Abstract
Ebola and the need for restructuring pharmaceutical incentives.
Highlights
Tred around “America First”, and health care reform to limit social medicine
Public health is a global issue; worldwide there were 57 million deaths in 2008, 63% of which were attributable to non-communicable diseases (NCDs) [1]
Despite the growing public awareness about NCDs and the consequences of related lifestyle choices, the incidence of NCDs continues to rise which creates a burden on global health care systems
Summary
Public health is a global issue; worldwide there were 57 million deaths in 2008, 63% of which were attributable to non-communicable diseases (NCDs) [1]. If individuals focus on themselves, the consideration of such community, national, and global costs are severely limited. With regards to health care reform and the debate around minimizing social medicine, it is important to emphasize that the people being targeted by - and most likely to benefit from -social medicine initiatives (eg, low socioeconomic status, the elderly) experience the greatest health disparities [5]. While limiting social medicine may result in short-term gains such as decreased health insurance premiums and tax dollar allotment, there is great potential for a longterm consequence of decreased community- and national-level overall health
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