See, times have changed drastically. not to long ago a poor family could give a local Doctor a pig or chicken or a pie or trade work as payment. The Doctor would actually make a house call. Today there are very, very few Doctors I know of who serve the community in this way. Most Doctors will drop you like a rock if you miss a payment. Some Doctors will not even treat you if you do not have insurance. So if you make $1500 or less per month you are up the proverbial creek without a paddle. Food, housing and transportation to work along with clothing and lights and heating will eat this monthly amount up leaving nothing for medical insurance. Lets see $1500 divided by 160 which is 4 weeks at 40 hours a week is: $9.375 an hour, and what is minimum wage again? hmmmm. get my point.I'm just getting started in this Holistic, Natural health thing. I have come to believe that nature has all our needs for health if we just open our minds and look. Really think about it, Western Medicine treats symptoms, whether by pills. lotions or surgery. But it does only token amounts of providing accurate info in preventing illness in the first place. Even when they give this info they keep changing their minds on it's accuracy. Don't get me wrong, Western Medicine is not ALL bad but I wish it was more open minded and tolerant of some proven alternative methods of treatments.. So let me bore you for a minute as to why I started looking into this area.
My wife and I lost our jobs when the plant we worked in closed. We had been going to the Company Doctor. Now we have no Doctor nor Medical Insurance. I have been taking Medication for years for heart arrhythmia. If I go a day or so without the medication, my heart starts skipping beats or pounding fast and hard. The prescription ran out and now I was stuck. Basically I found out there was an alternative to the high priced drugs I've been taking. All these years I have paid for high priced drugs that have side effects to stop a symptom of a substance lacking in my diet. And once taken the heart problem has gone away. Needless to say I was pissed off that this dietary deficiency, known to have this side effect, was not brought to my attention by many Doctors over my life. And to learn that this dietary deficiency is common in the United States diet. No, I'm not going to tell you what has replaced the Medications, as I'm not a Doctor and it works for me and may not for you. I suggest you start looking for yourself as I did for "Natural Remedies". I did find out that ONLY 20% of the worlds population depends on WESTERN MEDICINE for their health needs while 80% of the people of this world look elsewhere for their health needs, I decided to look to else where also.
I will get you started in your search with info below
If you find some of these links DEAD, you may wonder why !
I have had to remove a couple good links as they went DEAD and I wondered why, they had a lot of real good info. READ ON....http://www.home-remedies-for-you.com/
Check out "Earth Clinc" website HERE
And these websites will help also:
http://www.angelfire.com/az/sthurston/Health_on_the_Shelf.html
http://www.alkalizeforhealth.net/salivaphtest.htm
http://www.meridianinstitute.com/echerb/Files/remedies.html
http://www.fatfreekitchen.com/remedies.html
Go to your favorite search engine and type in something like;
"Natural Remedy for (your ailment)"
Type in; "pH and Cancer"
Or type in; "Magnesium"
I will guarantee you will get angry at Western Medicine (as it is practiced here in the United States) while you explore alternative medicines. Basically, drug manufactures can not patent a natural substance, if they can not isolate the active ingredient and synthesize it they can not patent it. So they will, with the FDA's help, suppress the use of a Natural substance in the treatment for anything, period. The drug manufactures, AMA and FDA appear to be working in concert to suppress all information regarding the effectiveness of Natural cures and treatments. This information cuts into profits from patented medicine use. Just look at your TV ads for all the pills being pushed for every known ailment of mankind. Some ads are for ailments I've never heard of like "Restless Leg Syndrome", Known as "RLS". Ya, they got a pill for that too and a pill for a whole lot of other abbreviated illnesses. But how many times do you hear of a break through PILL that Cures anything, you don't. They don't want you cured, they want you to take pills for the rest of your life. So much so that they are now placing ads on television to tell you about Diseases you may never heard of but you can control with "This Medication". Working together they passed laws barring Natural treatments from making any claims even though they have been proven to work. In the UNITED STATES, you cannot sell or advertise that eating Citrus fruits will prevent or cure Scurvy. There is information out there from respected Doctors and Research groups on the effectiveness of Common and Natural treatments and cures for mans ailments. Shhhhh, They don't want you to know about cures.
Doctors who bring out this information or practices Natural alternative treatments here in AMERICA are at risk legally from the AMA and the FDA, the "Lap Dogs" of the Pharmaceutical Companies.
(Oh, you may not know this, but guess who actually financially pays for the FDA (Food and Drug Administration), hint, it's not the Federal Government, nope, it's the Drug Manufacturers.) So who do you think controls decisions the FDA makes and in who's favor do you think they will lean toward? )
And here is something else to think about
A car company can move its factories to Mexico and claim it's a free market.A toy company can out source to a Chinese subcontractor and claim it's a free market.A major bank can incorporate in Bermuda to avoid taxes and claim it's a free market.We can buy HP Printers made in Mexico.We can buy shirts made in Bangladesh.When I need to speak to someone about my computer, I talk to somebody in India.We can purchase almost anything we want from 20 different Countries...BUT, heaven help the elderly who dare to buy their prescription drugs from a Mexican or Canadian pharmacy at a 60% discount. That's called un-American! And moves are being made to make it illegal to make prescription purchases from Mexican or Canadian pharmacies...And you think the pharmaceutical companies don't have a powerful lobby? Think they won't use their
power to keep you a captive consumer? Think there is a free market in the medical field?Think again!
Currently Medical Cost is rising 4 times faster than wages....
Currently 8 out of 10 Medical Bills have errors on them in favor of the biller not the consumer...
These errors would never be tolerated in any other service businesses, inflated charges, double charging, charging for services not given, or for supplies not used, or for items or services that are included in other billed areas are the normal way of serving the consumer by the American Medical establishment....Any other business who did this would be under multiple investigations by Local, State and Federal agencies...These facts have been reported in National News yet this is being allowed to continue... The government is currently paying out enormous amounts of overcharged monies to this Medical Monster in the care of Medicaid, Medicare and other Governmental medical programs, the Monsters influence is so great that politicians won't allow Government to negotiate pharmaceutical prices with manufactures... That's how strong the medical lobby is in Washington...
WE NEED CHANGE..
WE NEED TIGHT GOVERNMENTAL CONTROL OVER THIS MEDICAL MONSTER THAT IS SUCKING THE BLOOD FROM EVERYONE...
CONSERVATIVES YELL THAT THE FREE MARKET WILL TAKE CARE OF IT..BULL SHIT!! THERE IS NO FREE MARKET...THIS MONSTER HAS WITH GOVERNMENT HELP CLOSED THE MARKET OF ANY OTHER ALTERNATIVE MEDICAL HELP OR NATURAL CURES AND TREATMENTS.... THERE IS NO ALTERNATIVE MEDICAL HELP... THEREFORE NO FREE MARKET, NO COMPETITION, NO ABILITY FOR CONSUMERS TO DECIDE FOR THEMSELVES WHAT ALTERNATIVE COURSE TO TAKE.. NO other options if you cannot afford the Western Medicine forced upon us....
We are captive consumers, we are being milked of our hard earned monies and assets at an increasing rate.....
I do not believe a Canadian style Socialist Health Care system is the answer.. It only switches authority for your health care from an Insurance Agency Bureaucrat to a Government Bureaucrat... Government has NEVER run anything better than the free Market when it is a Free Market.. It would centralize your most personal records, Your Health.. To cut cost a Government Bureaucrat will limit treatments for the elderly or those who are of marginal prognoses.. Government could very well use Health Care services as a hammer over those who don't support the current Administration... And it would cost taxpayers TRILLIONS of Dollars and reduce you and your Doctors Choices...
There IS NO OPEN MARKET IN THE MEDICAL FIELD of the United States....
Because of US laws we are more and more being held a captive market to this Monster of a health care system...
If you check our history, most medical help did NOT come from Doctors but gifted individuals who cared about others.. Doctors were far appart and few in numbers, most not College educated but attended a Medical School or worked under a Doctor for awhile to learn the trade... Of course there were charlatans.. There still are.... Having an MD behind your name does not guarantee your honesty in your practice or your skills...
We need to open our System up to Trained, Licensed health care givers who can work directly with the public but not require the lengthy Training of a Doctor.. We need to have trained people to see that treats colds, simple fractures, sutures etc and not charge an arm and a leg for services... We need alternative medicines and the practitioners thereof to be legally accessable.. I'm not talking about Witch Doctors, but trained and licensed individuals that can provide the healthcare the rest of the world is allowed to have..
In short we need to have health care compitition, we need to have healthcare delivered in a way that minor healthcare be given by those who are not Doctors but trained and licenced at a lower level.. Leaving the more serious health issues to higher priced Doctors...
Most Americans are only 3 months from being
homeless.
They are not lazy, or on the public dole. They are hard working Americans, raising kids, paying rent or a Mortgage, putting food on the table and trying to save for college and maybe a vacation. This is the group that is loosing health care at an alarming rate.
To the rich, medical insurance investors, pharmaceutical investors and the politicians who support the status quo in the Health industry is because it is a gold mine. This is a Monopoly, I kid you not.
We need to get the AMA, FDA, Drug Companies out of the Halls of Congress or at least limit their influence there... We need to make our Medical System a true Free Enterprise System, expanding service providers to other well trained people in diversified modalities of Health care. We need to stop limiting natural cures and treatments and allow those with training to openly provide guidance in this world wide accepted form of Health Care...
It's appalling to have the greatest nation in the world having 47 million uninsured citizens ... And then as stated above to outlaw treatments and cures that cost far and away less is criminal. Remember, 80 percent of the world does not rely solely on Western Medicine if at all nor does their governments require them too , ours does.
We may not have a constitutional obligation to pay for universal health care but you know deep down Health Care should be a basic human right of any human to be cared for when ill or hurt buy what ever means the person can afford....
The answer is not Socialized Medicine but to make it lawful for those who cannot afford current medical cost to seek alternative medical help they can afford, This in itself will bring down cost. ... If Government would require Health Insurance providers pay for all Legal forms of Legal Medical Treatments including Alternative Health Care.... Typical Western Medicine as we know it WILL Drop in cost..
Next we need to Greatly curb the Ambulance Chasing Lawyers who suck at the nipple of the Sick and Injured... We need to hold our Medical Services accountable but you and I know the Lawyers have had a big hand in driving up medical cost... We need to limit awards or something to control this feeding frenzy of Ambulance Chaisers...
We need to force the Drug Companies to justify the price difference they charge in foreign lands compared to domestic cost...
Again we need to have Minor injury and illness providers who can provide services without being full fledged Doctors which will cut cost...
Some say you can tell the strength and Morality of a Nation by
the way their animals are treated.
I would add, and how Affordable their Health Care is for EVERYONE....
Here is some relaxing fun stuff, that may make you feel better, even if it only makes you laugh. Just rub the spots indicated for your particular need. And it's more fun if you can get someone else to do the rubbing for you..
