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If
our healthcare and insurance system wasn’t broken they would treat me like a
king. I’m saving the system tens of thousands of dollars by controlling my
Type1 LADA naturally without insulin or frequent testing. Not only is the rest
of the country not having to subsidize me, but the incredible state of health
my diet, activity, and stress reduction regimen has brought me too guarantees I
won’t be burdening the system with chronic cardiovascular, neurodegenerative,
or other related care any time soon.
What an if! Instead, the reality is, even though I’ve effectively beat this otherwise resource-sucking disease, I’m unable to get anything but wallet-killing high-risk pool insurance. If our insurance system rewarded hard choices, innovative success, and true across-the-board savings, it would cover my organic foods that have removed the toxins from my body and stopped the immune attack. It would pay for the acupuncture that helps keep me balanced and un-inflamed.
The most important (and unlikely) insurance coverage I could use wouldn’t be insurance at all. Our whole money grubbing economic system would be replaced. Physicians ould be rewarded for how FEW tests and drugs they prescribe, actually graded on the health of their patients. Our ideal system would reward individuals who find work/life balance and would subsidize us for finding productive stress free lifestyles. The savings from reduced old age chronic care would more than offset.
Oh well. We’re just dreaming, right? It just seems that without the conflicts of interest of merging insurance, Pharma, hospitals, and physicians, some of these people might feel free to do the right thing. The physician could be trusted to suggest the right individual care that might often mean less than more. Insurance would be free to want people 100% well, so their claims would shrink. Their motives are suspect when they own device, drug and other healthcare businesses. And Pharma? Are they capable of functioning in mankind’s best interest? As long as we economically reward them for creating chemical erections versus research on real life threats, it seems unlikely.
If physicians, the insurance industry, hospitals, and Pharma were doing the right thing, than perhaps patients could be trusted, encouraged, and supported when taking charge of their own health.
“This post is my May entry in the DSMA Blog Carnival. If you’d like to participate too, you can get all of the information at http://diabetessocmed.com/2012/may-dsma-blog-carnival-2/“
What an if! Instead, the reality is, even though I’ve effectively beat this otherwise resource-sucking disease, I’m unable to get anything but wallet-killing high-risk pool insurance. If our insurance system rewarded hard choices, innovative success, and true across-the-board savings, it would cover my organic foods that have removed the toxins from my body and stopped the immune attack. It would pay for the acupuncture that helps keep me balanced and un-inflamed.
The most important (and unlikely) insurance coverage I could use wouldn’t be insurance at all. Our whole money grubbing economic system would be replaced. Physicians ould be rewarded for how FEW tests and drugs they prescribe, actually graded on the health of their patients. Our ideal system would reward individuals who find work/life balance and would subsidize us for finding productive stress free lifestyles. The savings from reduced old age chronic care would more than offset.
Oh well. We’re just dreaming, right? It just seems that without the conflicts of interest of merging insurance, Pharma, hospitals, and physicians, some of these people might feel free to do the right thing. The physician could be trusted to suggest the right individual care that might often mean less than more. Insurance would be free to want people 100% well, so their claims would shrink. Their motives are suspect when they own device, drug and other healthcare businesses. And Pharma? Are they capable of functioning in mankind’s best interest? As long as we economically reward them for creating chemical erections versus research on real life threats, it seems unlikely.
If physicians, the insurance industry, hospitals, and Pharma were doing the right thing, than perhaps patients could be trusted, encouraged, and supported when taking charge of their own health.
“This post is my May entry in the DSMA Blog Carnival. If you’d like to participate too, you can get all of the information at http://diabetessocmed.com/2012/may-dsma-blog-carnival-2/“
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Refusing the Needle: A Diabetic’s Natural Journey to
Kick-Ass Health , by Russell Stamets
Amazon(Kindle or paperback): http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007P6L5C4
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russell.stamets blog: http://russellstamets.blogspot.com
twitter: @russellstamets
Amazon(Kindle or paperback): http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007P6L5C4
Smashwords (all ereaders): https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/145608
russell.stamets blog: http://russellstamets.blogspot.com
twitter: @russellstamets
