farming and genetic modification in order to produce enough food for the
population. We need to start eliminating the overconsumption. It starts with
social responsibility. No one needs more than two kids, let alone fourteen.
What are people thinking?
7.)
Fire everyone at the Food and Drug Administration and reform the whole
department so chemicals and chemical products are actually regulated for a
change.
8.)
Implement a universal health care plan so it's available to everyone. All those
extra taxes I'm proposing go toward financing free medical care. Let those who
would bring it down with their overconsumption and social irresponsibility pay
for it.
9.) With
a free, universal health care system, health insurance becomes obsolete. If no
one has insurance, then patient care becomes fair and equal. I can't count how
many times I've been denied services because I don't have insurance and I've
heard of many who were turned away from hospitals for the same reason. Health
care shouldn't be focused on making money; it should be about wellness.
10.)
Change the focus and job description of doctors. (See previous post: "Ten
Ways I Would Change Doctors")
Obviously,
I believe a health care system overhaul involves much more than providing free
public health care. For any plan to work, there needs to be a health reform
movement designed make society as a whole less unhealthy or the free
plan will squash under the weight of desperate need.
Did I forget anything? Add your ideas to the comment section.
