ruthsimplicity wrote:
>
> It's a bitch. The estimate is that about 18,000 people in the US die
> each year because they were not able to get health care because they
> could not afford it.
The US could go a long way if we did what the Chinese did with their
"barefoot doctor" programs. We don't need to see doctors all the time
for one thing and yes I'm aware that some clinics are actually screening
through the RN's. If we could get the AMA over their politics against
alternative medicine and rein in the pharmaceutical companies who are
just turning doctors into sophisticated drug pushers we might get
somewhere. People need to be trained to become aware that their body is
starting to go way out of whack rather than waiting until it falling
apart before they do something about it. I think some simple village
type ayurveda would go a long way but the US has this "not invented
here" attitude towards such things. And of course if you can cure
something with 50 cents worth of spices you already have in your kitchen
then the drug companies are going to get you upset that they can't sell
you a $500 a month habit.
