I'm glad you and others are seeing that the narrative of those "on the dole" is hyped up BS.
The biggest waste is corporate welfare, where corporations get incentives and tax breaks even if they are already profitable. The oil industry and military contractors are such examples.
But instead, the politicians and the media pour onto poor people as the drain.
I forget the exact numbers but for around 20 billion, homelessness could be solved for 5-10 years. Meanwhile we wasted 200+ billion on the never ending Ukraine war.
They don't allow us to buy into Medicare or Medicaid because it'll cut into the private insurance profits.
But I thought that capitalism welcomes competition?
Not of regulated monopolies that allow for profit margins, even if the state can do it cheaper with less overhead.
Not having insurance is not an option. One accident can bankrupt any of us.
"I have concluded that the only way out of this is the complete collapse of this evil system."
I'm not trying to be an A hole here but the very thing you are doing is perpetuating the "evil system". I know you have a heart to help people and that is always admirable.
In my opinion, health begins with nutrition. Long term, a concerted focus on human nutritional needs in regards to healthy minds and bodies is the best answer to many ailments.
Stupidity, ignorance and greed can easily erase any progress towards better health. People will need to declare their health freedom from government and medical corporations in order to live a life more in line with their own expectations, to include end of life options. A persons health must be an integral part of life planning from conception on.
I hope humanity can embrace an overall healthier approach to life but even healthy lives end eventually. We should all have the opportunity of living a life that is fulfilling and to die in a way that is dignified and on our own terms.
"...but the very thing you are doing is perpetuating the "evil system"." Not fair Brian. :) I struggle with this every day and I am going to be ending my contract in another month or two (I only assist with finding doctors, explaining "benefits", etc). I don't know what your income is, but mine is paycheck to paycheck (accounts receivable). When I went after this contract there were only a few out there that I was interested in, and I didn't have much money and had to grab something. As a small biz owner, everything is on my dime and so going a long time without a contract can be devastating financially. As a Christian, I have to pray every day about helping these people. I have *no* control over what choices they've made in their lives and trust me, I've wanted at times to tell some of these people to change their life and they wouldn't need this system. What I can do, is treat each one of them with dignity, respect, love, etc. the same way I've been treated by the God I believe in. After all of these years reading my posts, I'm pretty sure you know where I stand with most of this. The point of my post was the people... many of them are stuck in a system and they don't even know it. I used to be someone who was screaming about all of these lazy no-good so and so's on public assistance. Although I still scream about it, I understand the people better... the ones who are getting this assistance. I certainly want there to be a different system, if any, and as I mentioned, charity does (and has) helped people *much* better than this racket ever has/could. I don't know what it will take to change it (because I believe we should get rid of all of it), but I do know it's going to take a major shift in public opinion. Nothing is going to get done politically until the public realizes something needs to change. That goes for this horrible Medicaid/Medicare/EBT/Housing, etc trap and the entire "health" system in general. In the meantime, for now, I am helping people try and muddle through the nightmare the best I can. I appreciate your comment, but I felt like you were accusing me of actually promoting this stuff... and that I am definitely not doing. These folks are already in the system and maybe by me not getting paid to help them I would be doing my part? I'm not sure. I don't work for the government (which I will *not* do), my biz gets it's account receivable from a 3rd party. Trust me (as I mentioned, you should have a pretty good idea of my stance after 5 years of reading my stuff), I had to do a lot of soul searching before I took on this project. I don't feel like I've contributed to the system, except for maybe making people feel better just by treating them good. I look at this as a ministry and just like all of the other clients I've had since 2019, I use the "job" as an opportunity to show people a side of humans they don't often get to see anymore... someone with a smile, a heart, a bit of compassion and empathy... even though I could probably pick apart their lives like crazy if given the opportunity and tell them what they should do differently. After all, I am not on any of this public assistance and as a veteran with an incredibly low income, I could be on all of it. lol. I choose not to. Hopefully I didn't misunderstand your comment. I am not one to have conflict with my readers. Always appreciate your input Brian. :)
I apologize if I offended you and I hope I can clarify my thoughts below.
"I'm not trying to be an A hole here but the very thing you are doing is perpetuating the "evil system". "
I was hoping the next line would soften what the previous line said.
"I know you have a heart to help people and that is always admirable."
Everything I wrote after this line is in regards to what I think is a better direction for healthcare to take than what we have now. I was not trying to belittle what the recipients of Medicaid/Medicare have to go through in regards to healthcare or how they arrived in their situations. I think what you are doing to assist these people is, in a word, noble.
Government programs rarely collapse on their own. They must be dismantled, defunded, alternatives found, etc. Even when waste, fraud and abuse are clearly identified (DOGE) politicians go to great lengths to protect them. So, yes, in a superficial way, your work supports the continuation of the system. I don't have the answer to the problem either so the work you do cannot just be dropped because of those who need it. Your rationale for doing the work (income) is respectable and your preference for something better is understood.
I work with people on Medi-Medi- older adults with Medicare and Medicaid. I only have Medicare, but would love to have both to cover dental. Actually, I'd rather have Medical Mitigation Fees pay for Universal Health Care- which is why I wrote a book about it, Save Trillions with UHC.
Well-written, interesting, and just right in length. AND really makes the reader think about the state of the "union"... I agree the system needs to fail, as it is failing now. Let it die. We help each other through the interim, and make a (FAR) better system of care. Which starts with food, lifestyle, education, clean water, etc etc etc
Thanks for an eye-opening and "heart-y" essay. And... hugs to you! You have a good heart. xo xo
Yes. It would also be cheaper and give better results.
I'm furious with Kennedy and his stupid crew especially Makary are promoting modeling instead of animal testing for drugs. Umm ok.
But wait a freaking second... Why do we need new drugs that have more side effects when we have older off patent drugs that work great?
COVID revealed that ivermectin and HCQ were helpful for many sick at the time of covid. (I suspect they were sick because of the flu shots previously and it's amazing how ivermectin helped them!)
They tried to stop the use of these helpful drugs because they have to feed the steaming piles of bullshit jobs and bullshit finance. How else can big pharma make big bucks on their rentier capitalism of intellectual property and patents?
We have invented most of our useful drugs already decades ago with the advent of modern chemistry.
We have a turn key system built up that was intended to be a dystopia but it can easily be a medical utopia just by cutting out the FAT parasites that keep modifying chemicals so they can get patent protection. 🤑 💰 💰 💰
Same dynamic exists with the military (and other industries).... If we have money to pay millions and billions for overpriced military hardware from contractors that leech huge profit margins over us, why not just nationalize it and make whatever we need at cost without the profit bullshit?
I think Kennedy is a pawn. And I see NO need for ANY allopathic drugs (yeah, I know there are some, like HCQ, that are fairly “safe.” But why use them, when there are the NATURAL alternatives that have no side effects?
I have also heard about ivermectin and HCQ being helpful, but it is not clear why, and exactly WHAT they were/are helpful WITH, since it is clear that there are no viruses, and no unicorns, either. So until someone can REALLY explain to me WHY ivermectin and HCQ seem to be helpful with things (besides malaria), I am not making up my mind on any of that. Ivermectin is an antiparasitic, so, how do we know just what was/is going on with that?
Anyway, I also don’t think NEW allopathic drugs are needed, EVER. Haven’t we seen enough of those results? Yeah, right on.
They don't really know why ivermectin kills parasites. It's not been proven to kill parasites directly. But what I think it does is help speed up a blocked chemical process which helps liberate the toxins that the parasite was holding onto.
I'm not a chemist but with my understanding of the body as a complex machine, Ivermectin is a promoter of the elimination pathways of the body.
Unfortunately the same people I followed are quick to judge it as dangerous, sounding exactly like the mass media where they dig out extreme issues of continuous dosing or very high doses as a way to dismiss it as "poison".
Aspirin is a drug based on nature and it too can be toxic at too high a dose.
Anyway, I'm just glad that non doctors and non chemist nerds and geeks like us can talk in the open without the over achievers and jocks constantly harassing us.
You said it. I tend to think the way you’re describing, too. I will say, tho, I won’t take any aspirin or NSAIDs no mo. And I’d like to NEVER be in a position of feeling I’d better just take a jab of antibiotics, either… What a shitload of TOXINS we live in!! Someday a real vacuum is gonna come and suck all the SHITE outta this place!
I'm glad you and others are seeing that the narrative of those "on the dole" is hyped up BS.
The biggest waste is corporate welfare, where corporations get incentives and tax breaks even if they are already profitable. The oil industry and military contractors are such examples.
But instead, the politicians and the media pour onto poor people as the drain.
I forget the exact numbers but for around 20 billion, homelessness could be solved for 5-10 years. Meanwhile we wasted 200+ billion on the never ending Ukraine war.
They don't allow us to buy into Medicare or Medicaid because it'll cut into the private insurance profits.
But I thought that capitalism welcomes competition?
Not of regulated monopolies that allow for profit margins, even if the state can do it cheaper with less overhead.
Not having insurance is not an option. One accident can bankrupt any of us.
"I have concluded that the only way out of this is the complete collapse of this evil system."
I'm not trying to be an A hole here but the very thing you are doing is perpetuating the "evil system". I know you have a heart to help people and that is always admirable.
In my opinion, health begins with nutrition. Long term, a concerted focus on human nutritional needs in regards to healthy minds and bodies is the best answer to many ailments.
Stupidity, ignorance and greed can easily erase any progress towards better health. People will need to declare their health freedom from government and medical corporations in order to live a life more in line with their own expectations, to include end of life options. A persons health must be an integral part of life planning from conception on.
I hope humanity can embrace an overall healthier approach to life but even healthy lives end eventually. We should all have the opportunity of living a life that is fulfilling and to die in a way that is dignified and on our own terms.
"...but the very thing you are doing is perpetuating the "evil system"." Not fair Brian. :) I struggle with this every day and I am going to be ending my contract in another month or two (I only assist with finding doctors, explaining "benefits", etc). I don't know what your income is, but mine is paycheck to paycheck (accounts receivable). When I went after this contract there were only a few out there that I was interested in, and I didn't have much money and had to grab something. As a small biz owner, everything is on my dime and so going a long time without a contract can be devastating financially. As a Christian, I have to pray every day about helping these people. I have *no* control over what choices they've made in their lives and trust me, I've wanted at times to tell some of these people to change their life and they wouldn't need this system. What I can do, is treat each one of them with dignity, respect, love, etc. the same way I've been treated by the God I believe in. After all of these years reading my posts, I'm pretty sure you know where I stand with most of this. The point of my post was the people... many of them are stuck in a system and they don't even know it. I used to be someone who was screaming about all of these lazy no-good so and so's on public assistance. Although I still scream about it, I understand the people better... the ones who are getting this assistance. I certainly want there to be a different system, if any, and as I mentioned, charity does (and has) helped people *much* better than this racket ever has/could. I don't know what it will take to change it (because I believe we should get rid of all of it), but I do know it's going to take a major shift in public opinion. Nothing is going to get done politically until the public realizes something needs to change. That goes for this horrible Medicaid/Medicare/EBT/Housing, etc trap and the entire "health" system in general. In the meantime, for now, I am helping people try and muddle through the nightmare the best I can. I appreciate your comment, but I felt like you were accusing me of actually promoting this stuff... and that I am definitely not doing. These folks are already in the system and maybe by me not getting paid to help them I would be doing my part? I'm not sure. I don't work for the government (which I will *not* do), my biz gets it's account receivable from a 3rd party. Trust me (as I mentioned, you should have a pretty good idea of my stance after 5 years of reading my stuff), I had to do a lot of soul searching before I took on this project. I don't feel like I've contributed to the system, except for maybe making people feel better just by treating them good. I look at this as a ministry and just like all of the other clients I've had since 2019, I use the "job" as an opportunity to show people a side of humans they don't often get to see anymore... someone with a smile, a heart, a bit of compassion and empathy... even though I could probably pick apart their lives like crazy if given the opportunity and tell them what they should do differently. After all, I am not on any of this public assistance and as a veteran with an incredibly low income, I could be on all of it. lol. I choose not to. Hopefully I didn't misunderstand your comment. I am not one to have conflict with my readers. Always appreciate your input Brian. :)
I apologize if I offended you and I hope I can clarify my thoughts below.
"I'm not trying to be an A hole here but the very thing you are doing is perpetuating the "evil system". "
I was hoping the next line would soften what the previous line said.
"I know you have a heart to help people and that is always admirable."
Everything I wrote after this line is in regards to what I think is a better direction for healthcare to take than what we have now. I was not trying to belittle what the recipients of Medicaid/Medicare have to go through in regards to healthcare or how they arrived in their situations. I think what you are doing to assist these people is, in a word, noble.
Government programs rarely collapse on their own. They must be dismantled, defunded, alternatives found, etc. Even when waste, fraud and abuse are clearly identified (DOGE) politicians go to great lengths to protect them. So, yes, in a superficial way, your work supports the continuation of the system. I don't have the answer to the problem either so the work you do cannot just be dropped because of those who need it. Your rationale for doing the work (income) is respectable and your preference for something better is understood.
Be well my online friend.
I work with people on Medi-Medi- older adults with Medicare and Medicaid. I only have Medicare, but would love to have both to cover dental. Actually, I'd rather have Medical Mitigation Fees pay for Universal Health Care- which is why I wrote a book about it, Save Trillions with UHC.
Rob D, what an Excellent post!!
Well-written, interesting, and just right in length. AND really makes the reader think about the state of the "union"... I agree the system needs to fail, as it is failing now. Let it die. We help each other through the interim, and make a (FAR) better system of care. Which starts with food, lifestyle, education, clean water, etc etc etc
Thanks for an eye-opening and "heart-y" essay. And... hugs to you! You have a good heart. xo xo
Thanks, as always, Word Herder! I know you have had your share of struggles and maybe one day you will write a book about your path!
Maybe. lol But I am not burning to do that. Maybe a book about how cartoon dogs become REAL dogs… ;)
Yes. It would also be cheaper and give better results.
I'm furious with Kennedy and his stupid crew especially Makary are promoting modeling instead of animal testing for drugs. Umm ok.
But wait a freaking second... Why do we need new drugs that have more side effects when we have older off patent drugs that work great?
COVID revealed that ivermectin and HCQ were helpful for many sick at the time of covid. (I suspect they were sick because of the flu shots previously and it's amazing how ivermectin helped them!)
They tried to stop the use of these helpful drugs because they have to feed the steaming piles of bullshit jobs and bullshit finance. How else can big pharma make big bucks on their rentier capitalism of intellectual property and patents?
We have invented most of our useful drugs already decades ago with the advent of modern chemistry.
We have a turn key system built up that was intended to be a dystopia but it can easily be a medical utopia just by cutting out the FAT parasites that keep modifying chemicals so they can get patent protection. 🤑 💰 💰 💰
Same dynamic exists with the military (and other industries).... If we have money to pay millions and billions for overpriced military hardware from contractors that leech huge profit margins over us, why not just nationalize it and make whatever we need at cost without the profit bullshit?
https://robc137.substack.com/p/allergic-to-bullshit
I think Kennedy is a pawn. And I see NO need for ANY allopathic drugs (yeah, I know there are some, like HCQ, that are fairly “safe.” But why use them, when there are the NATURAL alternatives that have no side effects?
I have also heard about ivermectin and HCQ being helpful, but it is not clear why, and exactly WHAT they were/are helpful WITH, since it is clear that there are no viruses, and no unicorns, either. So until someone can REALLY explain to me WHY ivermectin and HCQ seem to be helpful with things (besides malaria), I am not making up my mind on any of that. Ivermectin is an antiparasitic, so, how do we know just what was/is going on with that?
Anyway, I also don’t think NEW allopathic drugs are needed, EVER. Haven’t we seen enough of those results? Yeah, right on.
They don't really know why ivermectin kills parasites. It's not been proven to kill parasites directly. But what I think it does is help speed up a blocked chemical process which helps liberate the toxins that the parasite was holding onto.
I'm not a chemist but with my understanding of the body as a complex machine, Ivermectin is a promoter of the elimination pathways of the body.
Unfortunately the same people I followed are quick to judge it as dangerous, sounding exactly like the mass media where they dig out extreme issues of continuous dosing or very high doses as a way to dismiss it as "poison".
Aspirin is a drug based on nature and it too can be toxic at too high a dose.
Anyway, I'm just glad that non doctors and non chemist nerds and geeks like us can talk in the open without the over achievers and jocks constantly harassing us.
Thank God for social media.
You said it. I tend to think the way you’re describing, too. I will say, tho, I won’t take any aspirin or NSAIDs no mo. And I’d like to NEVER be in a position of feeling I’d better just take a jab of antibiotics, either… What a shitload of TOXINS we live in!! Someday a real vacuum is gonna come and suck all the SHITE outta this place!