I own an integrated clinic with licensed naturopaths (NDs) and MDs. In policy discussions on health, everyone seems to miss the mark of what will actually help, what will actually work, in the national debate.
I have some areas that would impact health care positively in America immediately upon inacting.
The vaccine industry has set it up so there is no way to report vaccine injuries, and furthermore, punishes care givers who do. How to fix this? Easy- pay every Dr that submits 100.00 per submission for every VAERS form that is submitted, and do not allow any agency to counter this form- if the Dr reports it, it’s an injury, and you don’t to get to counter-act the Dr that sees it. I know of one person that died personally from the vaccine within minutes of taking the vaccine- and it was never recorded as a vaccine death. At least 60 patients we have submitted VAERS forms- crickets.
For Dr Oz- change the payment structure for Drs. First off, Medicaid payments should be double, if not tripled. Make the 99214 code triple it’s current payment, and allow the doctors to have a full half to an hour with each patient. Outcomes in our insurance based clinic and our cash pay clinic is stark because in our cash pay clinic- the patient spends about an hour with each patient, and acts as a “health detective” , actually finding out what is the problem, instead of a 7-15 minute visit that is mandated by the current insurance structure!
Fire every FDA board member that governs compounding pharmacies- and only allow compounding pharmacy pharmacists to sit on the board that regulates them- the big pharma push to end compounding pharmacies is as corrupt as it gets.
End “evidence based medicine” policies and return to “case based medical practice” . Ironicaly, outcomes from “evidence based medicine” have NO evidence that they have improved outcomes- in fact, the opposite. Allowing a Doctor to use thier own judgement and based on experience and real world situations makes better outcomes than using the big pharma based coding and diagnosing in the completely corrupt “evidence based medicine” (which is a great marketing phrase that is a total lie).
I hope this sparks a debate and gets to the upper levels of the cabinet positions- because if they don’t, all their efforts will fail because they will be going for the wrong targets!
This is a great explanation of these issues. Good for you!! Great ideas. However, wouldn’t it be better across the board to abolish the FDA, AMA, medical insurance companies. Abolishing the medical insurance industry, proper tort reform for frivolous medical lawsuits would drastically lower prices so the good Drs can do their jobs. The market should weed out the bad doctors who really have no idea what they are doing. Patients need to do a better job picking their doctors anyway. ???
Good luck picking a doctor when you require a specialist quickly, for something you have never experienced before.
You almost have to take whoever is available, and will except your insurance, and then they make you wait weeks to see them, in pain, or whatever situation you are dealing with.
-Bret
I manage a small clinic, doesn’t feel like we have a voice. Just to add to your list, insurances should pay the MD the full allowance and then the insurance bill the patient for the copay deductible as pts are more frequently defaulting and even when they do pay we owe 3% to the CC company when paid via CC.
I am an old movie fanatic --there was a B movie done in the 40’s that they casually slipped this into it- “i am going over seas you should get that new shot for the flu…i heard it doesn’t work…oh well” we NEVER NEEDED ANY SHOTS OR VACCINES yes sometimes we get illnesses and the body if able will heal itself or with the aid of the earth herbs I never saw ANY POLIO until AFTER the sugar cube–i remember the day they came to our school to hand out the cubes within hours kids were crying falling on their knees . My oldest daughter received her polio she within hrs was unable to stand to this day she has an odd gate the state of ny threated me when i called about her high fever and inability to stand–i am sick of government so sick of them
I was thinking the same thing, more a long the lines of the insurance companies have to much control in the decision, what the doctor’s medical decision. The insurance companies, take to long to ok anything the Doctor’s decide, then it comes down to high payments, bottom line, as stated above, we need to give medical control back to the medical decision to doctor’s not left in the hands of the insurance companies or the WHO.
I am glad you posted this, now you need to make the subject, something along the lines of medical
Paying doctors to report vaccine injuries will skew reporting to overeporting. Bad idea. Anyone can file a VAERS. The database is being ignored. For one, It’s not designed to do that. It’s designed to take it all in, not verify. If there are trends, then further investigations should be done by independent researchers. Nothing prevents that now. Maybe there’s no money to conduct the research or the pharmaceutical companies aren’t allowing their vaccines to be tested. Those problems could be fixed with a new policy (law).
That’s where I would focus the attention of policy changes.
The VAERS database could be enhanced by making every report of death include a vaccine history (date, lot#, manufacturers, who administeted the shot) and mandate autopsies to look for vaccine related deaths.
I really don’t care if they “over report”. We are so massively under-reported right now that it may actually shift the numbers closer to where they should be- right now, there is a data blackout on vaccine injuries.
The insurance companies essentially do what big pharma tells them via FDA and the CMS system. By making Doctors then one’s making the decisions for medication from experience, we would take away the diagnosis code gets X medicine, or it doesn’t get paid for- that is why there is so much “cash pay” industry around “off label” medications. Insurance would save money and since most insurance is backed by the US government- Medicaid Medicare- there would be a cost savings to the tax payer and private insurance.
I agree, insurance companies should be forced to pay the doctor at the rate they bill- period. Doctors aren’t getting rich on Medicaid Medicare. Lots of Doctors go bankrupt. Big Pharma is hauling in trillions. Need to start there.
I disagree, no. There are lots and lots of day to day workers that are just doing thier jobs at the FDA. Mostly we need to get rid of management of the FDA and the CDC and investigate any ties to big pharma, and see what "science’ big pharma is using to justify things like trying to close down compounding pharmacies. Most folks don’t read journals and science the way I am forced to do in my clinic, but the corruption that everyone talks about comes in the methodology etc- the abstract that most Drs will read is super misleading and the Dr never sees the actual article or sees how they slant results. Statin drugs alone need a major investigation.
Love these ideas! Especially case-based medicine comments. Collecting and scrutinizing myriad factors affecting the health of an individual patient is truly the “art” part of treatment. The science is about verifying the usefulness of various tools in the healthcare toolbox. Let our providers be free to completely assess a person’s needs before choosing the tools.
I agree with the comment that your title needs to be re-done to reflect the subject of your write-up.
My point is that it shouldn’t cost a lot to improve people’s health. From my experience, the CHOICE of FOOD and QUALITY of FOOD one eats are paramount for health. Eliminate sugar, seed oil, corn syrup, artificial sweetener, artificial anything, processed food, prescription meds (because of side effects), and meat from animals fed seed oil. The need to eliminate parasites needs to be recognized as important again. (It was common knowledge some 80 years ago; I even saw an add for parasite treatment in people in a magazine from the 1940s. (Although I’m not certain of the magazine’s year.) Proof: My mother is almost 95 years old, takes no meds, and is doing very well. I haven’t had medical insurance for over 20 years. We eat homemade food.
Dear @ManagmentDon & @Ken (and any others with direct experiences in the healthcare sector, such as nurses, and other professionals in the field who are concerned with the direction things are going),
So please do provide some key talking points for inclusion (wherever anything has been left out), to ensure it is comprehensive enough to bring the reforms necessary to improve the health sector, and protect it from unethical profiteering from both the pharmaceutical and medical insurance industries, restore the publics trust in the industry itself, and Make America Healthy Again.
Do you think RFK or Dr Oz will see any of this? I will respond on the other thread about the PATA. Looks good mostly but perhaps needs stronger language in some areas.
