Drug testing: How much and on whom?

 Drug testing should be done on people who knowingly consent to drug testing. Not on any random stoner that fails a drug test, which some hospitals do with their psychyatric units. People have to give consent or not give consent. This should be the focus of nurses in the beginning. Nurses should approach people with consent forms before drug testing. The person should know about it. It was too easy to mainstream a drug under the Bush Administration and let the drug reps do the research after it's released in the form of avoided lawsuits.It's wrong and it needs to end.

Surgery without consent: There must be a better way.

Lots of times hospitals do surgery without consent and some people, myself included, feel this is wrong. There should be forms you fill out in the hospital in advance, like a healthcare proxy, that says you either will or will not allow them to do surgery without permission.I can understand if someone is unconsious due to cardiac arrest that they would do surgery without consent. But what if the hospital is involved in research. Horrible twisted surgical research on unsuspecting people? If the government takes no action, then where is the protection of being an American Citizen?

Insurance: Should everyone be Insured?

The liberal stance is yes. The conservative stance is that insurance should go toward people who can afford it.You see, people get different kinds of care based on whether or not they have insurance or what kind of insurance they have. This is clearly not fair. A doctor is sworn to help whoever is ill. Or they should be sworn to it.I tend to support the liberal answer, that everyone should have insurance, but I know that there is Medicaid bilking done by hospitals in New York State. And people don't report it because they're afraid that the hospital might try to get back at them, or because they don't notice it. Medicaid has a fraud line you should call if you suspect anything. It's preserving public money and if there are enough reports to the same hospital, they will investigate. This is important to remember to protect public money, even if the government is going to insure people.