China has a lock on U.S. medical supplies because of cheap labor and low production costs. In the quest for savings, we have put our healthcare system in jeopardy and left strategic supply just one policy shift away from a severe crippling.
Many patients take their first look at a hospital bill, only to go into sticker shock. A single aspirin for $25? Newborn diapers for $100? Why is it that products we purchase for pennies at the local drug store end up costing so much more in the hospital?
Since our national recession began, the United States has lost more than seven million jobs, more than half of which are permanent. As was noted in the President’s recent State of the Union Address, the U.S. is increasingly falling behind nations like China and India, who are investing in education and industry, and taking good jobs in the process.