Far more money is to be made by the medical establishment if



you are continuously sick than if you are well and healthy.

They give you one outrageously expensive drug to cover up a

problem you have, and that drug brings on several other side

problems that require you to take more outrageously expensive

drugs. And the cycle continues on and on.

Pretty soon, you are more of a drug junkie from legal drugs

than the addict on the street corner who seeks out the drug

pusher for illegal drugs.

Where did our health care system go wrong? When did the

bottom line become more important than the health and well

being of the patient?

We have the FDA, which is supposed to protect us. And,

occasionally you read that they have taken a drug off the

market after it has killed so many people that public outcry

forces them to do something. But, for the most part, the FDA

seems primarily interested in protecting the billions of

dollars in profits raked in every year by the giant drug

companies.

Alternative medicines and therapies that have been used with

good results for hundreds of years are routinely banned or

blocked by FDA actions, apparently because they might cut

into drug company or main stream medical profits. Of course,

there are Doctors out there with genuine concern for your

good health who know about banned medicins and therapies that

might actually cure what ails you. But the situation is so

bad that they could lose their license and even go to jail if

they offer these to you.

Supposedly, we have the best health care system in the world.

But who is it best for? Not for you and me, the health care

consumers, I'm afraid. From all indications in my experience,

it's all geared toward grabbing as much money from us as

possible, with little real concern for our health and well

being.

So what are we, the health care consumers, supposed to do

about this sorry situation?

I believe that the only answer we have is in our own

education. In today's environment, we not only have to

survive our medical problems, we have to survive the health

care system as well. And, the only way to do that is to

learn all we can and try to find the real facts about our

problems so we know what we are dealing with.

Now, on the Internet, we are fortunate to have a vast source

of information on virtually any subject. When you have a

medical problem, don't take your doctor's word as gospel.

Instead, do a search on the Net and read, read, read.

Chances are, you will find ways of treating your problem

without the expensive, dangerous drugs your doctor will

prescribe.

A little research will often not only save you and your

insurance company a bundle of money, but you may find ways

of actually curing what ails you, information you probably

won't get from your doctor.

Look closely at your eating habits, as lack of the correct

nutrition is often the major culprit in most illnesses. The

body has an amazing capacity to heal itself if you give it

the right foods and deny it the wrong ones.