Be aware of commercial brainwash plots on TV. They are written into nearly every scene of nearly every show. Most cater to network sponsors, corporate partners, and parent companies. Especially commercial health care. In particular, high profit pharmaceuticals, excessive medical testing, and surgical procedures. These plugs are countless, calculated, and VERY well written. They have commercial brainwashing down to a science. DON'T FALL FOR IT.
Get off the couch and take care of your own body the way nature intended. There is no substitute. If you must see a doctor, then DEMAND that he/she give you more than 5 minutes of their undivided attention. Otherwise, dispute their unreasonable charges. Be prepared with written questions about your condition and get them answered one at a time. If they refuse, then dispute their unreasonable charges. If they prescribe excessive medical testing, then ask if they personally own the equipment or if they are paid a commission for each test. If they find nothing new or significant, then dispute their unreasonable charges. If they prescribe a pharmaceutical, then ask for a generic. Better yet, consider a change in lifestyle or simple tolerance. If they still recommend the name brand pharmaceutical, then ask about any financial ties or conflict of interest. If they get offended, then dispute their unreasonable charges and consider a new doctor.
If you must drug away your sniffles, worries, jitters, aches, and pains, then at least do your homework. Be aware of the possible side-effects ahead of time. Don't be surprised to find yourself back a week or two later feeling worse. In which case, you should dispute their unreasonable charges. If you are diagnosed with another medical condition, then ask your doctor what he/she has done to rule out those possible side-effects. Otherwise, dispute their unreasonable charges. Don't let any greedy doctor treat you like a number, make you wait an hour, or rush you out of their office. Otherwise, dispute their unreasonable charges.
Don't fall for this CRAP that doctors have no choice but to over-book their time or over-charge their patients because of a high overhead. ITS A LIE. YOUR DOCTOR IS MOST LIKELY A MULTI-MILLIONAIRE. The same goes for their bogus claim to over-test so many of their patients because they are afraid of missing something and being sued for it. THAT IS ANOTHER FLAT-OUT LIE. After all, if this were true, then it would only explain some of the unnecessary testing. NOT THE OBSCENE CHARGES. It also wouldn't explain their own financial ties directly to the manufacturers of said testing equipment. That's right. Most doctors hold stock in the very same companies that produce that equipment. Its another conflict of interest. So don't fall for their CRAP. Demand their undivided attention and respect. After all, they took an oath.
If you have the opportunity before being admitted, then check the record of your hospital. Check to see if they have been investigated or sued for providing unnecessary treatment, excessive medical testing, unnecessary surgery or fraudulent billing. Dozens have already been caught doing so. Do all of the above regardless of your coverage. Don't force your employer or insurance provider to cover the obscene and often fraudulent charges of a corrupt health care industry. By doing so, you make the problem worse.
One more piece of advice. Demand copies of each medical test result. That means each X-Ray, MRI, EKG, ultrasound, blood test and everything else. Then do your own research on those test results. If you've been told that you have bone spurs, little or no cartilage in a particular joint then check for yourself. If you've been told that your blood test results are positive for any sort of 'disease', then check for yourself. Don't mistake evidence of abnormal protein or antibody activity as evidence of 'disease'. Your doctor should have already told you that such evidence may also indicate a drug-related side effect or your bodies attempt to compensate for it.
Beware: Doctors are notorious for misleading their patients about test results. If they are being straight with you, then they should have no problem with your request for copies of those results. There may be a charge but it's your right to have them.
