Frustrated With Health Care

Today while listening to a popular talk show host I was inspired to discuss their comments on my blog, but I wasn’t sure which blog would be most appropriate, this one or my other one, www.HurryUpAndSlowDown.com, which is devoted to the Chiropractic Lifestyle.  I decided to post it on both.

While listening to him speak today his comments were much like those of a chiropractor.  He was saying that our government’s plan to cut costs by pushing preventative health care are misguided efforts that will not save money.  He went on to say that real preventative care is getting regular exercise and watching what you eat.  The government’s thrust and the focus of the medical profession is not prevention care, but rather it is based upon early detection and intervention.  Their goal is to get people into their system of taking drugs as early as possible.  On the contrary, their cost-saving efforts will significantly increase cost simply because of all the expensive tests and early intervention drugs they will dispense.  I wanted so much to call the station just to give him a big thumbs up.  Unfortunately, I did not have the time to hang on the phone; so I did the next best thing, I sent him an email.  Here is what I sent him.

Holy cow!  When I tuned in today you were talking about how preventative care, as the government sees it, is all wrong; that it is NOT about prevention, but rather early detection and treatment.  This is called “sick care”, NOT health care, and this model of care will never save money!  As you so eloquently put it, preventative care is about exercise, and a good diet, which definitely cuts cost.  This is the exact message I have been preaching for the past 20 years.  In fact, when you combine it with a periodic tune-up of your spine and nervous system with a chiropractic adjustment, this is what we call a chiropractic lifestyle.  And, now that the government has gotten themselves involved they are further spending excess money by supporting medicine and big pharmas message that all you need are drugs, a whole bunch of expensive tests, and perhaps a little surgery.  Nothing could be further from the truth.  This is NOT health care and people ARE better off staying as far away from them as possible.  By doing this they will not be required to poison their bodies with expensive drugs, AND they will save lots and lots of money.

Here’s some sick stats: 

            80-90% of all disease is related to lifestyle stress.

            Years ago when the doctors went on strike in Canada, the death rate went down!

            The medical profession kills nearly 100,000 people each year; that’s like 500 fully loaded jumbo jets crashing every year!

A great prescription for preventative care: 

• Take responsibility for your health
• Watch your diet, and most people knows what that means; see item 1.
• Get moving. Exercise is NOT a 4-letter word!
• Get appropriate rest.
• Stop your stinkin’ thinkin’. A negative attitude will kill you and all those you touch
• Get your spine and nervous system checked by a chiropractor.

Think about it; taking responsibility for your health = fewer symptoms = fewer visits to the MD = fewer expensive medical tests = less need to take expensive drugs = a more efficient, cost-effective, productive member of society.

 THIS is the chiropractic lifestyle; THIS is true Health Care!