Preventive
Patients
are actually responsible for their own preventive treatment. Type 2 diabetes is
curable without medical treatment or drugs.
Any patients whose weight is high enough to approach this threshold can
simply lose 10 pounds and prevent the condition from occurring.
All
patients need to first take all the daily requirements of vitamins and
minerals. These supplements should ensure that they are receiving 100% of these
daily requirements.
Return to
Medical Necessity
Medical
doctors will need to return to their original repair and restore mission.
Insurance companies will need to reestablish their major medical standards that
require “medical necessity”. This would mean that treatments that are not
medically necessary will no longer be covered. That would include “elective
surgery” including cosmetic surgery, breast implants, breast reductions except
for post breast cancer restorative procedures.
Transgender treatments will not be covered. Abortions will not be covered
except to save the life of the mother, a rare occurrence. Treatment for drug addiction could be
excluded from coverage, because Alcoholics Anonymous is free.
Medical
Injuries
Medical
doctors need to reduce post-op infections that are very common and costly.
Hospitals need to reduce hospital bourn infections that are also very common
and costly.
Lethal
Cancer Treatments
Radiation
and chemotherapy only helps in limited cases. Less lethal treatments that don’t
destroy you immune system are needed.
Misdiagnoses
ALS might
look like MS or Parkinson’s in early diagnoses. Lots of different diseases look
like other diseases.
Medical
Malpractice
This free
ride for lawyers has got to stop. I would ban medical malpractice suits.
Defensive
Medicine
This is
related to Medical malpractice and regulations. Protocols need to be trimmed
down to reduce cost.
Unnecessary
Tests
There are
lots of tests that insurance and Medicare will cover. That doesn’t mean you should agree to be sent
on a fishing trip to see if they can find anything wrong with you. You are the
best judge of how you feel and you know what preventive regimens you employ.
Resulting
Overcharges
Doctors
who are tied to Hospitals may be too expensive. I had a hernia that I thought
could be repaired in a surgical center with mesh and a local anesthetic. What I
got was a series of tests to gain admission to the hospital. First were the X-rays, then the Stress Test
on the treadmill. I told the Anesthesiologist that his Lawyer ordered the
Stress Test. He laughed and said: “He probably did.” The bill was $20,000. It could have been
$4000.
Unnecessary
Referrals
An
infected salivary gland makes you look like you’re becoming a chipmunk.
Dentists and Oral Surgeons don’t treat this.
A specialist in Otolaryngology will fix it All you may need is
anti-biotics
Unnecessary
Drugs
Most drugs
are unnecessary. Taking a lot of them is usually not a good idea. A massage or
chiropractic visit is a better idea than taking pain pills.
Medical
Fraud
Patients
need to be attentive to their medical charges and should flag any charges that
don’t pass the smell test.
Tax
Deductions
We need to
return to allowing tax deductions for medical expenses and restore IRS 502 to
allow for “medically necessary” direct medical and dental expense deductions
without any percent of earnings subtractions.
Determining
Insurance Needs
Replacing
expensive insurance coverage with cheaper major medical insurance and Medical
Savings accounts is the way to go. I would be helpful if your insurance company
catches any of the problems listed above. You need conservative doctors and
need to watch your medical bills.
Remember:
The insurance industry is a single cell animal with no brain and 3 working
parts; it charges premiums, pays claims and increases premiums.
Final
Thoughts
Many of my
high school classmates passed away prematurely while jogging. They did it for
their health.
Norb
Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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