Any antidotes for our sick Healthcare system?

Posted to ABC Q&A on 18/8/2009

Our healthcare system is very sick, suffering from multiple internal injuries and external infections. Without fixing the internal wellbeing, additional external funding will only further nourish the cancerous “cells”.

There may not be an antidote to help cure the ailing system, but a holistic health management approach will cut-off the life support of the parasites, re-balance the skill-yin and competent-yang, unblock the care-and-treatment arteries, and flush out the good for nothing.

(SphericalThinker’s Quatrain 1)

Home Births

Posted as “SphericalThinker” to ABC Q&A, 4/8/2009
Commenting on “Home Births”

At present, there are enough mid-wives to go round delivering babies because of economy of scale - birth at hospital.

If home birth becomes a common practice, there will be shortage of qualified mid-wives, not dissimilar to other trade / profession. Unqualified, and unethical practitioners will move in to take advantage of the uninformed and inexperienced.

There is also another legal implication. Illegal baby trade may flourish, because documents can be falsified regarding who the real parents are.

As demand of home births increases, the health insurance will likely to cover home birth. Based on risk and cost effectiveness factors, I can also foresee that the health insurance premium will increase for families or singles of child bearing age.