kryptychyck
Cathlete
Follow the money
I guess I am a bit jaded at this point, but here is my 2 cents.
"high fructose corn syrup is ok in moderation" - study conducted by the corn growers association of america
According to the soy industry, soy is a super food.
And of course according to the tobacco industry, cigarettes don't cause lung cancer.
You can pay any "foundation" or set of scientists a good amount of money and you will end up with a thesis all supporting anything. I think it is safe to say that we are on our own folks.
It looks like healthcare costs have outpaced the population and technological costs. We have developed several test and studies and machinery to discover problems at their onset. In decades past, we have not had this luxury. So consequently, the costs are naturally going to rise. Couple that factor with an increase in the earth's population. Costs are going to rise - unless people stop using the system. Then costs should decrease, at least in theory.
A public healthcare system might slow this problem down, but most likely it won't. There is only a limited number of resources there too. It will be a matter of time before that is depleted as well and then what? The only thing that will stop the rising costs is people must stop spending the system broke. How do we do that?
1. By taking the initiative up front to prevent disease as much as possible. There are no fail-safes, but you can give yourself the best chance possible by eliminating unhealthy habits.
2. Educating and encouraging others to do number 1. Live by example. Teach your children and get involved with the community. Encourage our leaders to take a proactive approach instead of a reactive approach.
3. Accepting our mortality and the fact that given we are human, we will get sick and eventually we will die. This is a huge debate - who gets to live and who gets to die and who decides. This leads me to my next point: triage healthcare.
Look at all these changes to our system - the changing recommendations - there will be more to come I am sure. What is really going on here is a form of triage. This will continue to happen in an attempt to reduce costs. The danger is - who gets to live/who gets to die and who decides? Looks like these "scientists" are the ones who are positioning the insurance industries for that decision.
In a dream world, we would shun all this industry and work collectively in small communities with each other and support each other instead of relying on huge corporations to do it for us.
I guess I am a bit jaded at this point, but here is my 2 cents.
"high fructose corn syrup is ok in moderation" - study conducted by the corn growers association of america
According to the soy industry, soy is a super food.
And of course according to the tobacco industry, cigarettes don't cause lung cancer.
You can pay any "foundation" or set of scientists a good amount of money and you will end up with a thesis all supporting anything. I think it is safe to say that we are on our own folks.
It looks like healthcare costs have outpaced the population and technological costs. We have developed several test and studies and machinery to discover problems at their onset. In decades past, we have not had this luxury. So consequently, the costs are naturally going to rise. Couple that factor with an increase in the earth's population. Costs are going to rise - unless people stop using the system. Then costs should decrease, at least in theory.
A public healthcare system might slow this problem down, but most likely it won't. There is only a limited number of resources there too. It will be a matter of time before that is depleted as well and then what? The only thing that will stop the rising costs is people must stop spending the system broke. How do we do that?
1. By taking the initiative up front to prevent disease as much as possible. There are no fail-safes, but you can give yourself the best chance possible by eliminating unhealthy habits.
2. Educating and encouraging others to do number 1. Live by example. Teach your children and get involved with the community. Encourage our leaders to take a proactive approach instead of a reactive approach.
3. Accepting our mortality and the fact that given we are human, we will get sick and eventually we will die. This is a huge debate - who gets to live and who gets to die and who decides. This leads me to my next point: triage healthcare.
Look at all these changes to our system - the changing recommendations - there will be more to come I am sure. What is really going on here is a form of triage. This will continue to happen in an attempt to reduce costs. The danger is - who gets to live/who gets to die and who decides? Looks like these "scientists" are the ones who are positioning the insurance industries for that decision.
In a dream world, we would shun all this industry and work collectively in small communities with each other and support each other instead of relying on huge corporations to do it for us.