good and bad in all walks of life, but most health practitioners do have the patient's best interest at heart. To think otherwise is, well, reeks of paranoia. And I don't think Big Phrama wants people to stay sick-- big Pharma wants to SELL its products. It will go as far as influencing (polluting) govt/ health practitioners /the public. Just watch TV.... there are FCUKIN COMMERCIALS BY PHARMA TELLING THE PUBLIC DRUG XYZ does this and that (then at the end they go over the list of side effects, lol)
there needs to be a paradigm shift in healthcare. In doing so, it would decrease costs to the entire system. Healthcare costs are in a disturbing trajectory.
we have managed to convince the public that they need to take pills indefinitely. It's amazing. Think about that-- keep taking a fuckin' pill. The pill doesnt cure the underlying problem (speaking of acquired chronic disease) and some potentially have harmful long-term effects (.......................
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Our model needs to change to a patient centered one. Wellness. Preventative. Doctors need TIME to do this, so payment model must change. There`s no incentive to prevent, rather to treat. Education driven.
take a look at the growth of the Cleveland Clinic (functional medicine -aimed at causation of disease not symptoms)-- that`s Dr Hyman`s baby. It started as a small clinic and now its a 17,000 square feet facility with a long waiting list of people trying to get in. This tells us that people are turning to other medical methodologies. What has the current healthcare model done to control chronic disease --rates are RISING, which means rising healthcare costs.