What is the problem with Americans and their health ? ( Archived) (111)

hi dru....

we dont have a problem accessing alternative therapies neither

we just have to pay for them. some are covered by health insurance aswell

It's my understanding that they tried (unsuccessfully) to pass laws restricting the sale of herbal supplements, and making you have to get them through your doctors, just like England has now. Again, it's why I admire Australia and New Zealand...your countries have enough people who are awake, aware, and willing to fight your government. The US is full of "sheeple" more than people still...and they're waking up way too slowly. Funny, though...Obama seems to be wakening the masses finally...disappointment in "the messiah" is making many see the light. Finally.

And sorry, Paws...not meaning to hijack your thread.

I was married to a Canadian. Her parents were Canadian all their lives. I have and they have a very different opinion of your health care system.

Sorry to tell that it is in the passing or has been passed at this time already. Check it out. The PHARMA want to continue getting rich treating symptoms and never the real disease.

No such thing as free health care nimwit. not to mention, 95% of americans who want health care, have health care. This is just one more way that governments control the people. Getting them dependent on government. Nothing the government has been in control of has ever worked correctly; I.E. Post office, social security, amtrak. What makes anyone think that we'll get better health care when the government hijacks it? Not to mention, all you canadians come down here to get all surgeries you're "free" health care can't afford.

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I think it's a bit of a double-edged sword when it comes to herbal supplements. There are some real quacks out there who will sell stuff that's actually dangerous, ranging from Vitamin overdoses to certain concentrated extracts in combinations that shouldn't be taken if a person has either an illness or if there's a risk of it affecting meds you have to take.

My experience here is that people are more likely to use herbal therapies and non-traditional approaches than in the US. In fact, the docs I've talked to since here tell me that we tend to shoot flies with atom bombs (i.e. overuse of antibiotics, etc.).

So far as I know, no insurance company today covers herbal stuff or holistic medicine as it is, so whatever this new health care bill looks like, I'm sure it won't cover A.M. either.

There's a lot of misinformation in the US about health care in Europe aka socialised medicine and the motivation for this misinformation is political and financial. Sadly the people don't have any way of knowing just how much they're lied to.

I contracted with a German health insurance company even while living in the US, for very good reason. German law does not allow an insurance company to cap your lifetime entitlements. Capping lifetime entitlements is akin to saying: if you can't pay past your entitlement, you'll just have to die. There are other differences, but you get my point.

Did you know that the US doesn't allow foreign insurance companies to offer their services in the US? They are in essence preventing competition (doing just the opposite of what the free market they want). That in effect dooms a lot of people to being bled for health care premiums and cost of services.

It truly is a pitiful state of affairs ... I want to read this new bill. Methinks that by the time it hits the market, it'll be so watered down that it'll benefit only a very small segment of the population. The insurance industry is simply too powerful and politicians too corrupt.