Health for US All

Interview with Dr Reg McDaniel

I was privileged to interview Dr Reg McDaniel MD, esteemed researcher and health pioneer on my webcast, Health Matters; he shared many pearls of wisdom as you'll see:

http://www.webtalkradionetwork.com/index.php/show-hosts/2045-health-matters-hosted-by-dr-mary-zennett

Moving Forward or Backwards?

My greatest concern with single payer insurance is what it will do for the integrative health advances in this country. To date, our government sponsored health plans have minimal access to natural health and wellness services.  And single payer means no freedom of choice. It's the government's way or no way.

Friends, this is our health we are talking about! Right now we do have some health freedom- we are looking to expand our health freedoms- not destroy them!

Before we rush into any health reform proposal, let us as Americans read the fine print very carefully. The decisions we are making today will affect us and our generations to come. Let us not be fools and rush in.....

Medicare- Crisis Waiting to Happen- For All?

It's no secret Medicare is in crisis; for the second year in a row, the Social Security trustees declared a "Medicare fund warning"- in short, with the era we are in with baby boomers retiring, Medicare will soon be depleted, putting our Social Security reserves at very high risk.

The new single payer, universal health care proposal is called "Medicare For All"- HR 676- The United States National Health Insurance Act. It all sounds great, except that no one is addressing the fact that Medicare Part A is scheduled to become insolvent by year 2019. The Social Security Trustees have triggered a "Medicare Fund Warning" two consecutive years in a row. We can only hope HR 676 never passes, for if it did, Medicare would become insolvent in the next few years- and take our Social Security with it. And in today's economic times, that is, quite frankly, totally unacceptable.

Millions of Americans seek freedom of choice by combining high quality natural health products and services with some quality mainstream health care. Doesn't that sound more cost effective? Keeping people healthy and preserving freedom of choice. I don't want us to be having this conversation in the next 3 years- what to do when Medicare runs out- let's face it, our economy cannot sustain any more major blows.Ler's choose health- and health freedom- now. 

We've Got Work to Do....

A recent study by the Commonwealth Fund revealed that 82% Americans believe the U.S. health care system needs to be fundamentally rebuilt or overhauled.

Yet, what does this mean to Americans?

And what does this mean to you?

If you believe our health care system would benefit from an overhaul, or at least a "face-lift", please help us by sharing your thoughts. If you could include what you need from our health care system and are not getting, that would help alot.

I also think the more specific you can be, the better.

And thanks for taking the time to give us this very important feedback. It's amazing what can be accomplished from a group of concerned citizens- and patients- after all this is our health care system-THANK YOU!

Which health care car are you driving?

What does health care have in common with car care?

Alot more than you may think.

What do our parents teach us after we get our first car? That's right, besides driving safely, the importance of preventative car maintenance. That means regular oil checks, fluid checks and tire rotations.

Those of us that ignore this advice learn the consequences fairly quickly. And if we ignore it for too long, the car is permanently damaged and we end up trading it in.

Well, the human body works in a very similar fashion. Only it doesnt come with a self-care manual, and if we ignore taking care of it, we cannot trade it in.

Unfortunately, our current US health care system does little to provide patients with a "self care" manual or guidance for these necessary "health tune-ups"; it does some very good things to detect disease early, but not to prevent disease, months or years before the disease process starts.

Yet, the current US health care debate focuses almost exclusively on the treatment of illness, rather than prevention of disease.

Which do you prefer, the expensive overhaul after disease has set in, or guidance in how to prevent getting ill in the first place?

It's time we Americans actively engage in this process of transforming our US health care system. The lives we save may be our own. Our pocketbooks will thank us as well- just like car maintenance, prevention is alot less expensive in the long run. So let's learn more about prevention- and let's educate our legislators while we're at it.