Health Care... Up for Discussion:

If we are paying attention to the political conversation, the topic of health care is 'up for discussion'. In my opinion it is a conversation and discussion we all would find beneficial to engage in, examining it closely and objectively with no emotional attachments.

I have concern for the type of health care and services offered from the bureaucrats, the pharmaceutical companies, and the insurance companies. In a nearly 2000 page bill there is nothing about offering a model of health services to land on the responsibility of each individual. It is all about the powers that be controlling our health concerns, rationing it, and choosing who will live and who will die based on age and state of health.

The perception that is desired for the masses to believe is that everybody has to take care of those without health care insurance. So there are those in Washington who are creating the illusion that in order for all to benefit there should be a one payer system. Now don't get side tracked here and start to suggest that is a good thing without giving it some critical thinking.

What would a structure like this look like? For starters, it will be mandatory to have the one brand of insurance. All other policies will have to go. Everyone has to have the governments/corporation insurance. Wait a minute... if there is one payer, why would we buy into the system when we pay the kind of taxes we pay... wouldn't our taxes cover universal health care???? The one payer system will have access to your bank account, and your credit report which would insure payment and assess rates according to your credit report. (This is already in effect when purchasing auto insurance.) Then to keep us safe and 'well' we will be ordered (mandated) to take vaccines or antibiotics, and will be fed food from their genetically modified crops. There will be no choices in what treatment we can have, it will be rationed, to save money when we are paying premiums for services. We will be totally controlled by a system and all freedoms will be removed.

I don't know about you, to me it looks as if someone will be profiting a great deal from all the tax money, insurance premiums, the purchasing of our medicines.

This is obviously a brief dot of the nearly 2000 page bill before congress. Those who have read it are saying it is draconian and unconstitutional. It was put together by both parties (so no finger pointing here). This legislation has one intention which is a total government take over of the health care system.

OK, now let us take a look at the other side of the coin.

Health care being the responsibility of each person who possesses a body, mind, and spirit. There are a lot of modalities out there that work together to bring about reversals of conditions that seem to be permanent. There are also a lot of alternative health therapies that can manage dis-ease effectively and with less strain on the liver, kidneys and overall balance of the body which toxic ingredients take out of balance. Choice in the manner of treatment and what modality an individual knows is best for themselves. The general population would be well educated to the care of their most prize possession, their body.

Because a lot of choices would be present, there would also be competition, which is the free market at work. Prices would be affordable. Quality would be superb. Without government rules to hide under people would practice with more ethics or they will not stay in business (no government skirt to hide under which is called the license).

If people are in a serious state of health, there would be hospitals that would be managed without the controls of government/pharmaceutical/insurance companies. America has done that in the past. We can develop a very good health care system by utilizing the talents of us all.

There is a lot of conversation to be discussed like;

• Costs of the current system.
• The monopoly the current system is under.
  
• Alternative modalities and how to utilize them.
  
• Keeping government regulators out.
  
• Nullifying all licensed procedures performed by the Corporate State. Certification of completion is all that would be necessary to practice. Ethics would determine one's success in their practice.
  

The thought of nullifying the licensing of practitioners may be met with much resistance until a closer examination is taken. The reason for licensing is NOT so the government keeps the public safe, nor does it guarantee there will be only well educated people performing on an ethical high ground.

Licensing is this:

• Revenue collection from testing and licensing.
  
• A vector for control over health services.
• Revenue collection from fines if the health services provider treats a patient/client in a different fashion than the governing body gives permission to.
  
• Allowing only one method of treatment which would support the pharmaceutical industries with their chemical medications, that are not always safe or effective, and expensive. These are toxic after prolonged use, putting more demand on the body or creating a new condition of dysfunction.
  

Non-licensing is this:

• Setting up a practice, private or in a 'clinic' without interference.
  
• As a client, there would be choice in who to see or what type of modality is preferred.
• Educating the public to the care and concerns of the body.
  
• Medicines would be such things as good organic food to get necessary nutrients, herbs, homeopathic remedies, all being safe, effective, and inexpensive.

I have just grazed the surface. There is a lot of material to be discussed and a lot of points of view people will have as to their own bias and needs. All these concerns can be considered.

Is there a different way which offers results, no harm? Is there a way for us to have it all? The best of both worlds where freedom to choose is never abused. A system that also educates the general public to being responsibility for their own bodies health and what is important to maintain it, what is harmful for it. Teaching the public to be responsible for the choices made. That is the essence of freedom. Responsibility must be present for freedom of choice to work.

What sort of health services should we be looking for? What are your ideas?

Health care... anyone up for a discussion?

Socialized Medicine ... Another look.

With all the talk of the new Obama-care, this notion that the government must be the sole provider to a one payer program to 'take care of Americans' is worth an examination.

No matter what this is called, it is perhaps not as attractive as one may first think.

There is a very important thing to be recognized if this system is to be transformed. The notion that the government owes us, as a right, health care services is a misnomer in a free society.

Here is why:

• When we give up our responsibility of taking care of our body, which is our property, we are setting ourselves up for abuse from a controlling system of rules, regulations, and mandates. We have given up our power. We did this by choice. We allowed fear to cloud our better judgment.
  

When we give up our power believing that the government will take care of us, here is what we can expect:

Health care is a business. To make money the needed commodity is sick people or people they can convince are sick. Government is in bed with insurance companies and the pharmaceutical companies. Corporatism is running the show, profits are high and health is low.

If the government is going to tax us for this service, and is in bed with businesses that intend to profit, the health care which was promised after our insistence will be set in motion based on the bottom line rather than the health condition and the betterment of ones health.

How do they do this?

Currently the government has control over the western medical system through the AMA, the medical journals that are the 'authority' of what is 'happening' in research, treatment etc. This entity manages the schools which teach only what the controlling entity chooses to teach. The schools regulate how many doctors will be allowed to practice and those who get their credentials must pass the tests answering the questions as this one system allows. There is no room for discussion or consideration of any other system.

Those who wish to expand their practices outside of that structure find themselves in a very difficult position. This is another subtle government/pharmaceutical/insurance agenda. Keeping this control in place, prices can also remain high since a shortage of doctors will be easily regulated and those who are in the profession will be overworked, so care will be limited. When the government (medical business) assigns a license, and we buy it, we have just volunteered to allow the control of the government dictate how we practice which may not be in the best for our patients/clients.

So we have volunteered to allowing the government more control and surrendering our power and freedom. Any ideas outside this monopoly for natural less expensive cures are not considered. In reality they are often violently shut down removing from public access effective cures.

This is the structure of socialized medicine. Control of the powers that be and no power or choice to the masses of people. We will pay for that one choice, yet the return on that investment may lack the best possible means to restoring and reversing health challenges.

So now we can see how the control, power and money made creates this greed where no competition is allowed.

What would an alternative choice be in correcting this structure? First, it is important to do study and get into a new mind set where a willingness to take responsibility for our health is realized and practiced. It is time to stop being dis-empowered by rules that affect our well being. Altering our health will come through responsibility, learning from others, trying new therapies and seeing what works. We can begin to realize that in most cases we do not have to have dis-ease.

Instead we can consider creating a new structure, one which is modeled after the Free Market idea (not free trade). Here is a possibility of how landscape can look.

There would be no regulation of any types of practices. Those wishing to become health practitioners can choose the modality and pursue good instruction. The system would be more of an apprenticeship. The mentor or school would give a certificate of attendance and completion from the modality once the necessary training is complete. Government would not choose who can practice, rather the market would allow for competition, bringing in a higher quality of ethics in the market place.

With an abundance of practitioners who will all need to be ethical in their practice if they wish to make a living on their labor will provide quality work for those seeking help. Prices would be low, people could afford it out of pocket, (again this is not in an extreme situation). Remember, this is a possibility for a free market structure, which will look very different that what we are use to seeing.

As people become accustom to enjoying becoming responsible for their health, paying attention to better eating, and connecting with their whole BEing, the dis-ease we experience will be reduced considerably. Health would be abundant, costs would be low, people would be empowered as responsibility shows its power, and we could get rid of an entity that taxes us and gives us very little in return.

We do still have choice. What are we going to choose?

I am sure those of you who are thinking this through may begin to see a distinction of the socialized structure is a surrender of all our health rights to a government, pharmaceuticals, and insurance companies, or a structure where people can learn to take care of each other in ways that are effective and affordable. (There will always be 'special' emergency situations which can be discussed in a different forum, as those conditions are not central to the overall methods our current health system practices.)

Let us give this some objective considerations to health services aligning with personal responsibilities and a removal of government controls which do not seem to have the intentions of health for the people in mind. Let us discuss what sort of structure that could be provided to those needing help due to serious conditions around health.

Heed the wisdom of /Albert Einstein.... "Ridicule without examination is the height of ignorance".

Please comment on this idea. Conversation is important for us to transform our society.