Policies framed are not meant to be used when there is a legal fight. The government should ensure that the Acts passed are fully implemented. There are so many laws and when there is a problem legislators pass another bill without taking consideration the bills passed earlier. There are too many laws which negate each other and there are too many agencies working on the same issue. Health is an important issue and it was shocking to learn that it is mandatory to provide emergency medicines like antibiotic, glove, first aid free of cost in emergency and general wards. Nobody knows and when the RIMS Director recently said it should be practised he did not know that it is never practised. Similarly in other government hospitals we notice doctors recommending normal tests to be done in some specific private clinics. This is never checked , We need proper health policy and most important we need some policies to care about the patients. Those holding BPL cards have to be provided assistance throughout the country but in Manipur it is not practised and though central fund is coming the RIMS and other hospitals do not know how to implement it. It is bad. Medical insurance should be made mandatory or there should be assistance for those who can not afford treatment. Even the US considered one of the richest countries is taking lots of steps in health sector. The U.S. Supreme Court has approved President Barack Obama’s Healthcare
Reform Act.The Supreme Court said that the federal government is entitled, to raise taxes to force all Americans to buy private health insurance, or face fines, The Telegraph reports.”It is reasonable to construe what Congress has done as increasing taxes on those who have a certain amount of income, but choose to go without health insurance. Such legislation is within Congress’s power to tax,” Chief Justice John Roberts said.According to reports, most of the law is due to come into force in 2014.The law, by compelling the young and healthy to buy health insurance, aims to reduce premiums for all and subsidize coverage for the poorest.It also aims to ban insurance firms from turning away new customers who have existing health problems.The endorsement of “Obamacare” boosted morale between Obama and his allies following months of speculation that the law was likely to be struck down.Speaking at the White House, Obama called the court’s decision a victory for the country.”Whatever the politics, today’s decision was a victory for people all over this country, whose lives will be more secure,” Obama said.”The highest court in the land has now spoken. We will continue to implement this law,” he added.Following the apex court order, Mitt Romney, Republican presidential nominee, immediately pledged to ‘repeal and replace’ Obama’s reforms and ‘defeat the liberal agenda’. The country needs health reforms and specially in Manipur where there are large numbers of poor people and poor medical facilities. The government should immediately stop doctors prescribing tests in private clinics. It is against humanity.
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