Comments on: Health Care Costs To Keep Rising

Economists Say Health Care Will Account For $1 Of Every $5 Spent In U.S. By 2016

[j-whitman]

Cdegller,, True, that problems always been there... Now it's in our faces on a much larger scale, & the governments changes has only made matters much worse... Just the oppisite, they push for more privatization & more lack of regulation... Then ignore the problems still.

[cdegolier]

California's Medi-Cal program spends $400 million out of a $1 billion dollar program on illegal immigrants, most of whom are pregnant. Getting rid of the illegals are a start to solving alot of our nations problems from health care costs, insurance costs, over crowded prisons and high unemployment but to name a few.

And of course at this forum illegals immigrants are caused by the Bush administration, just wait and see if anything will get done by the democrats, what was clintons proposal again?

[cdegolier]

"Do apricot kernels cure cancer? NO. Nothing C U R E S cancer. After all we have already argued that at any point of time we all have some cancer cells in our body, so the best prognosis is the fully effective control of a life threatening cancer. When that control can be exerted for twenty, thirty or fifty years a %u2018cure' becomes largely irrelevant." Quote from Dr. Tait's Book I'm Alive and On Fire

I have known several people who had tried the holistic treatments for cancer, some of them did not seek actual medical treatment until it was too late and another allowed his tumor to grow so large that by treating it holistically that by the time he had it medically removed he lost most of his lower jaw and part of his neck.

No thanks, I'll take my chances with an actuall doctor whom most of you believe do not want to treat cancer but just take your money and let you die. Get a Clue

[j-whitman]

Lonestar,,, Over the next 10 years it will take each person $76,000 per year to cover health care costs.

[j-whitman]

Lonestar,,, Wellness programs also doesn't addess the rising cost of health care nor the millions of Americans struggling to put food on thier tables or senior citizens who now have to provide many of thier own services due to Bush cuts or management.

[j-whitman]

Lonestar,,, It sounds like you're a health care professional, wellness programs are great -- But, it still doesn't address the problems our hospitles are facing,,,, Bush doesn't do anything about illegal immigrants flooding our hospitals, & driving them into bankrupcy,

[lonestartnow]

I'm posting as co-founder of a wellness initiative that addresses those mostly preventable diseases relating to obesity, overweight and lack of physical activity, that as individuals we can take the personal responsibility to do something about. These factors are related to more than 50 serious medical conditions such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes and certain cancers. Expensive to treat diseases that are in great part preventable. There's lots of blame to go around as to why we pay so much for health care--and what we get in return--but there are solutions. Our program is having a huge impact in rural and community hospitals among their employees here in Texas. You can "purchase good health" as referred to in the article, in many cases by the choices you make.

[drinuk]

afmca. Absolutely on the button but dont be so pessimistic, as more people become aware of the evil scams and the incestuous relationship, politicians will fall in or get voted out. A few jail terms may focus their minds.

[afmca]

The first thing from Republicans will be a market based solution based on personal investment. Unfortunately for medical care this does not work. If you let market forces define the care you can afford - the ones with the least get one option - death. First we need a total system approach in which EVERYONE must join and pay some percentage of the cost. This will spread the risk across a huge population of healthy and unhealthy. All businesses must also pay a percentage so that nobody gains a competitive advantage. Pharma must be reigned in with public advertising and political contributions eliminated. Legal remedies must be on the table - gross negligence must be punished; but one cannot expect a perfect outcome for every surgical or medical procedure. Common sense must prevail and many lawyers will become unemployed.
Think our politicians will respond - duh !!!!

[drinuk]

neojoker, go to www.rain-tree.com look at Graviola, Bitter Melon and several other non patentable plants. The Apricot Kernal, check out vitamin B17.