--- In [email protected], Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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. >
bhairitu and I agree 100% on the above!
