John Stossell makes a lot of sense. Which is more than I can say for most TV reporters. In this article he explains the Whole Foods Health Care Plan. It is based on HSAs in which people pay a high deductible. That means they pay all the minor costs and the insurance pays the major costs. This is what insurance was supposed to be in the first place. And he makes the point that the problem is that insurance allows doctors and patients to run the cost up rather than control it. Good thinking in a year whenm politicians want o take over health care.
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As a society, we tend not to want to cure, (or help aid our body to cure) problems, but rather treat the symptoms. There is no research done or serious questions asked as to why a person displays a certain set of symptoms. It will not be until we decide that we are tired of treating symptoms that continually recur, and start getting down to the cause of them that our healthcare system will really be able to reform. Also drugs do not have to always be the answer to every little ache, cough, sneeze, or pain. Our excessive use of antibiotics has helped to aid in the mutation of super-bacteria that are ever increasingly resistant to the drugs we have. If we as a society would eat better, exercise more, and rest like we should, I believe that most of the ailments we suffer from would disappear or at least be alleviated to the point that we could manage through with a minimal amount of outside influence. The body was made to heal itself, and when properly maintained, it does a wonderful job of doing so. This is something the pharmaceutical companies don’t want us to realize as they keep putting commercials for drugs on TV and encouraging doctors to hand out samples of their drugs to patients to help lessen the symptoms. (While, if you listen or read any of the disclaimers, possibly causing reactions that are worse than the ones currently had.) It is a multi-billion dollar industry, which will continue to grow as our need for “quick fixes” rule how we take care of ourselves. So after all my rambling, (you see, I feel a mite strongly about the subject) I think making people, at least those who are capable of making the decisions, responsible for their own health is just the most novel of ideas and, like proven with Whole Foods, would reduce the cost of unnecessary and avoidable expenditures.
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One of Nesbitt’s original mega trends was this move to exercise and natural methods like massage and acupuncture. He observed back in the 70s taht it was clear the long promised cure for cancer would not be quickly coming. While fitness gets a lot of air time the nation grows heavier.
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