HealthCare USA - a Positive Feedback System

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Dave Felt wrote:

" HealthCare in the USA is a Positive Feedback System "

>

One issue that I think is a challenge for most people. Todays medical system is

designed so that when the average person goes to their doctor, they say FIX ME

and fix me in such a way that I will not need to make any changes in my life. I

do not want to change my diet, or change any other aspect about my life, just

give me my MEDICATIONS.

Any person going to a Naturopath and or a natural leaning allopathic doctor

knows upfront that they will be making changes in their lifestyle to accommodate

whatever the doctor suggests.

The question becomes what does it take to make those changes stick and do I have

a social structure in my life to help me maintain those changes?

I think that unless most people are facing severe pain or a life-threatening

illness they won't make those changes.

Dr. Eliezer Ben-ph

> The real problem with Health Care in the US is that it is a

> positive feedback system.

> The doctors don't care what things cost, because the insurance companies pay

for it anyway (generally.) The insurance companies

> really don't care because the more billions that run thru their system the

more money their executives rationalize they're worth. The more tests the

doctor orders, the " better " job he or she is doing,

> according to our legal system.

> And it is of course the American Consumer who ends up footing the final bill

through insurance payments, health care coverage at

> work, private plans etc. But clearly NOBODY in the Health Care Industry has

any reason to lower costs. It is, in fact a positive feedback system, the more

expensive it gets the more money they make.

> Something wrong with this picture, America?

> -Dave