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Southwestern Minnesota | You're right in that Western medicine seems more geared to fixing problems than preventing disease. Prevention takes more effort on the part of the patient- you said yourself it took 8-9 years to embrace a change. It's hard to do that in a 30 minute appointment once a year. But I do think that there are people in the healthcare arena who are in the know on this. I don't think it is a topic that is being neglected. The video you shared is a good example. The presenter is a medical resident at a mainstream medical school. She is a chief resident and instructor at the medical school at the Washington School of Medicine. She is presenting a topic at the Grand Rounds for her peers and colleagues at the university on this nutrition topic. That's great. I do think that nutrition and prevention are "being handled". But getting patients to listen and participate is a problem. Patients typically like quick fixes that do not require a lot of investment on their part. Human nature maybe. Something caused you to become invested, and invested you are. Kudos to you.
As for the cost structure and charging practices- you are right- the medical field is big business. There are so many players and so much money involved that it is impossible to control. Drug companies, Tech companies, insurance companies- yuck. Much like farming where there are many players who are in it for the money too- technology, equipment, chemicals- another yuck. What would the cost of food be without all the players who want their piece of the pie? Healthcare is a debate on a national level on how to rein it in. If I had the answer to that, I could run for President. | |
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