This video features a balanced discussion of the insurance industry’s role in driving health care costs. Both parties are right and both are wrong.
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How Health Care Reform Efforts May Affect You (Corrected)
February 8, 2010 Leave a Comment
This was published yesterday with a different headline and slightly different text. Today I also changed the phrase “local and state” to “state and federal.”
Last week the Federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) reported that health care spending was 17 percent of the U.S. economy last year. By 2012, according to the report, state and federal governments will pick up more than half the tab. The recession has increased the number of people who qualify for state-funded Medicaid. As baby boomers retire, the Medicare rolls will swell.
Most people agree that health care reform is not an option. This video includes interviews with business leaders who support as well as those who oppose the current health care bills. Please watch, listen, and contact your legislators to share your opinion.
Health System Ignores Effective Treatments (Corrected)
December 25, 2009 3 Comments
Opponents of single-payer health care and early access to Medicare have said they fear the costs will increase the federal deficit. Those fears are based on Medicare’s track record. Costs for the program in 1990 were 10 times higher than projected in 1964.
Opponents and supporters alike seem unaware of how much modern treatments have added to that projection. Opponents are fighting to protect those treatments. Supporters champion evidence-based medicine and want to make it the standard.
Medicine since the 1970s has become more dependent upon expensive tests, machines, prescription drugs, and years of extensive research to prove their effectiveness. Research and treatment methods have not always been so complicated or so profitable with such questionable results. [Read more...]
Change is Coming
December 1, 2009 Leave a Comment
This blog will undergo several changes in the coming months. I’m tired of being timid. The First Amendment guarantees me the right to speak freely, and I intend to use that right to help as many people as I can.
New Goals on the Horizon
December 1, 2009 Leave a Comment
A funny thing happened on the way to do research. I discovered that most of what I wanted to know is already available. It just hasn’t been communicated effectively.
After I thought about this new discovery for awhile, the excitement of a new opportunity replaced the initial disappointment of being scooped. My new goal is to help gifted researchers communicate their findings to the public.
Please follow me on this journey. Feel free to comment, share your ideas, or let me know if you don’t understand what’s going on. You can also stop by just to say hello.
‘Unmasking’ No Longer Available
December 1, 2009 Leave a Comment
Though Unmasking a Diagnosis has received critical acclaim, I have removed it from circulation because it does not adequately depict my experience with natural or allopathic care.
The medical industrial complex, which fears health care reform efforts, is using my book and a seminar I gave last year to fight the natural care industry. I refuse to be used that way.
My next book will be available in early 2010. Stay informed by subscribing to blog updates by email or RSS feed.
Technical Difficulties
November 15, 2009 Leave a Comment
This blog is experiencing technical difficulties. Please excuse me if you’ve received any emails that contain old posts.
Put Citizens in Charge to Reduce Health Costs
October 22, 2009 3 Comments
Forget my last post on health care reform. Since then I’ve seen the light. The editor of another site has developed the best plan I’ve seen yet.
Every plan presented in Congress so far has led to charges that a public option would increase the federal deficit, cause rationing of services, or require tax increases. “Citizens in Charge,” by Mike Adams of NaturalNews.com, would combine universal coverage with total health care freedom to slash costs for everyone. [Read more...]
Chronically Ill Unite to Blog About Health Issues
September 14, 2009 Leave a Comment
9/9/09 – SBWIRE – SAN DIEGO — Who would guess that nearly half of the U.S. population lives with a chronic illness? But according to a study by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation over 133 million people have an illness or condition, most of which are invisible, and many that cause daily pain. Illnesses can range from Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy to diabetes, multiple sclerosis to fibromyalgia, or painful conditions like back pain and migraines. [Read more...]
Angry No More (Update)
September 14, 2009 2 Comments
Update to a post that first appeared on 8/26/07. The last update appeared on 2/3/09.
Anger drove my life for almost 20 years. The cause: trying to find help for a chronic illness, a disease that develops slowly and lasts a long time. Our medical system is unmatched in its treatment of acute illness, which starts suddenly and ends quickly. Until about 10 years ago, medical professionals didn’t recognize the difference.
Many providers still don’t understand chronic illness. They call patients hyperchondriacs or cyberchondriacs, terms for people excessively worried about their health. [Read more...]
