Digest Number 727

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sick puppy.......you may try pepto-bismal as well. And/or something like pedialight, something with electrolights. It is a horrible virus and i hope your puppy makes it. If so, you need to get it it's shots soon.....after she/he is back to health. They need their booster shot as well. How old is she/he? Also, you should disinfect it's dog pen with bleach as well.

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message 5......her weight seems terribly low. Is that due to her illness????? She needs to gain weight, but perhaps at her age it isen't that important to her or her caretakers???? It seems very unhealthy to me, unless she is extremely short.

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message 5....also, you may want to try acidophilus........sorry that may be the wrong spelling but is the "friendly" bacteria in yogurt.

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Frank,

 

This is a proposal that works for Workers.

 

How do you approach it?

 

--Lorenzo--

 

" " isoptera.geo " <isoptera

Re: FACTS ABOUT THE MEDICAL MALPRACTICE INSURANCE " CRISIS "

 

There is a way to give patients some control over their malpractice

costs. Have legislatures set up a two tiered system. The patient

could then have the option of being insured the old way where the sky

is the limit, or he could opt to be covered under a system modeled

after the workman's compensation system where fair preordained

compensation is awarded for injury. The patient would pay for it

separately from the medical bill and agree to it in writing in

advance. There is nothing like giving people freedom of choice. "

 

fin

 

 

 

 

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I think that the real and only issue for the majority of people is

that probably millions of people are either damaged or killed every

year in the US by the medical/pharmacuetical industry, but because

they are powerfull, rich, politically protected interests, and

organized they get away with it.

 

All the while stripping our nation and it's people of it's money,

while dealing out, in the majority of cases, more illness and damage.

 

So, out of those millions damaged, something like 10,000 receive some

small recompense. But, If you have the system in your pocket, you are

always trying for more, so let's demonize the victums and call them

greedy. We have to take those decisions away from the average guy who

sits on a jury and give it to a system that we design and can

control.

 

The medical/pharmacuetical/political isn't the one who is greedy and

cares about profits over health or integrity?....Oh, No., it is those

damn damaged people we have to worry about, they will cheat you every

time. or those peers who were judging them. Yea, can't trust those

average citizens either when it comes to protecting our money.

 

Seems to me we are attacking the wrong end of this argument.

 

Don't like lawyers? That is not the issue here either, even if that

is the hogwash that is being fed to the public. (BTW. I don't like

them either)

 

If that were the problem, then why isn't the campaign to lower

attorney's fees the solution that is proposed? It isn't. It is those

broken down, defenseless, dead or half dead people who somhow caused

their own problems.

 

Justice, Integrity? Yea, those are issues that I think that the

insurance/medical/ pharma industry should pointing their finger at.

All they need do is look in a mirror. What it is about is their

bottom lines, pure and simple. Adopt an insurance company today

because they want more money!

 

If low premiums were the prize for insurance companies, why don't

they promote nutrients instead of drugs, radiation etc. Sounds

reasonable huh?

 

Well their profit is a percentage of total insurance costs, so the

bigger the total insurance involved in health care, the larger the

profit portion in actual dollars to them. And you bought the argument

that rates are going to go down?

 

The whole powerfull medical deal is a four legged chair that are

intertwined and protect each other. The medicos, the drug makers, the

insurance companies, and the politicos. The upper echelon, not the

guys in the street. What, you thought they were grass roots issues?

 

And all four of those groups makes out in this " tort reform " issue.

 

This is just another in a very long line of propaganda campaigns to

misinform the people to the point of confusion, ignorance, and

programmed biases to get the people to do something that is not in

their own best interests , but is certainly in the best interests of

some priveledged economic sectors and some politicians.

 

As for the workers comp program. It was the same situation earlier

and almost the same PR campaign and it worked beautiful for insurance

companies then. They got most of the workers to vote against

themselves. And most people haven't wised up since.

 

It wasn't about lawyers or fakes either. There were some bad apples

who tried to scam the system, but not that many succeded in reality,

but they made for great PR. What it really was, was a way for

insurance companies to get off cheap when you damaged a worker. (save

the emails in response. I was in business for years.) I am pro

business, believe it or not. But I believe in integrity too.

 

Which, I don't find much in the medical/pharma industries, the

insurance industry, politicians, etc. Did I forget someone that I

haven't pissed off yet?

 

The good ole politicos? Well, My estimation of most politicians

today? (I consider myself a radical middle of the roader and dislike

almost all of them).

 

I am going to buy 2 books that I saw advertised lately.

 

" The Pigs At The Trough " and " The Best Democracy Money Can Buy "

 

I don't know if they are any good or not but I sure do find the

titles intruiging and timely, and seemed to be saying something to me.

 

I see so many favored special interest groups out there, except the

ones who should be there. (Public = Screw them, they are too ignorant

to know, and we aren't going to personally get much money out of them

anyway.)

 

The interest group missing is the one to represent the people. They

need one, as they seem to almost always come last.

 

If I overlooked and forgot to disparage any other major player

involved, let me know.

 

Frank

 

 

 

Gettingwell , " Lorenzo " <lorenzo1@w...> wrote:

> Frank,

>

> This is a proposal that works for Workers.

>

> How do you approach it?

>

> --Lorenzo--

>

> " " isoptera.geo " <isoptera@i...>

> Re: FACTS ABOUT THE MEDICAL MALPRACTICE INSURANCE " CRISIS "

>

> There is a way to give patients some control over their malpractice

> costs. Have legislatures set up a two tiered system. The patient

> could then have the option of being insured the old way where the

sky

> is the limit, or he could opt to be covered under a system modeled

> after the workman's compensation system where fair preordained

> compensation is awarded for injury. The patient would pay for it

> separately from the medical bill and agree to it in writing in

> advance. There is nothing like giving people freedom of choice. "

>

> fin

>

>

>

>

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Hi doc!

 

Interesting. Well we are learning to use the formulas from the classicsfor the

main zheng and add other herbs for minor symptomatics.

 

Surely none of our teachers will have us come up with our own formulas. In fact

some say, especially at the beginning it may be better to stick to 3~6 standard

formulas and add or change herbs according to the different zhengs(patterns).

 

Myself therefore , just use about 4 formulas which I adjust according to the

patients needs, or even stick to some simple single or 2,3 herb formulas, which

Locals use as home remedies, like our grannies used munched potatoes treating

tonsillitis.

 

 

 

Cheers

 

Steve