ABC News: Healthcare 'Critical Condition'

[NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN]

ABC is doing a weeklong special on healthcare in America across all it's programing:

World News tonight, Good Morning America, 20/20, Nightline etc.

Topics Covered:

* Health Care Pains

Growing Health Care Concerns Fuel Cautious Support for Change

* Bedside Rationing

Are Doctors Withholding Information and Treatment Options?

* 'Advanced But Not Reliable'

Study: Americans Get Only Half the Care They Need

* Prescription Drug Plans: Impact on Seniors

Bush Plan Tilts Toward Private Insurance; Critics See Funding Gaps

* Medicare Proposal Falls Short

President Bush's New Proposal for Health Care May Not Be More Affordable

* Juggling the Bills

Doctor Bills Put Squeeze on Young Family

* Down In America

Study Finds a Large Depressed Population, With Many Untreated

* Elder Care, Equal Care?

U.S. Medical System Shortchanges Senior Citizens

* Beyond Baby Fat

As Childhood Obesity Grows, Experts Say the Stakes Can't Be Higher

* The Quiet Killer

Heart Disease in Women

* Health-Care Costs Climbing

More Companies Pass On New Insurance Costs to Employees

* Health Cost Squeeze

Small Businesses, Hit by Rising Premiums, Pass Burden to Employees

* Healthcare Tab Takes Toll on Wealthier

Rising Premiums, Already Hitting the Poor, Eat into Middle-class Wallets

* Affording Illness

A young couple struggles with the rising costs of healthcare.

* Fighting Fat

Scientists find a hormone that tells the brain it's had enough to eat.

* Quality of Care

A new study suggests that Americans aren't getting the medical care they need.

* Rising Health Care Costs

Many companies are passing health care costs on to employees.

Check out some of the links at this site:

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/living/WorldNewsTonight/health_care_subindex.html

[live4today, RN]

Hi Karen :)

I for one can attest to the fact that MOST of the above mentioned issues in your post are true from what I see in healthcare today for patients.

What goes around always comes around FULL CIRCLE at some point in everyone's life, so if those doctors and medical insurance people have a conscience, I sure hope they WAKE IT UP, and SOON!

[oramar]

Isn't it a shame that one of those captions does not say, "Growing crises in nursing!"

[live4today, RN]

Hmmm....now wouldn't that be the CHOICE STATEMENT of all times, oramar. :rotfl:

[Hellllllo Nurse, BSN, RN]

Originally posted by oramar

Isn't it a shame that one of those captions does not say, "Growing crises in nursing!"

Exactly.