If Nothing is Broken WHY Fix it

Most people tend to have the mentality that if there is nothing wrong than there is nothing to fix. This means that the purpose of going to the doctor is to fix something that has gone wrong, but if nothing is wrong than there is no point to go to the doctors. For most people attending a doctor’s appointment means losing money because they have to take time from work. When they are sick getting better and seeing a doctor outweigh losing a day of work, but losing money for a routine checkup of something that does not exist may not seem worth it.
It almost seems intuitive that to get the most for our buck we would invest in prevention to avoid the high prices of medical care. Prevention entails changing many of people bad habits, but people may not be willing to do this until they see a negative consequence to those actions.
Prevention is very broad and includes many different aspects. Education is a big part of prevention and should be more enforced to everyone equally in America. Screening tests are also a very important component of prevention, but they are not being used at the rates that would be considered ideal. Prevention is needed to improve healthcare, but it is not the only thing that needs to be modified.
Policy makers need to focus on where the money is being is distributed to and whether it is being used wisely. Hospitals seem to have a disproportionate amount of money coming in, but still the services provided in the ER are not ideal. More time, money, and effort needed to be put into preventing illnesses and therefore preventing the extraordinary amount of money being spent on medical care.