Reply #24: I just watched the video for the second time

[zalinda]

He is talking about 2 different health care systems. The first on is a private system, and there are folks who will stick with the private companies. The second is the Universal Healthcare System, which is a version of Medicare. If you are getting health insurance from the government, which UHS would be, part of the rules would be mandatory check-ups. I don't see anything wrong with this. Having mandatory check-ups would keep the costs down, as you would find disease, or possible problems sooner, and be able to fix them with less intervention. This makes good business sense as well as medical sense. The only problem I would have with it, is if I couldn't choose which doctor I wanted to see.

As for "mandated use of technology", that is for women, mammograms, instead of just manual breast exams. Colonoscopy instead of barium and a x-ray. Having hearing checked with a machine rather than just a tuning fork. Maybe he was also thinking of stem cells, and other forms of healing, as being "use of technology".

This all is within rights of the Universal Healthcare System. Doctors, even now, cannot make people do what's good for them. If to keep your insurance, all you had to do was have a check-up, what is the big deal. It doesn't mean your high blood pressure, will magically disappear, or that you will be forced to take pills. I know, in my case, because I had access to a doctor, we finally figured out the how's and why's of what was making it difficult for me to sleep. This was not an over night discovery, but took at least 12 visits and a sleep study. I can't wait for UHS, I want my meds back so I can sleep at night again.

zalinda