Will Bridges

Happy December! I wanted to discuss an issue that really disturbs me. I was just talking to a client about how the situation of health care is ridiculous. To me it seems the primary concern of the government should be the health of it’s citizens and enabling those citizens to be able to take care of themselves. I think we have never had that in this country. Health care professionals seem to cure symptoms any more, they don’t cure diseases because there is no money in a cure. Doctors want to help you live with an ailment more than they want to cure it so you can live long enough to put more money in the coffers. I’m not so sure it’s the intension of the doctors as it is the intention of Big Medicine (pharmaceutical companies, health care conglomerates, medical equipment manufacturers, etc…). It may not be the intention of the average doctor however I believe they should take responsibility and stand up against the corporations.

I have been told by reputable sources that pharmaceutical companies try and court doctors with trips and gifts to get those doctors to offer their medication to people. It’s lobbying for doctors and it’s not about actually treating the illness of the person but about money. Pharmaceutical companies are legal crack dealers any more and in our country as long as they pay off the local police (The Food & Drug Administration) then they can serve thier wares to an unsuspecting public. If a small company comes up with a cure to a disease they are discredited, bought out, and/or unable to come up with the money for FDA approval. So, people don’t take their solution seriously or don’t know about it at all and tons more people have to live with the medications that treat the symptoms and the medications that treat the side effects of the medications that treat the original illness. Did you follow that? What a great and free country we live in.