Medical Care in America

Today we went into a general purpose pharmacy and a high tech genetics laboratory in Cincinnati.

The high tech genetics laboratory determine your genotype on genetic diseases, so they find out out, if you have a genetic defect like the Down's syndrome or something else. There are different tests for each genetic defect, for example the test called FISH. With different color schemata they find out, which illness you have. These methods are very expensive. If you need the full program of research, you usually have to pay up to 3500$. That's the problem for the lower-paid-jobs. Those people cannot use this option to fight against the disease they have.

In the Walgreen's pharmacy you can self-medicate yourself by choosing the drug you need. This is very dangerous, because you can pick up the wrong drug for your illness. You can get there everything what you need for your personal health care, for example toothpaste, shampoos, bands and so one, but they also offer fragrances, Make-Up, Snacks, and drinks.
The drugs are offered in huge shelves, so you can loose the survey very easy, for instance there are more than 70 pain relievers and more than 60 so called "Cold and Flu" medicines. They also offer generics. That are duplicates of official drugs, which are cheaper than the original remedy. This store is for the poorer people, who have to help themselves without professional research.

In my opinion, everyone should get an insurance like in Germany. On the one hand it's better for the health of the people and on the other hand it's better for the social welfare, because everybody have the right on health care, but this can cause economic problems in terms of the insurance fee and so one.