San Francisco, CA (ContentDesk) February 2, 2006 — Medical anthropologists reviewing studies on health policy issued warnings that a purely economic model fails to account for the optimistic predictions expressed by President Bush in his State of the Union address.

Jordan, PhD, RN, medical anthropologist and President of Global Medicine Enterprises, Inc., a communications and research firm based in San Francisco, reported that studies from the University of California San Franciso and University of New Mexico concluded that both preventive health services and consumer-driven health plans are not accessible to either the sickest or underemployed segments of the population.”Ever since our health care system was overtaken by health economists, we’ve had to deal with a rhetoric of consumers, law of demand and cost-sharing.

Dr. Jordan. In President Bushs State of the Union address, the chief proposal to cure our ailing health care system centers on people reaching into their pockets, paying for higher deductibles, starting their own health savings accounts, and taking more responsibility for how they spend their own health care dollars. Jordan said, “That is all fine and good for healthy individuals, making a great wage, working for enlightened companies that provide incentives like health club memberships and wellness programs.

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