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,1 The thrust to the private sector means a far dif ferent future in medicine than that envisioned by the social planners of the 60's and 70's. The move toward National Health Insurance is currently Ati Thp regard forth iwlfar nf the nrtnr anri . . .aw .... ,. .. .."W - - ' those long on the bottom rung of the health care ( ladder has yet to be adequately addressed. . . f v nai niu utv (iiimv abwiui mv ivi uiv (wvuw medicine? Unfortunately the best and brightest doc- tors may go wnere me money ana security are t- iu industry, Health Maintenance Organizations (HMO's), the military, and to the more prestigious teaching institutions such as Hopkins, Harvard, Vale DnVe IINf ete Rioht nnur the nrtnr are he- . Sma VlArftciAsI M la - an s.an.aa ' uh?rh 11 1 iwvaivu iv kiiuiwa auu Myaiui vtntvid tvjuvii v have neither the resources nor money to address : thfMr manv riHe Pnr thnc with irtkc mrttipv nr in.. ciiranr all th rarfi that unn rAiiM ivor want will atwavs be available. -Those without will find Medicaid restricted even further, Medicare benefits decreased with an inrYeaceiri the nrnrmrtirtn naid hv its' recipients physicians demanding cash before pa ' tients are seen and an unwillingness to accept those i on Medicaid. Medicare nr with no mrtnev: The sad thing about the majority of discussions on the High Cost of Medicare Care is that everyone is talking oKaii iittint ct 'with ronr1 'KctinA fhrtiim nuvui vuiiuiK wvaia niui iilliv ivkoiu uwiiik onvn for the quality of care that patients have received and wjll receive irfthe various systems being propos ed. ' . Health Maintenance Organizations, long an of fering of big businesses such as Kaiser Permanente, III M 1 1 ') A.L.J-' . wiu spread among conglomerates., i nis concept can keep costs down but has three disadvantages: 1) It requires that those entering it have a job .or a family: member must have a job; hence, it is not available wfdely to the poor and by its eligibility requirements can also exclude the elderly; .2) In some HMO set- ups.one is still required to have some other health insurance in addition to the yearly membership fee; ' 3) 'Those who control vour iob also control vour health care and ootentiallv have access to the most intimate information on your , well-being This ! should raise some serious questions regarding con- utlt.:at. a? :i ir. is Spectacles: A Closer Look . : The igh Cost Of Medical Care f Part, V - Future Directions in Health Care ; 1 ' V . ' - - .v . ' By Ada 'M. Fisher ' Preventive Care which is now the watch word for the 80's is A Ijfe long process which must start in in- fancy, It still does, not address the very real pro blems of the millions of Americans who already .;; suffer job related disabilities, genetic diseases, eri-y5 vironmentally associated illnesses, etc. One presup- : position of preventive care is that all men are . created equal and have equal access to the resources : , Public Health and our commitment to it has been J , radically changed by economically hard times. Cut? .backs to community health centers will become ; more severe.1 Local health departments rwilJ be ex- ; jpected to do more and more with less and less. Public hospitals will face. bankruptcy if not sup ported by federal dollars since v most private ; created equal and have equal access to tne resources - hospitals do not want thoSe who cannot afford to needed to protect their health when such is not the - case. Exercise, no smoking, controlled weight, and , for things beyond their controlFunds for the han- limited intake of alcohol .are a . few,things that ; we : d,rcaPped and learning impaired are drying up. If V can do ourselves to foster preventive care if this w to;the iShift to federalism materializes, less and less is - oe our commumcni as a nauun ;, , .. s . . td be exDected from the federal Bovernmenr; When ; Of fields but "T the states wake I irn. thev will rea1i?e that their new Medical Ethics is the most exciting one in which blacks have exercised limited input. Society now has committees to determinfwho shall live, who shall die, who gets what treatment and v?v who is used in experimentation It is frightening 'tp$ realize how few black people participate in these the states wake up, they will realize that their new t; burdens cannot be supported ; without massive laanMoriiieased .taxation"? Health Care Personnel; Far removed from the public's eye, the battle for patients and patient con- represented on these committees? Now that anwg i -Ain f-..- o.m- h practice independently. By 1990, if there is a realiz- anemirw U we beTncouraged to ortthem? H Iut of doctors, what will be the role of physician k inTorfi are fTJ 1 1 Yi i extenders? The American Medical Association is honorable and noble are those who, read the test? .... ,w w .i.. a-.i Will our women whorhave been uiiknowinglyi 1, 17o ? sterilized ieven though -beyond their means? Decisions such as these which" affect our very existence are now being made. Are J", Xrhavet,ha nowJn existence will be closed in the 1980's , suggest that class sizes can be decreased by ugh financially; the Prccdure,mays i; This is devastating news for traditionally black IT I c : 1 U .! . . ' SSSsif !1hich ?ed increasing financial support and back- Civil Rights Journal ' ! Reaganomics and the Black Family i . . : ; . :L :.?.-.... Executive Director United Church Of Christ ' I Letter to the Editor: t7,'V.i In the United States, , three million families liv-f some two-thirds to three- I ing jn subsidized housing fourths of all ' black! whose incomes average families fall under the,' .1 MAI A4V fomiltM hAnjhfitfino frim : arA urhltiB f thfc nrn- . nfame - trva V ; hlttlr Kiauia . . avi v uihvm families in a dispropor- . tinnate . nerrentaoe In their number in the U.S. population. It is impor ' tant for the black com- i . of the effects which the Reagan administration's cuts have had and will have on programs direct- ly affecting the security of black families in the United States. It is also essential that the black i community mobilize the - struggle against an insen sitive and v inhumane system which places war , j iiiaiiliucijr ouun uvvviit j human existence and sur vival. . As President Reagan cuts domestic social pro-: grams to the bone under the guise of balancing the budget, the defense budget is being increased to the incomprehensible level of over 1.5 trillion dollars in the five years from 1982 to 1986 in military expenditures. As an ; illustration of how great this expenditure is, let me cite: If vou were ' the start spending one million dollars; a day from ; the day Jesus SU .mm f UArn atnttl thte ' present day, you; would have spent 1 .5 trillion dollars. This huge in crease in military expen ditures leaves the American public with an unparalleled national debt ranging from 100 ' hillutii Hnllarc in IQS? 150 billion dollars in ' 1983 to an unheard of ; 200 billion dollars in 1984. During the Ford and Carter Administra ' tions, a time when social pirograms were intact, the debt was around the fifty billion dollars range. v It is the low-income 'and poverty categories , where the highest percen- ; tage of blacks is located. ' Unemployment in the black community is ris- , , ing above the twenty per cent" mark and more black families will drop . iniy uicc vtticjjui its, n is . this same category of . families who are laid off. Who only qualify for 26 weeks of unemployment , compensation rather than 36, who have their lOQa stamps cut, wno receive reduced Aid For - Deoendent . Children tayments, who will have o start paying for their . Children's medical' ser vices, and who will have their subsidized rents in creased. sr ',' 1 am speaking of the. :trvy Pfy' -..Ci $4,000 per year, and the fifty per cent of all good stamp households whose gross incomes fall below i On Nu Phi Omega Brotherhood Story A would first. like to thank vour paper for -'A publishing the i; article concerning the new Brotherhood Nu Phi Omega. It brought out many , aspects of our Brotherhood that captured the true -rr- - ' . z , . identity of our organization. $500 a month. " I ' households with incomes . However .the section concerning our views on :- ,When estimating his below $1 1,500 there is hazing is somewhat distorted. We do not as the arti tax and budget cuts an income loss of , 1.8 f cle stated condone hazing which we feel is "mental together President billion dollars, but for - and physical abuse," but by no means were we ac . Reagan has only added the 37.2 per cent of the cusing any organization at NCCU of practicing haz insult to injury for 32 per families with income ex-" ing. cent . of American , (Continued on Page 20 j We feel that our main objective, which is to pur- ing if they are to survive. Schools such is East Carolina University which has a small cfas sie may also be hit hard. --, ) Mc-Ircl research has spent millions of dollars directed at issues of select diseases, many of which are known as "fasci nomas" (fascinating and often rare diseases). The most exciting and potentially frightening work is being done in immunology (defense systems of the body) and genetics (our body's ' signals and patterns for our individual make-up). Truly it has been shown that no advance in medicine comes cheaply. A year's supply of In terferon which will be used to treat some" cancers has an estimated cost of $30- to $50,000 per year for one patient. Will those without insurance, get this treatment if they need it? Gene splicing is already producing medicines more quickly and has some potential for use in intercepting birth defects.-Could this procedure be used to eradicate or eliminate peo ple society doesn't want born? Can a mutant (ab normal) gene which can cause a cancer be controll ed if there t$ a lab accident where it is being bred? Surrogate motherhood is just one by-product of medical research, and has demonstrated that our technology has outstripped our legal system's abili ty to keep pace: ' Medicine and health care have opened a world of potential, benefits and possible problems which at times seem more than one can comprehend. We cannot turn back the clock and retreat because of our fear of the unknown. To address these issues, we must demand the inclusion of our best and brightest hearts and minds in the development and implementation of Health and Human Services pro grams. Our children must look to the top eschelons in health careers for employment, taking with them a compassionate morality and a sense of loyalty to those of us left behind. We must elect politicians sensitive to issues such as the right of access to health services. And we must not be afraid to de mand our human rights of life, liberty and the pur suit of happiness. sue a unified way of achieving one s personal goals , was not given the proper attention. This is reflected in the headline which gives the topic of hazing top billing and does not mention our basic concept which is unifying to achieve personal goals. Many people have been misled by the article and we hope there can be some type of follow-up article t which will correct the misconception' that was created by what we believe was a failure of com- ; munication during the interview. Once again we would like to say thanks for the article and hope that the misconceptions can be cor rected ; Thomas A. Stith, III President of the Nu Phi Omega Brotherhood KM1 fnv fITr AriTrfy"l 1 rATTlF U U VJ V UUUU U 'r u i .,1 MWiaH' ; ,-..'' f j W.J' r irT ;i. , :fi .Gltli 1 X -, 1 lJLCr , X- V.' " 1 i i,,- J :f i:M?. V k' -1 ':V'' I jr tfA pwW mom ummem mm , '7- . ' . 1 ' . ' ' - ' C-J r
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