Healthcare: where we are, how we got here & what lies ahead …
Healing The Healthcare Crisis Through Comprehensive Holistic Education
American healthcare is gradually shifting away from costly, cumbersome & corporate controlled treatments, and more toward a system that values comprehensive and unbiased health education. Doctors, across all disciplines, are beginning to use the web to teach. And not a moment too soon …
A recent NPR news broadcast described the healthcare industry as "Byzantine, cumbersome, and economically unsustainable". As we go to press, President Obama is convening a summit aimed at brainstorming ways to repair this badly broken system. Sadly, much like the recent financial bailouts, throwing billions of dollars at a system already fatally flawed seems all too likely.
As you read this sentence, another baby boomer will turn 50.
By the time the last boomer turns 65, the number of Americans 65 or older will have doubled since 2000. Baby boomers control half of all discretionary purchases and 80% of the personal wealth in the U.S. They’re also the demographic most likely to visit a shopping mall. The 50+ population presents a huge
opportunity for companies serving the healthcare industry.
Facebook’s fastest growing segment: Women over 55! (up 175.3% in the last 120 days) (see page 6)
During the last half century, we have been seduced, both overtly and covertly, with the language and inevitability of disease. Not long ago, the pharmaceutical industry entered mainstream media, and is now bombarding us with words and images promoting dozens of new drugs as the simple and easy solution for a host of maladies. "Ask your doctor if this is right for you", they tell us.
Cholesterol reference numbers are continually lowered to open up an even larger population to medications. Yet the truth about blood cholesterol and the root causes of heart disease have been suppressed for decades.
American healthcare is a $2.3 trillion industry, and YOU are the product. The answer, for those courageous enough to stand apart, is unbiased information and relevant education. A rapidly growing audience wants this vital information, and can benefit from access to the many enlightened professionals currently writing books and holding seminars, helping us reclaim our birthright and take charge of our own health. The digital tools of this new century offer an amazing opportunity to rediscover ourselves as we seek higher levels of mental, emotional and physical well-being.
See Page 6 for a short list of professionals helping to light the way toward a more holistic and humane solution to this healthcare crisis.
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