What will the Medical Tyranny allow me to do if I don”t have a “your personal” physician? I’m supposed to be responsible for my own health, right? How do I find an alternative minded doctor that Medicare will pay for?
Unfortunately, if any of us wants to be healthy, we must assume that responsibility ourselves, including paying for it, if the services “provided” through taxes and other (Medicare) programs do not fit our philosophy on how to be healthy.
When our daughter’s car broke down recently, we discovered that her transmission had gone out. Although this mishap occurred at the same time as other costly events, we still went ahead and fixed the car. Rather than trade it in, we spent several thousand dollars in repairs. It was worth it to us, because she needs a safe vehicle.
You only get one body–you can’t trade it in like you would a car. If you “hire” someone to “fix” you whose philosophies are not in harmony with yours–or their treatments haven’t worked in the past–or you keep getting sicker and sicker–it might be time to reconsider the true cost of not being in charge of your health. That may mean paying out of pocket, rather than having someone in an insurance office decide what medical treatments you are “covered” for, playing doctor with no training in medicine.
I look at Medicare costs a little bit like I look at paying taxes for streets I will never drive, school bond taxes that do not pay for my own children, firefighters that (hopefully) do not have to put out a fire in my home. I may never need those services, but they are a part of being in a dynamic society, with systems to protect and provide for its citizens. The option is there to receive “free” medical care–but if you want the kind of medical care that YOU have a say in, you make the choice, and you pay the bill.
The ‘Medical Tyranny’ system, as you call it, is fixed within a box occupied by the insurance industry, the FDA and the conventional medical establishment. It has very strict guidelines, many of which have little to do with health, and many of which have much to do with saving money, or with trying to create a “one-treatment-fits-all” system. Many of the procedures that alternative medicine physicians do are outside that box, so you will end up paying for them out of pocket.
There are several organizations that are attended by alternative-minded physicians. Get on their websites and find one close to you, call them up and see if they accept Medicare. These organizations include: ACAM (American College for Advancement in Medicine), ICIM (International College of Integrative Medicine), AAEM (American Academy of Environmental Medicine), and the American Holistic Medical Association.
My doctor says I can get all the vitamins and minerals I need from my food. What is your opinion on this?
I used to say the same thing to my patients, back in the days before I studied healthy alternatives. It is the party line of allopathic medicine, although that is starting to change. Here's the bottom line, and I'll follow up with some info on what allopaths are now doing:
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1 darla isackson // Jul 13, 2010 at 8:03 am
The article about biting the bullet and paying for the kind of health care that is really caring for your health is one of the best I’ve seen. It makes sense! We don’t have to be under the thumb of the medical establishment!
2 charles walborn // Jul 13, 2010 at 10:29 pm
I recently had an accident where in I broke my leg. The emergency room and the orthopedic surgeon who fixed me up did very well. Medicare and Tricare have covered the bill, so far at least. I agree One Gets What They Pay For.
Be careful, watch your step; eat careful, pay attn to fresh foods; and pay your taxes. Death will take care of itself.
3 Suz // Jul 14, 2010 at 10:13 am
This was a great article. Here are som other simple and reasonable things to do: check out the website and book of the same name: http://www.doctoryourself.com. Read NaturalNews.com everyday. Read Dr. Gardner’s newsletters. Read Mercola.com three times/wk.
Take 3.5-4 T. of virgin coconut oil everyday, a T. of colloidal silver (utopiasilver.com) and work your way up to 25 drops of food grade Hydrogen Peroxide 3x/day from Guardian of Eden.
Read up on the Weston A. Price Foundation and eat grass fed or wild protein, raw dairy, organic fruits and vegetables with some being fermented and not much else.
4 InvisiGyrl // Jul 14, 2010 at 2:16 pm
I disagree.
I am forced to pay 10% of my meager SSDI income for Medicare I cannot use. I could be using that money for alternative care. As it is now, ANYTHING I do outside the system (including heat and cool my home) comes out of my $200 a month food budget. This month it was electricity bill taking $65 out of my ‘food budget’.
I am hungry.
I cannot buy supplements or good food. I continue to suffer due to lack of care and lack of medicinal support.
I live in Public Housing - it sux.
Medicare is supposed to be here for those too ill to work, ie: earn a disposable income. I have no ability to do that, and I have no ‘disposable income’ to give to alternative practitioners and their products who rip us off.
Not one supplement on my list is less than $25, averaging $60-$75 per month - I need several. How am I supposed to do that?.
5 James L. Casey // Jul 27, 2010 at 12:13 pm
When we go to a hospital or doctor we
should not have to pay
more than we already have to be provided service. They have all
almost denied their Hippocratic oath.
6 James L. Casey // Jul 27, 2010 at 12:41 pm
You have left us, too? I thought you might be above that. Our pockets have holes in the bottom where the rich have had their hand grabbing all they could.
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