Like Ivett said, “If it isn’t broken, then why fix it?” I think a lot of people have this mentality. I, however, am not one of these people. My education makes me more aware of what is out there and I feel like I am really big on prevention. I mean the slightest symptom of a cold, I am taking my vitamin C, cold drops, soup, extra rest, etc.
I think that society and the government should place a huge emphasis on prevention. If people were to keep up with their yearly physicals and/or listen to their gut feelings if something was wrong, then they would potential prolong their lives and increase their quality of life. For example, today on Oprah, this woman had a 140 pound tumor in her stomach that was growing over the course of five years. She went to see the doctor and he just told her to exercise more and lose weight. He never did any blood work or any MRIs or any other tests. It wasn’t until she was admitted into the hospital for “flu like symptoms” did they realize she had a huge tumor. This whole time, this woman was had a gut feeling that something was wrong. Yet she ignored her intuition. I guess the whole point of this story is that this woman could have prevented this whole situation had she listened to her gut and also if her primary care doctor gave care.
I think that the government should increase spending on preventative medicine which would ultimately decrease spending on direct medical services and thus saving the government more money. This is all very idealistic and will probably not happen in the near future. Even if policy was passed, it would take a very long time for the policies to actually be supported by the lucrative business of medicine.
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