American Healthcare continues to go backward
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Mother Jones = Newsmax
That article is propaganda crap.
I'm not a fan of most of the changes at HHS/FDA, but they are absolutely right on this. Black box warning overuse harms doctors and patients probably to the benefit of trial lawyers.
If you want to hear what he said and not a BS smear, watch the video at this link. He talked about nuance and individual decisions. That article is BS and exactly what is wrong with our country, just on the liberal side instead of the conservative side this time.
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I almost put a disclaimer on it because Mother Jones. I tend to try to stray from them and Newsmax because they are left and right extreme, but then peddling this was too far out to ignore
I like Mark Cuban far more than Trump, but his response seems self-interested and ironically dumber than what he’s criticizing.
If changing the law, just make the penalty 85–100% if HSA money isn’t used for health care. And if someone prefers to save HSA funds and pay for care with other money—or simply make lifestyle changes and need less care—what’s the problem? It is OK if an insurance VP makes $5 mill a year but a healthy American with a little extra cash in the HSA is a huge problem?
The flaw in his idea that funds “must go directly toward necessary medical care” is that some Americans tend to define “necessary” as everything they can get covered. We need skin in the game to make better decisions. Replace insurers with another centralized payer and it’ll be the same story—another group profiting off free money. If government runs it, politicians will funnel funds to donors and allies.
It’s not a full fix, but it’s a potential improvement worth hearing out. I’d gladly be responsible for my own health costs with low-cost catastrophic coverage. I’ve never needed major care, so insurers would have profited from me. Chronic patients, of course, would need a different model.
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Dr. Lacy Anderson explains why symptoms like this often stem from nerve issues, vitamin deficiencies, substance use or mental health conditions, and why it’s important to see a doctor instead of self-medicating.
Read more here: https://bit.ly/47OX2Yw?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_KWTV_-_NEWS_9
Well, doctor, you are exactly right on the science. But you also voted to confirm what is happening when you were the swing vote that could have halted it.
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Next time someone gets cancer or has a heart attack Ill ask them if they knew about this little secret.
You can also lower your healthcare costs by dying.
Id prefer to avoid that outcome if at all possible. I guess one good way to delay death is to simply not get sick.
Had a discussion with some Pentecostal pastors once about death and dying. There is a serious misunderstanding of death and disease in lay culture. People don’t “just die.” All death is an expression of disease. Even “dying of old age” is an accumulation of disease through one’s lifetime until the body simply cannot bear it anymore.
My first wife’s grandfather died at 88. I was there at the emergency department when he was pronounced. The emergency department physician asked the family if they wanted an autopsy. And all at once everyone turned and looked at me, it was clear they wanted me to make the decision. I said, “He’s lived a good life. There’s nothing useful we could learn.” The doc said, “I understand.” And that was that.
Oz is just another lunatic in a long line of other lunatics appointed by lunatic tRump.
I don't like him at all, but what he said is true unless taken out of context.
Would anyone argue that we would not see a drop in health care costs if people focused on being healthier? Obviously, there are conditions that people get that are not able to be fixed or controlled with healthier living. But, many are. I'm just not understanding why what he said is controversial?
Fighting vaccines. Fighting rigorous science. That stuff our government is doing is way dumb. But, he clearly has the science on his side with that statement. If more Americans chose just to make healthier food choices and exercised, we would have a massive decrease in disease and therefore health costs.
I guess even a perpetual conman might use truth occasionally to deflect or enhance a point. Don’t get sick. Eat healthy if you can afford too. Especially with the outrageous increases coming in insurance soon. Don’t linger before you die. Do your part to Make America Healthy Again.
Knowing what I know about insurance companies, I absolutely would argue that insurance premiums wouldn't come down even if people focused on being healthier.
Total health care costs? Sure.
Insurance premiums? I wholly doubt we'd see a decrease in premiums. There would just be more profit-taking by insurance.
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What he said IS true. The question is, how? What is the administration doing to actually promote that?
Bazinga.
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I remember for years and years a certain poster I. This board was absolutely dragged and ridiculed for saying the ONLY GOP healthcare plan ever is the "Don't get sick" plan....
That poster deserves some apology because that means s literally part of their healthcare plan now
That poster deserves some apology because that means s literally part of their healthcare plan now
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