Thank you again for your insightfulness into this much debated subject. I do indeed hope for a future of good health for us all. Keep up the good work.

Rick

I appreciate your thoughtful and passionate comments. While I understand your view that too many people benefit from the current health care or make fundamental reform likely to happen, I think you may be underestimating the fact that every player who benefits also has many negative experiences with the current system.

If the majority of the current players can make a great living improving people’s health rather than treating illness, I believe a coalition for reform can be assembled. It will not be easy or quick, but with the right presidential leadership and relentless focus by reform proponents, it can happen.

– mike

In response to your blog on Health care vision, you mention a great deal of many excellent points. I most positively agree that policy needs to change in regard to what is being “fed” to America. The increase in the use of bleached, white flour has been shown to have direct coorelation to the increase in obesity. The use of preservatives and other additives such as unnecesssary food coloring are more than likely causes of other health related occurances. For instance, we (my wife and I) personally have found that our son shows extreme uncontrollable ADHD behavior whenever he consumes “any” amount of Red Dye. It has confused me ever since we found this out that when we go to purchase foods without additives; they cost so much more. Common sense says that the more you add to something – the more it should cost. The policy being pushed by corporate America is make the “good” food cost more, which pushes most people who are dollar conscious (rather than health conscious) to buy food which is not so good for them. Maybe additives should be added to the list of Drugs where they could then be a controlled substance.

However I believe that true health care reform may just be a pipe dream, as the old adage rings most true – Money rules the world… In other words – Sick People are big business to hospitals, doctors, lawyers, pharmaceutical companies, research laboratories, etc…

Thank you for your time.

Rick