Daily Health Care News - 12/1/08
Posted on December 1st, 2008 by Jason Rosenbaum in News Clips
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NEWS
U.S. 'Not Getting What We Pay For' - Washington Post
Talk to the chief executives of America's preeminent health-care institutions, and you might be surprised by what you hear: When it comes to medical care, the United States isn't getting its money's worth. Not even close.
Reporter's Notebook: Why is single-payer health reform not viable? - Billings Gazette
When it comes to health care reform in America, there is a relatively simple solution that will cover everyone's basic health care, control costs and save businesses, most people and the country a lot of money.
Health Care: It's Time for a Major Overhaul - Alternet
A huge coalition of progressive and union forces is gearing up for political battle on the health care front.
Consensus emerging on universal healthcare - Los Angeles Times
The prospect of bold government action appears to be accepted among players across the ideological and political spectrum, including those who opposed the idea in the 1990s.
OPINION
Health Care Reform Must Start Now - Real Clear Politics
This would seem a heckuva time to unfurl a national health plan. Washington has big fires to put out in the financial markets. Taxpayers, meanwhile, face a zillion-dollar bill for economic stabilization on top of already soaring deficits. Can we afford a big new government program right now?
Column: Baucus maps out health care reform plan - Missoulian
Sen. Max Baucus' ambitious health care reform plan, released two weeks ago, contains some good ideas and laudable goals. But we should be clear about what it's not, and what it does not do.
Why Big Reform Should And Could Happen In 2009 - Think Progress
In a post titled ‘Why big reform won’t happen in 2009,’ Joe Paduda of Managed Care Matters responds to our argument that the economic crisis demands health care reform. While recognizing, to some degree, that Congress cannot help American families or address the economic woes “in a lasting, meaningful way without health care reform,” Paduda argues that a lack of cost containment measures render comprehensive health care reform unaffordable.
Recession And Children's Health Care – A Revisit - Daily Kos
Ten months ago, we wrote this piece because we were concerned about what might be coming down the road. Like hurricanes and pandemics, recessions are inevitable, and preparing for them makes more sense than ignoring them. But how to prepare?
Here are a couple of new thoughts to add to the mix. I have been reading Bruce H. Lipton, PhD's book, THE BIOLOGY OF BELIEF. I highly recommend the book and Dr. Lipton's research. In my words, he makes a case for quantum physics in the instruction of medical doctors - which has not been required in the US. He states that there haven't been any biomedical advances attributable to the quantum revolution.
"I do not want to bash Western doctors who prescribe massive quantities of drugs that contribute to the health profession's lethality. Medical doctor's … are pawns in the huge medical industrial complex. Their healing abilities are hobbled by an archaic medical education founded on a Newtonian, matter-only universe. Unfortunately, that philosophy went out of vogue seventy-five years ago, when physicists officially adopted quantum mechanics and recognized that the universe is actually made out of energy." (p.77-78)
Lipton goes on to say, "In their postgraduate years, those same doctors receive their continuing education about pharmaceutical products from drug reps, the errand boys of the corporate healthcare industry. Essentially, these nonprofessionals, whose primary goal is to sell product…. We have been programmed by pharmaceutical companies to become a nation of drug-popping junkies with tragic results. We need to step back and incorporate the discoveries of quantum physics into biomedicine so that we can create a new, safer system of medicine that is attuned to the laws of nature." (p. 78)
“Death by medicine” is the number one cause of death in our country. It is time to seriously explore alternative forms of health care and to seriously research them in terms of quantum physics.
While we are seeking to provide viable health care for all of our citizens, we need to incorporate the benefits that can be obtained from less costly forms of health care, which include chiropractic, acupuncture, and many other practices that are shown to contribute to healing without invasive drug therapy.
I mean, as far as I'm concerned, as long as "alternative" therapies work, nothing should stand in the way of their adoption. Of course, we all know money plays a big part in this…