I Wonder…

I wonder how healthy Americans would be if:

• The government gave everyone $2,000/year to spend on the preventive care of their choice.
• Western medicine would partner with the wonders of alternative, eastern, and non-traditional medicine.
• Big Pharma and lawyers stopped advertising.
• Insurance companies allowed patients to select their own doctor, and gave doctors enough time to develop a knowledgeable relationship with their patients.
• Medical schools taught diet and nutrition rather than what scripts to write.
• The primary goal of medical students was to heal.
• Doctors changed their focus from disease to creating optimal health.
• Health, senior and child care workers were better trained and paid.
• Restaurants stopped super-sizing portions.
• Government agencies denied the use of harmful chemicals, pesticides, hormones, preservatives, additives, etc. in our food supplies.
• Politicians worked “for the people” rather than the special interests they serve.
• Technology stopped directing people to be lazy or on overload.
• Manufacturers produced quality products that lasted.
• Businesses discarded voice mail and returned to employing and training “people” to help customers.
• Hollywood stopped making violent movies and video games.
• Parents interacted with their children as a family and limited screen time.
• We connected with nature and respected our environment.
• As a nation, we showed personal pride in our person and how we treat others.
• Everyone took personal responsibility for their own health.

Perhaps my response should have been to a Daily Prompt on “What I Know” rather than via Daily Prompt: Wonder