Health Care

By Anita Dpacifichi
Published 10/22/2009
Changing Behavior
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Every day we hear about the need to revamp our health care. There are bills in Congress, speeches on TV, discussions in every home. We've all heard them and participated in some. We may not agree on how this new health care system should look but we agree that the old one isn't working. What I find confusing is that the debate is about health care insurance rather than about health care itself. Insurance companies don't provide health care. They are in the business of making a profit. The goal of any insurance is to sell more policies, have more participants, and pay out less than they take in. It has nothing to do with what someone needs when they are sick or hurt.

Not everything can be measured on the scale of profit and loss. Medicine and providing health care to our society is not about business but about people and helping those people. Our society has a service industry. Hotels, restaurants, grocery stores, dry cleaners. That is what we consider the business of service. It is necessary to be innovative and to provide that service so the company can stay in business and thrive.

Medicine and health care are a service industry of a different kind. If we don't serve ourselves with adequate, up-to-date medical technology what message are we giving ourselves. It's not about insurance and it's not about business. It's about healing, or medicine used to be about healing. I wonder why we have become such a sick nation that it is necessary to have a medical facility on almost every corner (the new convenience mart or gas station). Because it has become a very large and very profitable business to have a sick nation. We can't afford to get well - our economy needs us to support the business of being sick.

I certainly don't have any answers, but I believe we need to ask the right questions before we can find those answers. Ask yourself and the people who represent you to start looking for some right questions. If we're going to have a debate about health care then let's discuss the real issue. What happened to our healers? Why won't we let them provide us with health care rather than have us belong to a health care provider insurance plan? Where did the health care go in all this?

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John Kitsco Rating: ratingfull

said this on 27 Oct 2009 8:56:18 PM PDT

Universal health care. Healing for everyone. But at what cost?
A two tier system where the rich pay a little and the poor pay a lot?
A system that thrives on investment in a health plan? Or as Ann writes:
our economy needs us to support the business of being sick...

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Melody Rating: ratingfull

said this on 03 Mar 2010 8:00:37 AM PDT

If it pays for the government to keep us well rather than keep us sick then health becomes the priority. When life is more of a priority than money, the rest will fall in line on it's own.

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Troy Nurse Rating: ratingfull

said this on 10 Nov 2009 11:47:47 PM PDT

Look into Australia's system "medicare" - we have a system where you dont have to have medical insurance - you can choose to have private insurance with some added benifits. but without it - you still get the same treatment albiet a little longer with some waiting times.

The basic premise is that everyone pays around 5% of thier taxable income into a fund which is used to pay for mecial costs. If you dont earn any income then you dont pay the levy.

I'm a little ignorant of the USA system but some of the rumors Ive heard do concern me.... No one system is perfect, but I agree with Ann - we should be helping everyone, not just those that can afford it.

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Richard Chasse Rating: ratingfull

said this on 17 Nov 2009 8:10:04 AM PDT

Anita. Good question to ask. Real. Down to the basic issue...yet in a sort of complainer mood. It is easy to do, however, the real leaders have some kind of solution (answers) in mind when posting in this style. There are many new (for western culture) discoveries in foods to allow wellness and avoid the sickness industry altogether. Nutritionist have now discovered and labeled 10-Superfoods that provide the human body optimum nutrition to do what the body was designed to do (yes, designed); and consumption of these (or at least one) will become part of your regular menu.

Your body was designed to destroy (via your T-killer cells...immune system) every fungus, bacteria, virus and loose cancer cells! IF, the system is not busy fighting low-grade inflammation throughout the body due to processed, boxed and corporate farmed foods which create an acidic body state, rather than an alkaline state which the body prefers. After 14 months of changing my diet and drinking the # 1 Superfood on a regular basis, my wife & I have a tremendous wellness story.....love to share if interested. Thanks for reading this comment. You are on the right track with your questions, just need some moor research to provide better value. Keep at it. Get in touch if you would. @RichardChasse

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redcoolchilly Rating: ratingfull

said this on 18 Nov 2009 12:26:37 AM PDT

great cover

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colin Rating: ratingfull

said this on 10 Dec 2009 11:49:57 PM PDT

a good passage, we should care about our health and take care of ourself

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Jennifer Rating: ratingfull

said this on 28 Dec 2009 2:31:18 AM PDT

An excellent perspective. I am a family physician in Canada, and while our system isn't perfect, it more-or-less works - for everyone.

I hope I am wrong, but I do not believe that American citizens will ever enjoy universal health care. I share your opinion that caring for the sick should not be confused with a "business" - however, now that the sick are a source of profit, I believe there will be no turning back. HMOs are among the most powerful corporations in America, and will do whatever is necessary to ensure that the debate on universal healthcare remains just that - a debate, and nothing more.

While I admire the comment made from Richard Chasse, and I agree that we can do much to ward off sickness through diet, the fact remains that, with rare exceptions, ALL of us will require health care at some point in time. We are a culture so focused on youth, that we turn away when we see an elderly person, or someone infirm; we think, "that's not me, I'll never be like that." And yet, not so long from now, we WILL be that person - perhaps not sick, but old definitely (God-willing)!

We want to believe that if we "do the right thing" - eat the right foods, take the right supplements, think the right way - we will stay well forever. People are forever criticizing doctors as mere "pill-pushers" so hear this - I DO believe these things make a difference! But sadly, in my line of work, I see people who "did everything right" and still got sick. The person with lung cancer who never smoked. The marathon runner who gets diabetes.

So, yes, we should all eat well and explore our individual road to wellness. But Anita's point stands without "needing more research to provide better value" - the value in her message, as I understand it, is that sick people should be treated with an eye to compassion, not consumerism. Surely, there is something quite predatory about "taking the opportunity" to profit from someone else's misfortune; to plan for such profit is worse than opportunistic, and reminds me of that great quote, that the opposite of love is not hate, but indifference.

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anita dpacifichi Rating: ratingfull

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said this on 30 Dec 2009 5:02:58 AM PDT

Thank you all for the comments. I have been away and coming back to find this kind of dialogue is delightful. As with any of the issues we face it is the ability to look beyond the obvious, to ask questions and each find a piece of the solution that moves us forward into change and transformation.

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Lala Rating: ratingfull

said this on 01 Jan 2010 2:03:29 AM PDT

I agree with you 100% , Anita

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Melody Rating: ratingfull

said this on 03 Mar 2010 7:58:55 AM PDT

Check out my blog on curing everything from the earth...it raises some additional questions you might want to think about. The US government only profits if we are sick. The health insurance and pharmaceutical industry pay lots of money to the government, so as long as they are making money from this, then health insurance and pills will be designed to keep people sick longer and alive so that they can take more drugs. What we need is to petition our government to make herbal medicine legal. Of course that is not a profitable endeavor, but it will save lives.
Blessings,
Melody www.psychicmelody.com

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said this on 04 Jun 2010 12:18:28 AM PDT

Melody, Thank you for the information about your blog concerning this. There are so many issues involved with this that it is hard to find a way to solve a problem that is deeper than health care. This is about our belief in what health means. And we need to look at every possibility, herbal medicine has always been part of a healthful lifestyle until we decided a quick fix was better than health. I applaud your effort to educate us on this.

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Marian Rating: ratingfull

said this on 06 Apr 2010 11:55:35 AM PDT

Very well written Anita~ You have it all covered and i totally agree about the importance of revamping the Health Care system but only if it is done in a way of fairness to all the people~Keep up the good work~

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said this on 04 Jun 2010 12:20:42 AM PDT

Marian, Yes we must find a way that solves the problem rather than creating another level of government. Thank you for your input

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