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American Health System, Who does it really serve?

Medical discoveries;  a thought here, how profitable is it to the medical field NOT to discover a cure for Cancer and many other diseases.  Do you think the medical establishment  (AMA)  and the Pharmaceutical Companys would ever suppress a treatment for cancer and other diseases in order to keep the monies rolling in?

Which makes more money for Doctors, Hospitals and Drug companies?  
Curing a problem or  treating it  for life with office visits, hospital stays and life long Medication use?

Check out how in the United States the medical field and Drug companies working through the FDA suppresses cures and cheaper treatments for many illnesses with natural substances by litigation to suppress information getting to the public even when it has been proven to cure or treat.
http://www.alternativehealthsecrets.com/

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.   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.    

You will find that those who bring this scientific information forward are not from the good ole USA.  

No, the scientific backing  to Natural cures and treatments are now mainly coming from England and other European countries.  

No, any 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.

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 again!

Now let me get on the Medical Insurance companies for a moment.  Do me a favor and call up your local insurance agent and get a quote on the cost of Medical Insurance for you and your family of comparable coverage that you currently have with your job site.  Ask yourself if you could afford this if your company discontinued providing a Medical plan.

Many working Americans and their families are in this boat as their Employer no longer participates in providing insurance coverage.  And the number of Employers opting out of providing Health Insurance is growing rapidly with the rising cost of premiums.  I am not a fan of Micheal Moore, but I understand he has a new movie out investigating the Health Insurance industry.  I plan on watching it..   It is obvious when listening to anyone who has had a major health issue arise tell about the lack of coverage that was actually given.  Basically Health Insurance companies are paying out less and less while charging more and more in premiums.

I'm for a National Health plan.  One that is similar to Canada.  I know the Insurance Companies loose their most recent meal at the thought of a National Health system and send their Lobbyist into overtime and spending millions to keep their golden goose on the nest..  Check out the salaries and perks of Health Insurance CEO's , cooperate officers and share holders etc.  all sucking the blood of sick and injured individuals as fast as they can...  Capitalist say it will cost to much.  Ya, it will to the profits of those who now run the system.  It will cost less in taxes than is currently being charged by insurance companies.   As everybody will be paying into it, if they pay taxes and everybody will be covered.  No profit, no perks, no waist if run correctly.. That's what capitalist can not stand cause they are cut out of the loop.  Benefits in the Health Insurance field has, is and will get worse under the capitalist model.  The compassion is gone.  The humanity is gone.  Cost of premiums will continue to rise while coverage and Benefits will dwindle..   PROFIT is the goal..  The actions of the insurance industry showed it's true colors in New Orleans after Katrina.  Refusing to pay for damages at every turn to those with coverage, mostly on little technicalities if for any reason at all.  It happens just this same way with the Health Insurance industry only you usually don't hear about it as it is between them and ONE family and goes un-noticed...  Leaving the family or individual to fight a Multi Billion dollar cold uncaring entity with little support..



 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... 

SOME 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...  THERE FOR NO FREE MARKET, NO COMPETITION, NO ABILITY FOR CONSUMERS TO DECIDE FOR THEMSELVES WHAT ALTERNATIVE COURSE TO TAKE..

We are captive consumers, we are being milked of our hard earned monies and assets at an increasing rate..... 

I hear some people who oppose Universal Health Care say that the taxpayer has no constitutional obligation to provide health coverage to those who can not afford it.  I agree we have no constitutional obligation to provide funds for universal health care. 

We also have no constitutional obligation to pay for the FDA (which is nothing more than a Lap Dog to the Pharmaceutical Companies and Insurance Industry), or any other Lap Dog agency that holds low income families to a captive market and limiting their choices of alternative medicines they can afford. 

Oddly, the ones who fight most against National Health care are those who profit from the status quo,  or rich enough to afford health care,  or are still high enough in the corperate system to still have their Medical covered by the corperation.
And some of these people in the upper echelons of corperate America have coverage while denying coverage to their hourly workers..  You can bet the cost of their coverage is figured into the cost to their consumers, some of which maybe their own employees, helping to pay for THEIR coverage....

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 fail to make payments.  Some Doctors and Hospitals 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. 

See the rich have no problem with paying for health care.  Politicians will get free universal coverage for life along with their full salaries to boot, paid for by, guess who, you,  whether you have insurance or not.  Those who can afford health care are lucky.  More and more companies are dropping health care coverage for their employees stating that the cost has gone to high.  So if a company cannot afford to pay a partial sum of the coverage with the employee contributing his part, how in the world is the employee able to take on the whole sum.   Hint, they are not,  44 million Americans are without any insurance at all.  This number is growing rapidly.  So I say to those who are rich enough to still afford health care, count your lucky stars, if it is partially paid for by your company, I say you better plan ahead, the day is coming when this coverage will end. 
 
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 a free market in the Health industry, it is a gold mine.  This is a Monopoly, I kid you not.

These same opponents to a National Health Care system would have you believe that Charities should help those who cannot afford Medical Help..  Think about that for just one second and you realize that the need is right now and Charities can not fill the gap even now or it would not be a growing problem....

I don't advocate only a Socialized Universal coverage,  but any system other than the one we got.

It would have to provide any  American citizen with health care no matter their income.   It maybe a system paid for by the government and paid for through taxation or it maybe government law requiring Insurance companies to set health care premiums based on income rather than coverage and may hold some perks for the insurance companies for doing so.  Or it could be a MAJOR overhaul of laws that give support to those who currently cannot afford conventional health care.

But for the greatest nation in the world to have 44 million uninsured citizens and growing is not right no matter how you paint it...   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 to, ours does.
 
We no longer live in a society that allows bartering for medical services.  Therefore we may not have a constitutional obligation to pay for universal health care but you know deep down this 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....

So if you don't want to curb the Medical Monsters powers and / or provide Universal Healthcare then at least make it lawful for those who cannot afford current medical cost to seek alternative medical help they can afford ...

Some say you can tell the strength and Morality of a Nation by the way their animals are treated.
 I would add, and how Universal  (Affordable) their Health Care is for EVERYONE....
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