In addition to these quotes most thinking leaders would agree with the following conclusions:
1. The tax code needs to be reformed so that it does not penalize Americans without coverage. 2. Health access must be given to impoverished or low income citizens (a tax credit may be best way to handle this). 3. The nation needs to accelerate the speed of drug evaluation and release by the FDA. 4. Incentives that promote wellness and disease prevention must be written into health insurance programs.
1. The tax code needs to be reformed so that it does not penalize Americans without coverage.
2. Health access must be given to impoverished or low income citizens (a tax credit may be best way to handle this).
3. The nation needs to accelerate the speed of drug evaluation and release by the FDA.
4. Incentives that promote wellness and disease prevention must be written into health insurance programs.
There is a huge need for Americans to find an answer to our health care woes. As we have already stated, our medical system is the best in the world. Our doctors, nurses, and hospitals are the finest available on the planet. There is just one thing missing – the ability to make healing our own people a priority. We must heed the biblical challenge that was given to Jesus in his earthy ministry, “Physician, heal thyself!”
Bishop Harry Jackson is chairman of the High Impact Leadership Coalition and senior pastor of Hope Christian Church in Beltsville, MD, and co-authored, Personal Faith, Public Policy [FrontLine; March 2008] with Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council.
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