A friend of mine who went into medicine posted this article on his facebook wall today. It's an article from the New England Journal of Medicine about how doctors are getting too far into just testing everything out the wazzoo to avoid missing things, upsetting people, and liability issues later. The article makes a point about how expensive and wasteful this is and also the tests can be invasive and time consuming. The United States is ranked 21st in the world for medical care (I did not know that) so we aren't doing a good job and our people are unhealthy due to their own decisions and possibly lack of education on health.
I would like to see more people in the United States concerned about their health and the health of those in their community. I would like to see people out walking and getting more active. I would like to see more people growing gardens and fruit trees and sharing what they grow with each other. I don't want to see government regulations on these things because it takes the burden of responsibility away from the people. I don't want to see government health care because it takes choice, responsibility, and options away from people and health care providers.
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