Some Thoughts about Holistic Health and the Berlin Wall
Health insurance costs have been increasing by double-digits for three years running. This can be traced directly back to the cost of providing Western medical procedures, which are often compared to using a sledgehammer to kill a bug. Sledgehammers cost a lot if that's all you use.
Fewer employers are paying 100% of their employee's health insurance premiums.
More employees are rejecting health insurance through their employers, especially with young workers (NOTE: Link requires free registration).
Fewer people can be classified as "employees" and more people are self-employed, independent contractors, etc. who can make their own decisions about healthcare.
Doctors have been going on strike to protest the level of malpractice insurance premiums, which often exceed $200,000 per year. American doctor strikes have been quite rare until now. What is very interesting is that death rates tend to drop during doctor strikes!
Medical Savings Accounts (MSAs) are being used extensively by people who want more flexibility in spending their healthcare dollars, but still want the pre-tax benefits.
Wellness Savings Accounts (WSAs) are not yet reality, but once passed through Congress will provide a much greatly flexibility in the types of medical services that can be paid for using pre-tax savings.
Patient dissatisfaction with Western medicine is peaking.
Holistic health spending exceeds the out-of-pocket expenses that people pay for Western medicine.
Washington state passed a law in 1996 that states that a wide variety of holistic health services must be covered by every insurance company.
The major topic among Democratic presidential candidates is how to pay for the enormous burden of Western medical care.
Europe and Asia are far advanced beyond the U.S. in their incorporation of holistic health services into the mainstream.
America has the most expensive healthcare but its population is not the healthiest.
The cost of health insurance has caused a large percentage of Americans to go without it.
Can you hear the Berlin Wall of Western Medicine crashing down?
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