No matter how remote from pharmacy the health care debate may seem to be, it will affect you. The following are some views you could consider putting forward. There is enough money in the health care system. Despite the cutbacks already made, there is still more than enough money in the system. In fact, the performance of the system can be improved substantially and funds spent more appropriately.
Significant room remains for the rationalization and reallocation of resources.
You may think that the question of system-level funding is too remote an issue to affect you. Pharmacy could benefit greatly from rationalization of the system. Funds otherwise spent inappropriately on hospital, physician or other services could be diverted to necessary drug therapy. This has already happened and is an unfortunate side effect of health care reform. But it continues to happen in other sectors that are restructuring.