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		<title>Comment on Doctors Threatened With Jail by Vicki</title>
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		<dc:creator>Vicki</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:58:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I agree with Hank, who responded on July 22.  His statement &quot;There&#039;s no money in healthy people&quot;  is the answer to all the questions about why our health care system is the way it is.  Honest, caring people don&#039;t understand what motivates others to create a system of suffering.  It&#039;s hard for them to believe that there are actually people who have less regard for the human condition than they do for their dogs.  We are scared and disallusioned, when we look outside of ourselves and really see that is reality.  I know I sound callous.  I pray constantly to God for intervention and to change the hearts of the people perpetuating this on the American people.  I pray for him to guide my decisions for voting in the future, but, no matter what happens, His will will always be done.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree with Hank, who responded on July 22.  His statement &#8220;There&#8217;s no money in healthy people&#8221;  is the answer to all the questions about why our health care system is the way it is.  Honest, caring people don&#8217;t understand what motivates others to create a system of suffering.  It&#8217;s hard for them to believe that there are actually people who have less regard for the human condition than they do for their dogs.  We are scared and disallusioned, when we look outside of ourselves and really see that is reality.  I know I sound callous.  I pray constantly to God for intervention and to change the hearts of the people perpetuating this on the American people.  I pray for him to guide my decisions for voting in the future, but, no matter what happens, His will will always be done.</p>
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		<title>Comment on AMA’s Government-Protected Monopoly Squeezes Out Alternative Medicine by Shirley</title>
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		<dc:creator>Shirley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:16:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I applaud you for going the holistic path. Supplements does work for the animals too. After my son spent over a thousand dollars on his dog for heart worms and seeing two different doctors, the medicines (more poisions) did not work. His dog was coughing up his insides from his moutn and spewing all blood from the other end. After about two or three weeks of the veterinarian doctor&#039;s approach, I decided to share some of my supplements with him (dog). Within the first week he made a miraculous recovery. This was in 2008, he is still here.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I applaud you for going the holistic path. Supplements does work for the animals too. After my son spent over a thousand dollars on his dog for heart worms and seeing two different doctors, the medicines (more poisions) did not work. His dog was coughing up his insides from his moutn and spewing all blood from the other end. After about two or three weeks of the veterinarian doctor&#8217;s approach, I decided to share some of my supplements with him (dog). Within the first week he made a miraculous recovery. This was in 2008, he is still here.</p>
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		<title>Comment on AMA’s Government-Protected Monopoly Squeezes Out Alternative Medicine by Shirley</title>
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		<dc:creator>Shirley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:26:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Very well said. I wish we could send to President Obama for his birthday, all of the round table there in Washington D. C.. It really couldn&#039;t have been said any better. I highly applaud you. I take natural supplements from a very good company and haven&#039;t really needed to see a doc since 2004.

Thank you for a absolutely well written  comment.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Very well said. I wish we could send to President Obama for his birthday, all of the round table there in Washington D. C.. It really couldn&#8217;t have been said any better. I highly applaud you. I take natural supplements from a very good company and haven&#8217;t really needed to see a doc since 2004.</p>
<p>Thank you for a absolutely well written  comment.</p>
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		<title>Comment on AMA’s Government-Protected Monopoly Squeezes Out Alternative Medicine by Jeff Levine</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jeff Levine</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:17:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>While we are in the process of calling a spade a spade,  the FDA must also be held for not stepping up and forbidding the mass poisoning of our public drinking water supplies with FLUORIDE.  Every glass of water we drink has the same amount of Fluoride we are warned about ingesting from our toothpaste tubes.  This is insanity to allow this menace to continue.   The AMA has entirely too much power to dictate the practice of medicine.  The whole scenario of this dance the AMA,FDA, CDC, and the government are doing with our safety issues is looking more like a peek into Wonderland and making about as much sense.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While we are in the process of calling a spade a spade,  the FDA must also be held for not stepping up and forbidding the mass poisoning of our public drinking water supplies with FLUORIDE.  Every glass of water we drink has the same amount of Fluoride we are warned about ingesting from our toothpaste tubes.  This is insanity to allow this menace to continue.   The AMA has entirely too much power to dictate the practice of medicine.  The whole scenario of this dance the AMA,FDA, CDC, and the government are doing with our safety issues is looking more like a peek into Wonderland and making about as much sense.</p>
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		<title>Comment on AMA’s Government-Protected Monopoly Squeezes Out Alternative Medicine by Mary</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mary</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:26:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dear Dr. Spicer… you really need to become more aware…. maybe through becoming a better listener (it will help with your patients and your success)...

First: There are many doctors who have practices without accepting ANY medical insurances and they do VERY well.  People with or without money, or with or without insurance – all become ill.  You need to become less fearful and more trusting of those forces that create with us.

Second:  You seem to minimize the situation into “winning a point.”  The real point is that this is no game to us the patients, the sick, the ones paying hundreds or thousands of dollars a month to be covered for “in case” we become seriously ill, or have an accident which will be the true reasons for insurance – because otherwise that same money would cover more than our few yearly illnesses (and there you have your paying customers) and we would have plenty left over to enjoy on other things or better spend on other bills…. and here is where the real point expands.  Insurance is a construct invented by corporate man to gain profit.  Period.  The sole reason for the creation of insurance is to create a business to take advantage of an opportunity – an opportunity foreseen from the lucrative prospects that millions of sick people would create and that fear and insecurity over Unforeseen tragedy would promulgate – to make profits ….and profit they have– by the BILLIONS.   And in making that profit, they have been allowed to milk our sicknesses by creating a system that INSURES and assures THEM with perpetual profit by limiting OUR FULL access to medical procedures and ethical medical evaluations that may determine the cause and treatment of our illness in an effective and timely manner, and as this window of time stays wide open, so too their pockets with billions of monthly remittance of claimless but paid premiums.  To the point: Delaying our diagnoses creates for them more profits in not having to pay claims for diagnostic procedures, doctor visits, prescriptions, therapy, etc., during that delayed but insured time.  And now the government has joined in on the game – why else was it so unanimously coveted by politicians?

The shame that I find, is that millions of DOCTORS – without which there would be no insurance companies – have sold themselves to this travesty of a system, as the insurance companies are the ones calling the shots as to whether a sick person gets the care their illness requires – from the amount of time a doctor spends with a patient to FIND OUT what is wrong with them, to the diagnostic procedures needed to efficiently and quickly DETERMINE the needs, to even the number of visits ALLOWED (allowed – can you believe that?!!) for any illness, or SEQUENCE of protocols to follow.  Anyone, and the only ones who truly learn the system, who has suffered through a chronic illness learns this.  An example is (and this is just one of many):   I was told by a doctor to go change my insurance, because she had to follow an insurance protocol that required her to give me a drug for acid reflux that would make osteoporosis worse, so I refused it because I told her I have osteoporosis, yet she could not do anything else unless that step was attempted first to see if that drug helped the condition – because she said otherwise she would not be paid (?!!!!).  Now how insane is this?  Give a drug for a particular condition that worsens another particular condition, without a guarantee that the condition being treated would be resolved within a year – without even an investigation to determine whether the condition assessed in one minute is truly the root of the problem (I had other severe symptoms that were ignored AND a history of stomach and intestinal cancer in my immediate family, and aged 51)??  What happened to “First no harm”?   And this coming from so-called medical professionals who consider themselves scientists, who claim to want to heal people???  With this implication, if I were a doctor my conscience would not allow me to even accept such a proposition from an insurance company, for the patient would be better off without it.  Well… I’ve got news for her though… and doctors….and all patients…. I still have not assessed the root of the problem, due largely because I do not have access to that ABC coding… but I have gotten 90% better (to be more graphic: I can now leave the house without urinating on myself from the chronic hacking cough, while purging for 8 hours over the toilet seat) by changing my diet to mainly a vegetarian one and taking various herbs and supplements, and doing intestinal cleansing, and trying to eliminate all artificial substances.  So thank God for those doctors who don’t walk the beaten path and are willing to share via the Internet.

Again the point: That all you millions of doctors have accepted your education, your discernment, your ethics, your comprehension of healing, of humanity, being manipulated and controlled by a FEW controlling the hording and self-serving insurance construct of corporate man.  And who made this coding contract with the government again?  Re-read the article… why your AMA did!  The same few who are controlling and manipulating all you millions of doctors…controlling innovation… controlling truth… controlling the status quo through peer-shaming… hey… controlling intrinsic contemplative thought – the foundation of discovery!   Hmmmm….wasn’t the now powerful AMA created by a few doctors at the turn of the century creating procedures and protocols for the sheep-doctorlings to follow?  I am so sure you can think of things to change just from your experience in residency…unless they succeeded in making you another automaton.  But why have you all been so quiet and complacent all these decades….would benefitting from this system have something to do with the silence?  It seems to me that it certainly does for them, given how much stake the pharmaceuticals have on your education (the millions they donate to Universities?)…oh, another controller?
Now that’s not just a point anymore – that’s a Big Black Life Sucking Hole.

Third:  Do you understand even the point of ABC coding?  Of course not, the few we unmasked earlier have made sure you don’t… especially the ones who have donated.  Take my own example earlier…that example is the reason I no longer go to a allopathic doctor, most of the time you can’t do anything for me (this out of years of experience) or you won’t.  Many years ago I lost 10 years of my youth on a chronic unidentified illness (now called fibromyalgia) where nothing was done for me – leaving me dumbfounded and disillusioned with a medical science I was entrained to believe had a handle on leading edge technology and knowledge.  The devastating part, the culprit in them labeling me depressed, was that they were not even interested in investigating what was wrong with me, as I discovered that the actual handle they had on medicine was on existing labels – for no new possibilities existed besides these pre-accepted lists of labels.  One was simply not allowed to have any other.  A monopoly on disease?  Now, was this our revered expanded Hominid modern consciousness?  
What about my chronic illness….?  After 10 years of searching I did find healing….. through holistic (natural ) medicine and methods, which gave those 10 years + back to me within just 2 years with an immediate improvement within just the first 3 months.  The doctor?  A neurologist turned natural physician and an applied kineseologist chiropractor...  Detox and internal cleansing.  Building up of the endocrine system.  Nervous system and organ system stimulation and adjusting energy meridians through chiropractic (recent studies demonstrate that these meridian pathways run through the body’s whole fascia system – a wonder why we experience muscle exhaustion and pain?).  Building up the depleted body with vitamins and minerals and a natural diet upon which we are genetically dependent, as the cosmic beings (Big Bang?) we are, born from and upon this Earth to feed from.  The ABC codes definitely need expansion in the light of my experience and the experience of the millions who are evidenced by the grown and growing billion dollar industry of supplements, and turning to “alternative” practitioners and modalities that are RESOLVING our problems – including cancer!  THERE are your customers.  (Did you know there is a serum that cures 200 types of cancers, but that endeavor was abandoned by medicine because the natural ingredients could not be patented.  Find a Naturopathic Physician to explain that to you.) With just the implementation of these codes there will be an influx of patients, as we need your diagnostic tools and a variety of modalities for an accelerated recovery in this area of healing arts.

The question is:  What exactly is the goal, intent, and purpose of medical science, and the AMA??
Healing doesn’t seem to be one of them.

What have you chosen?

Again, insurances, institutions, boards… are MAN-MADE-CONSTRUCTS.  They are NOT absolutes.  They are NOT required in reality, nor in and of themselves.  WE have allowed them to be and grow like weeds – in the meantime the few grow rich from our tragedies – literally controlling our lives.  We convert them from concepts to concrete, imbedding them as fixed structures and architectures into every facet of our lives, forgetting they were initiated to serve US, NOT to enslave us.

The millions of doctors should ban together and strike in the name of ethics… in the name of humanity… to put a stop to this insanity – see what results we’ll have then.  This must be done in one sweep to get immediate and permanent results.  What do we have to lose – we are ill and dying anyway!  Imagine what power – the millions of you against the few of them.  You have allowed AMA and the insurance industry to dictate to you like puppets, robbing your trusting patients of their well being and future – and robbing YOU of your hard work and intrinsic cognitive ability to create better circumstances.  No construct that undermines the well being of humanity should be allowed to exist.  Better yet….the millions of patients should pool their premiums together… hey, just like insurances….see how much more we can get accomplished with our profits (from investing).  If someone has the fearlessness  and resources to initiate all this – good-bye AMA , FDA, CDC, EPA as we know it!  You have my support.
Wake up!  All of you.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear Dr. Spicer… you really need to become more aware…. maybe through becoming a better listener (it will help with your patients and your success)&#8230;</p>
<p>First: There are many doctors who have practices without accepting ANY medical insurances and they do VERY well.  People with or without money, or with or without insurance – all become ill.  You need to become less fearful and more trusting of those forces that create with us.</p>
<p>Second:  You seem to minimize the situation into “winning a point.”  The real point is that this is no game to us the patients, the sick, the ones paying hundreds or thousands of dollars a month to be covered for “in case” we become seriously ill, or have an accident which will be the true reasons for insurance – because otherwise that same money would cover more than our few yearly illnesses (and there you have your paying customers) and we would have plenty left over to enjoy on other things or better spend on other bills…. and here is where the real point expands.  Insurance is a construct invented by corporate man to gain profit.  Period.  The sole reason for the creation of insurance is to create a business to take advantage of an opportunity – an opportunity foreseen from the lucrative prospects that millions of sick people would create and that fear and insecurity over Unforeseen tragedy would promulgate – to make profits ….and profit they have– by the BILLIONS.   And in making that profit, they have been allowed to milk our sicknesses by creating a system that INSURES and assures THEM with perpetual profit by limiting OUR FULL access to medical procedures and ethical medical evaluations that may determine the cause and treatment of our illness in an effective and timely manner, and as this window of time stays wide open, so too their pockets with billions of monthly remittance of claimless but paid premiums.  To the point: Delaying our diagnoses creates for them more profits in not having to pay claims for diagnostic procedures, doctor visits, prescriptions, therapy, etc., during that delayed but insured time.  And now the government has joined in on the game – why else was it so unanimously coveted by politicians?</p>
<p>The shame that I find, is that millions of DOCTORS – without which there would be no insurance companies – have sold themselves to this travesty of a system, as the insurance companies are the ones calling the shots as to whether a sick person gets the care their illness requires – from the amount of time a doctor spends with a patient to FIND OUT what is wrong with them, to the diagnostic procedures needed to efficiently and quickly DETERMINE the needs, to even the number of visits ALLOWED (allowed – can you believe that?!!) for any illness, or SEQUENCE of protocols to follow.  Anyone, and the only ones who truly learn the system, who has suffered through a chronic illness learns this.  An example is (and this is just one of many):   I was told by a doctor to go change my insurance, because she had to follow an insurance protocol that required her to give me a drug for acid reflux that would make osteoporosis worse, so I refused it because I told her I have osteoporosis, yet she could not do anything else unless that step was attempted first to see if that drug helped the condition – because she said otherwise she would not be paid (?!!!!).  Now how insane is this?  Give a drug for a particular condition that worsens another particular condition, without a guarantee that the condition being treated would be resolved within a year – without even an investigation to determine whether the condition assessed in one minute is truly the root of the problem (I had other severe symptoms that were ignored AND a history of stomach and intestinal cancer in my immediate family, and aged 51)??  What happened to “First no harm”?   And this coming from so-called medical professionals who consider themselves scientists, who claim to want to heal people???  With this implication, if I were a doctor my conscience would not allow me to even accept such a proposition from an insurance company, for the patient would be better off without it.  Well… I’ve got news for her though… and doctors….and all patients…. I still have not assessed the root of the problem, due largely because I do not have access to that ABC coding… but I have gotten 90% better (to be more graphic: I can now leave the house without urinating on myself from the chronic hacking cough, while purging for 8 hours over the toilet seat) by changing my diet to mainly a vegetarian one and taking various herbs and supplements, and doing intestinal cleansing, and trying to eliminate all artificial substances.  So thank God for those doctors who don’t walk the beaten path and are willing to share via the Internet.</p>
<p>Again the point: That all you millions of doctors have accepted your education, your discernment, your ethics, your comprehension of healing, of humanity, being manipulated and controlled by a FEW controlling the hording and self-serving insurance construct of corporate man.  And who made this coding contract with the government again?  Re-read the article… why your AMA did!  The same few who are controlling and manipulating all you millions of doctors…controlling innovation… controlling truth… controlling the status quo through peer-shaming… hey… controlling intrinsic contemplative thought – the foundation of discovery!   Hmmmm….wasn’t the now powerful AMA created by a few doctors at the turn of the century creating procedures and protocols for the sheep-doctorlings to follow?  I am so sure you can think of things to change just from your experience in residency…unless they succeeded in making you another automaton.  But why have you all been so quiet and complacent all these decades….would benefitting from this system have something to do with the silence?  It seems to me that it certainly does for them, given how much stake the pharmaceuticals have on your education (the millions they donate to Universities?)…oh, another controller?<br />
Now that’s not just a point anymore – that’s a Big Black Life Sucking Hole.</p>
<p>Third:  Do you understand even the point of ABC coding?  Of course not, the few we unmasked earlier have made sure you don’t… especially the ones who have donated.  Take my own example earlier…that example is the reason I no longer go to a allopathic doctor, most of the time you can’t do anything for me (this out of years of experience) or you won’t.  Many years ago I lost 10 years of my youth on a chronic unidentified illness (now called fibromyalgia) where nothing was done for me – leaving me dumbfounded and disillusioned with a medical science I was entrained to believe had a handle on leading edge technology and knowledge.  The devastating part, the culprit in them labeling me depressed, was that they were not even interested in investigating what was wrong with me, as I discovered that the actual handle they had on medicine was on existing labels – for no new possibilities existed besides these pre-accepted lists of labels.  One was simply not allowed to have any other.  A monopoly on disease?  Now, was this our revered expanded Hominid modern consciousness?<br />
What about my chronic illness….?  After 10 years of searching I did find healing….. through holistic (natural ) medicine and methods, which gave those 10 years + back to me within just 2 years with an immediate improvement within just the first 3 months.  The doctor?  A neurologist turned natural physician and an applied kineseologist chiropractor&#8230;  Detox and internal cleansing.  Building up of the endocrine system.  Nervous system and organ system stimulation and adjusting energy meridians through chiropractic (recent studies demonstrate that these meridian pathways run through the body’s whole fascia system – a wonder why we experience muscle exhaustion and pain?).  Building up the depleted body with vitamins and minerals and a natural diet upon which we are genetically dependent, as the cosmic beings (Big Bang?) we are, born from and upon this Earth to feed from.  The ABC codes definitely need expansion in the light of my experience and the experience of the millions who are evidenced by the grown and growing billion dollar industry of supplements, and turning to “alternative” practitioners and modalities that are RESOLVING our problems – including cancer!  THERE are your customers.  (Did you know there is a serum that cures 200 types of cancers, but that endeavor was abandoned by medicine because the natural ingredients could not be patented.  Find a Naturopathic Physician to explain that to you.) With just the implementation of these codes there will be an influx of patients, as we need your diagnostic tools and a variety of modalities for an accelerated recovery in this area of healing arts.</p>
<p>The question is:  What exactly is the goal, intent, and purpose of medical science, and the AMA??<br />
Healing doesn’t seem to be one of them.</p>
<p>What have you chosen?</p>
<p>Again, insurances, institutions, boards… are MAN-MADE-CONSTRUCTS.  They are NOT absolutes.  They are NOT required in reality, nor in and of themselves.  WE have allowed them to be and grow like weeds – in the meantime the few grow rich from our tragedies – literally controlling our lives.  We convert them from concepts to concrete, imbedding them as fixed structures and architectures into every facet of our lives, forgetting they were initiated to serve US, NOT to enslave us.</p>
<p>The millions of doctors should ban together and strike in the name of ethics… in the name of humanity… to put a stop to this insanity – see what results we’ll have then.  This must be done in one sweep to get immediate and permanent results.  What do we have to lose – we are ill and dying anyway!  Imagine what power – the millions of you against the few of them.  You have allowed AMA and the insurance industry to dictate to you like puppets, robbing your trusting patients of their well being and future – and robbing YOU of your hard work and intrinsic cognitive ability to create better circumstances.  No construct that undermines the well being of humanity should be allowed to exist.  Better yet….the millions of patients should pool their premiums together… hey, just like insurances….see how much more we can get accomplished with our profits (from investing).  If someone has the fearlessness  and resources to initiate all this – good-bye AMA , FDA, CDC, EPA as we know it!  You have my support.<br />
Wake up!  All of you.</p>
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		<title>Comment on The Little Purple Pill Problem by E. Cecil</title>
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		<dc:creator>E. Cecil</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:41:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have been on Prilosec/generic for about 6 months now, and it&#039;s been really good for me. I am natural remedies certified, but I was born with genetic dysfunctions that gave me all the bad symptoms of diarrhea, GERD, heartburn, esophageal scarring, anal burning, and hemorrhoids that all finally went away with the Omeprazole. Recently I found I can live with taking it every other day since it is a slow release med. I check my labs and make sure that my nails and bones are still strong. But nothing else gets me into the doctors office accept for diagnosis. I prefer to treat/study my and my families ailments and treat naturally. Now if I could change my genetics....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have been on Prilosec/generic for about 6 months now, and it&#8217;s been really good for me. I am natural remedies certified, but I was born with genetic dysfunctions that gave me all the bad symptoms of diarrhea, GERD, heartburn, esophageal scarring, anal burning, and hemorrhoids that all finally went away with the Omeprazole. Recently I found I can live with taking it every other day since it is a slow release med. I check my labs and make sure that my nails and bones are still strong. But nothing else gets me into the doctors office accept for diagnosis. I prefer to treat/study my and my families ailments and treat naturally. Now if I could change my genetics&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Death in a White Coat by Christine Cox</title>
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		<dc:creator>Christine Cox</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:48:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I agree - the damage and death caused by the modern practice of medicine could not possibly go unnoticed if there was some interest in human welfare on the part of the government. It is too obvious. I think the gardisil vaccine has something to do with curbing fertility, too. The people are just like sheep, assuming that the system is there to help them and protect them, not realizing that instead of getting better, they are getting sicker, new health problems, being prescribed more drugs, and on and on. The &quot;boiled frog&quot; syndrome.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree &#8211; the damage and death caused by the modern practice of medicine could not possibly go unnoticed if there was some interest in human welfare on the part of the government. It is too obvious. I think the gardisil vaccine has something to do with curbing fertility, too. The people are just like sheep, assuming that the system is there to help them and protect them, not realizing that instead of getting better, they are getting sicker, new health problems, being prescribed more drugs, and on and on. The &#8220;boiled frog&#8221; syndrome.</p>
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		<title>Comment on The Little Purple Pill Problem by Christine Cox</title>
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		<dc:creator>Christine Cox</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:18:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The drug companies have hijacked the whole health care system and the FDA and CDC and brainwashed the state medical boards and physicians. If a doctor were to advise a patient to simply take a tablespoon of raw apple cider vinegar before each meal, eat properly and supplement with Betain HCL and probiotics, think of the money and human suffering it would save; but the doctor would probably lose his license for practicing &quot;outside of the standard of care&quot;. Keep up the good work to raise public awareness.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The drug companies have hijacked the whole health care system and the FDA and CDC and brainwashed the state medical boards and physicians. If a doctor were to advise a patient to simply take a tablespoon of raw apple cider vinegar before each meal, eat properly and supplement with Betain HCL and probiotics, think of the money and human suffering it would save; but the doctor would probably lose his license for practicing &#8220;outside of the standard of care&#8221;. Keep up the good work to raise public awareness.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Cancer, Chemo, and Crony Capitalism by Erika</title>
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		<dc:creator>Erika</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:09:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Being a holistic physician myself; by the time I see a cancer patient, unfortunately there is no more money for them to even get a course of vitamin C iv&#039;s.. (which run about 100-150 dollars a pop) $1600 or so a week .  (compared to maybe one chemo treatment or maybe half of one).They are so brainwashed by their oncologists, that the reality of having an extended life never even occurs to them .They are told that vitamins and antioxidants are bad while on chemo or radiation. They have never been told by their docs that &quot;hey...the sugar is feeding the cancer...or..lets stop eating everything from packagest, cans and boxes. .some of them are suspicious but most of them are just plain worn out.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Being a holistic physician myself; by the time I see a cancer patient, unfortunately there is no more money for them to even get a course of vitamin C iv&#8217;s.. (which run about 100-150 dollars a pop) $1600 or so a week .  (compared to maybe one chemo treatment or maybe half of one).They are so brainwashed by their oncologists, that the reality of having an extended life never even occurs to them .They are told that vitamins and antioxidants are bad while on chemo or radiation. They have never been told by their docs that &#8220;hey&#8230;the sugar is feeding the cancer&#8230;or..lets stop eating everything from packagest, cans and boxes. .some of them are suspicious but most of them are just plain worn out.</p>
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		<title>Comment on AMA’s Government-Protected Monopoly Squeezes Out Alternative Medicine by Lou</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lou</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:54:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Allopathic approaches  are mostly indicated when the patient is near deaths door. Incidentally most cancer victims have decades to clean up their lives to defeat cancer. A little pro-action is required. 

CHRONIC problems are almost NEVER helped by putting POISONS into a patient. Putting POISONS into a chronically ill patient is the standard of medical care. Education of the patient in nutrition, prevention, and the true risks of allopathy is almost NEVER given as care.

The public has to understand this and HAS to reject it. Allopathic medicine HAS to be rejected by the patient IMO for 95% of his problems. It takes an informed patient to know the 5% of the medical problems to trust to allopathy. 

The patient has an IMMENSE responsibility he MUST not expect to be given a pill for MOST health problems to include CVD, Cancer, HBP, joint pain and headaches.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Allopathic approaches  are mostly indicated when the patient is near deaths door. Incidentally most cancer victims have decades to clean up their lives to defeat cancer. A little pro-action is required. </p>
<p>CHRONIC problems are almost NEVER helped by putting POISONS into a patient. Putting POISONS into a chronically ill patient is the standard of medical care. Education of the patient in nutrition, prevention, and the true risks of allopathy is almost NEVER given as care.</p>
<p>The public has to understand this and HAS to reject it. Allopathic medicine HAS to be rejected by the patient IMO for 95% of his problems. It takes an informed patient to know the 5% of the medical problems to trust to allopathy. </p>
<p>The patient has an IMMENSE responsibility he MUST not expect to be given a pill for MOST health problems to include CVD, Cancer, HBP, joint pain and headaches.</p>
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		<title>Comment on AMA’s Government-Protected Monopoly Squeezes Out Alternative Medicine by Lou</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lou</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:31:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>LOL!

I propose a new designation for sold out politicos. ie. Senator Trent Lott NWO 77%</description>
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<p>I propose a new designation for sold out politicos. ie. Senator Trent Lott NWO 77%</p>
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		<title>Comment on AMA’s Government-Protected Monopoly Squeezes Out Alternative Medicine by Dr. William Thomas</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dr. William Thomas</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:44:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I will post this on my twitter page, facebook and send this to my patients.  Thanks for letting me know.  I will be adding things like this to my site as well as other things.  http://www.drtchiro.com 
www.twitter.com/drtchiro</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I will post this on my twitter page, facebook and send this to my patients.  Thanks for letting me know.  I will be adding things like this to my site as well as other things.  <a href="http://www.drtchiro.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.drtchiro.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.twitter.com/drtchiro" rel="nofollow">http://www.twitter.com/drtchiro</a></p>
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		<title>Comment on AMA’s Government-Protected Monopoly Squeezes Out Alternative Medicine by Leona Hill</title>
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		<dc:creator>Leona Hill</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:54:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Right on, Fernando!!  Very well said.</description>
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		<title>Comment on AMA’s Government-Protected Monopoly Squeezes Out Alternative Medicine by Susan Fleming</title>
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		<dc:creator>Susan Fleming</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:52:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>One of my dogs was diagnosed with cancer 3.5 years ago.  Three veterinarians gave him one year or less to live.  Two of the veterinarians suggested that he be treated with radiation and the third veterinarian, who has a homeopathic/holistic practice, said that the type of cancer my dog had could be treated with homeopathic supplements.  My dog lived 2.5 years longer than expected on natural supplements.  

Now, I also take a wide range of homeopathic supplements and many of the ailments that used to afflict me no longer do.  I believe in proactive rather than reactive health care.  Actually, the so called health care system that we depend on for our health is actually a &quot;sickness care system.&quot;  Very few allopathic doctors provide information about how we can proactively take care of our health.  They provide &quot;bandages&quot; for sickness because that&#039;s how they make a living.  They need to see patients frequently.  Healthy people don&#039;t earn them a salary.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One of my dogs was diagnosed with cancer 3.5 years ago.  Three veterinarians gave him one year or less to live.  Two of the veterinarians suggested that he be treated with radiation and the third veterinarian, who has a homeopathic/holistic practice, said that the type of cancer my dog had could be treated with homeopathic supplements.  My dog lived 2.5 years longer than expected on natural supplements.  </p>
<p>Now, I also take a wide range of homeopathic supplements and many of the ailments that used to afflict me no longer do.  I believe in proactive rather than reactive health care.  Actually, the so called health care system that we depend on for our health is actually a &#8220;sickness care system.&#8221;  Very few allopathic doctors provide information about how we can proactively take care of our health.  They provide &#8220;bandages&#8221; for sickness because that&#8217;s how they make a living.  They need to see patients frequently.  Healthy people don&#8217;t earn them a salary.</p>
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		<title>Comment on AMA’s Government-Protected Monopoly Squeezes Out Alternative Medicine by Linda</title>
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		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:17:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thank you for pushing for this change and for informing the public of the bottlenecks in this process.  It would seem that doctors would also want to push for this type of change to the system.  If a doctor cannot get paid for a service that is not &#039;seemingly&#039; covered in the CPT codes, it would make sense that he would have to chose to &#039;indudge&#039; your medical history with a skewed &#039;code&#039; just to be paid for his services.  I wouldn&#039;t want my doctors to have to chose between receiving no payment vs. induldging my &#039;history&#039; with a code that doesn&#039;t really fit my diagnosis, just to get paid for services.  I hope that doctors recognize that it would make more sense, be more accurate, and be much easier to get paid for services, if the ABC codes were incorporated, and hopefully they too will push for this to occur.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for pushing for this change and for informing the public of the bottlenecks in this process.  It would seem that doctors would also want to push for this type of change to the system.  If a doctor cannot get paid for a service that is not &#8217;seemingly&#8217; covered in the CPT codes, it would make sense that he would have to chose to &#8216;indudge&#8217; your medical history with a skewed &#8216;code&#8217; just to be paid for his services.  I wouldn&#8217;t want my doctors to have to chose between receiving no payment vs. induldging my &#8216;history&#8217; with a code that doesn&#8217;t really fit my diagnosis, just to get paid for services.  I hope that doctors recognize that it would make more sense, be more accurate, and be much easier to get paid for services, if the ABC codes were incorporated, and hopefully they too will push for this to occur.</p>
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		<title>Comment on AMA’s Government-Protected Monopoly Squeezes Out Alternative Medicine by Julie Figueroa</title>
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		<dc:creator>Julie Figueroa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:03:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You don;t have to stop accepting Medicare and insurance.  All you have to do is sign the petition.  We the patients will continue paying your bills in the meantime, as we always have.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You don;t have to stop accepting Medicare and insurance.  All you have to do is sign the petition.  We the patients will continue paying your bills in the meantime, as we always have.</p>
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		<title>Comment on AMA’s Government-Protected Monopoly Squeezes Out Alternative Medicine by Sandra</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sandra</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:33:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I don&#039;t want insurance to pay for alternatives. They are affordable right now, and once the medical establishment gets hold of it, it will no longer resemble alternatives.  Keep using the medical establishment if you want.  I just want the FDA and the FTC to stay out of the alternative industry and let me choose them freely.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t want insurance to pay for alternatives. They are affordable right now, and once the medical establishment gets hold of it, it will no longer resemble alternatives.  Keep using the medical establishment if you want.  I just want the FDA and the FTC to stay out of the alternative industry and let me choose them freely.</p>
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		<title>Comment on The Little Purple Pill Problem by Harry D. Kline</title>
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		<dc:creator>Harry D. Kline</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:10:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;ve been on prilosec, or a like version, for more than a dozen years. I have GERD and hiatal hernia with diagnosed &quot;Baretts&#039; esophagus&quot;. I&#039;ve followed the alternatives with the contention we have &quot;to little&quot; acid. Every time I try and get off of prilosec, with these methods, my restriction comes back and the reflux is the same old burning/scarring problem. Soooo I&#039;m concerned that there seems to not be a soloution to the problem, outside prilosec, and that these alternatives have not been well researched or improved upon and are merely continually put forth as the alternative to prilosec. I&#039;d like to find an actual effective alternative, as these seem completely worthless. I might add that I definately am NOT a proponent of prilosec as I&#039;m suffering the side effects but cannot get off it!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve been on prilosec, or a like version, for more than a dozen years. I have GERD and hiatal hernia with diagnosed &#8220;Baretts&#8217; esophagus&#8221;. I&#8217;ve followed the alternatives with the contention we have &#8220;to little&#8221; acid. Every time I try and get off of prilosec, with these methods, my restriction comes back and the reflux is the same old burning/scarring problem. Soooo I&#8217;m concerned that there seems to not be a soloution to the problem, outside prilosec, and that these alternatives have not been well researched or improved upon and are merely continually put forth as the alternative to prilosec. I&#8217;d like to find an actual effective alternative, as these seem completely worthless. I might add that I definately am NOT a proponent of prilosec as I&#8217;m suffering the side effects but cannot get off it!</p>
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		<title>Comment on AMA’s Government-Protected Monopoly Squeezes Out Alternative Medicine by Judith Howcroft</title>
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		<dc:creator>Judith Howcroft</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:10:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Squeezing out ... it goes beyond that!  Corporate rule is where it&#039;s at and it&#039;s time to push that out. Keep pushing until we win.  It&#039;s happening but a slow process.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Squeezing out &#8230; it goes beyond that!  Corporate rule is where it&#8217;s at and it&#8217;s time to push that out. Keep pushing until we win.  It&#8217;s happening but a slow process.</p>
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		<title>Comment on AMA’s Government-Protected Monopoly Squeezes Out Alternative Medicine by Kevin O'Brien</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kevin O'Brien</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:45:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And how do practices, some thousands of years old, become &quot;alternative&quot; to those that are merely 100-150 years old?  I resent the fact that time tested and effective modalities are mislabeled this way.  This automatically leaves these modalities at a disadvantage in society and within the system.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And how do practices, some thousands of years old, become &#8220;alternative&#8221; to those that are merely 100-150 years old?  I resent the fact that time tested and effective modalities are mislabeled this way.  This automatically leaves these modalities at a disadvantage in society and within the system.</p>
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		<title>Comment on The Little Purple Pill Problem by Elizabeth</title>
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		<dc:creator>Elizabeth</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:15:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is a no shocker.  I&#039;ve been very aware of the political and profit driven behavior of drug companies for far too long.  Here&#039;s another example:  Eli Lilly&#039;s patent on Prozac (fluoxetine) expired in the United States in August 2001 prompting an influx of generic drugs onto the market. Prozac was rebranded &quot;Sarafem&quot; for the treatment of PMDD in an attempt to stem the post-patent decrease in Eli Lilly&#039;s sales of Fluoxetine.  What really concerned me was that there were women who were already taking &#039; Prozac&#039; that were also prescribed &#039; Sarafem&#039; for PMDD.  These women were receiving a double dose and it made me realize how dumbed down our doctors are today. Drug companies fund medical schools/education and  so is it no surprise that doctors graduate as loyal drug pushers?  They are brainwashed from day 1 to believe that these companies are there to help them be better health care providers.    

Years ago after the Vioxx scandal, doctors began switching their patients to the other new drug, Celebrex. How ridiculous was that?  Why do people entrust their lives  under a dr&#039;s care?  I think we need to constantly remind ourselves that we are very gullible and motivated by fear of the unknown as well as desperate when we or our loved ones are ill.   Doctors are just gullible  people  with medical degrees and that doesn&#039;t make them good doctors anymore than it makes them a good auto mechanic  If you suddenly don&#039;t have a car to drive and you visit an auto dealer and the salesman knows your in a desperate pinch, do you really believe that the salesman will have compassion for you and give you a better deal? Of course not.  The sales person will capitalize on your desperate need for a car. . Don&#039;t be intimidated by a physician&#039;s diploma. The doctor patient relationship often fuels the haughty arrogance of the medical community because we tend to treat them as if they are above us in some way.  Get real.  At one time I actually believed that doctors were scientists with a passion driven desire to solve a person&#039;s illness by applying their knowledge. Doctors are NOT scientists. . Now, I&#039;ve truly accepted that going to a doctor OR veterinary doctor today is really going to amount to nothing beneficial.  It&#039;s a waste of money but even more so, it&#039;s become dangerous and life threatening.  The Obama administration has done nothing to reform healthcare.  All they did was reform Big Insurance ( with their interests ultimately protected). Last night on Larry King,  Michael Moore talked about how we have allowed corporations  to become the US Government.That statement is SO true.   And Americans are concerned about becoming a socialist republic? Please, we are already a socialist republic governed AND controlled by corporations who have NO interest in our well-being. AKA Fascism.  Come on America!  Use your logical mind, listen to your heart and do something to put an end to this NOW!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is a no shocker.  I&#8217;ve been very aware of the political and profit driven behavior of drug companies for far too long.  Here&#8217;s another example:  Eli Lilly&#8217;s patent on Prozac (fluoxetine) expired in the United States in August 2001 prompting an influx of generic drugs onto the market. Prozac was rebranded &#8220;Sarafem&#8221; for the treatment of PMDD in an attempt to stem the post-patent decrease in Eli Lilly&#8217;s sales of Fluoxetine.  What really concerned me was that there were women who were already taking &#8216; Prozac&#8217; that were also prescribed &#8216; Sarafem&#8217; for PMDD.  These women were receiving a double dose and it made me realize how dumbed down our doctors are today. Drug companies fund medical schools/education and  so is it no surprise that doctors graduate as loyal drug pushers?  They are brainwashed from day 1 to believe that these companies are there to help them be better health care providers.    </p>
<p>Years ago after the Vioxx scandal, doctors began switching their patients to the other new drug, Celebrex. How ridiculous was that?  Why do people entrust their lives  under a dr&#8217;s care?  I think we need to constantly remind ourselves that we are very gullible and motivated by fear of the unknown as well as desperate when we or our loved ones are ill.   Doctors are just gullible  people  with medical degrees and that doesn&#8217;t make them good doctors anymore than it makes them a good auto mechanic  If you suddenly don&#8217;t have a car to drive and you visit an auto dealer and the salesman knows your in a desperate pinch, do you really believe that the salesman will have compassion for you and give you a better deal? Of course not.  The sales person will capitalize on your desperate need for a car. . Don&#8217;t be intimidated by a physician&#8217;s diploma. The doctor patient relationship often fuels the haughty arrogance of the medical community because we tend to treat them as if they are above us in some way.  Get real.  At one time I actually believed that doctors were scientists with a passion driven desire to solve a person&#8217;s illness by applying their knowledge. Doctors are NOT scientists. . Now, I&#8217;ve truly accepted that going to a doctor OR veterinary doctor today is really going to amount to nothing beneficial.  It&#8217;s a waste of money but even more so, it&#8217;s become dangerous and life threatening.  The Obama administration has done nothing to reform healthcare.  All they did was reform Big Insurance ( with their interests ultimately protected). Last night on Larry King,  Michael Moore talked about how we have allowed corporations  to become the US Government.That statement is SO true.   And Americans are concerned about becoming a socialist republic? Please, we are already a socialist republic governed AND controlled by corporations who have NO interest in our well-being. AKA Fascism.  Come on America!  Use your logical mind, listen to your heart and do something to put an end to this NOW!</p>
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		<title>Comment on AMA’s Government-Protected Monopoly Squeezes Out Alternative Medicine by Nancy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Nancy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:28:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If the ABC codes are different from the CPT codes and include integrative medicine treatments and evaluations, but the CPT does not, how can the ABC codes be converted to CPT codes without risking inaccurate or fraudulent CPT coding, putting the M.D. integrative medical practitioner (like me) at risk?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If the ABC codes are different from the CPT codes and include integrative medicine treatments and evaluations, but the CPT does not, how can the ABC codes be converted to CPT codes without risking inaccurate or fraudulent CPT coding, putting the M.D. integrative medical practitioner (like me) at risk?</p>
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		<title>Comment on AMA’s Government-Protected Monopoly Squeezes Out Alternative Medicine by Chatham H. Forbes Sr.</title>
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		<dc:creator>Chatham H. Forbes Sr.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:23:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Push without letup to correct this injustice. Don&#039;t get mad get even! Chatham H. Forbes Sr.</description>
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		<title>Comment on AMA’s Government-Protected Monopoly Squeezes Out Alternative Medicine by glory</title>
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		<dc:creator>glory</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 05:11:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>what&#039;s so special about allopathic medicine - they treat a symptom without investigating what is the true source of the problem. Then they layer on additional medication for all the side effects from the original medication. I jumped the allopathic wagon 4 years ago and its the best thing I ever did I have never felt so good.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>what&#8217;s so special about allopathic medicine &#8211; they treat a symptom without investigating what is the true source of the problem. Then they layer on additional medication for all the side effects from the original medication. I jumped the allopathic wagon 4 years ago and its the best thing I ever did I have never felt so good.</p>
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		<title>Comment on The Little Purple Pill Problem by Lowell</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lowell</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:53:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Your reply regarding bone density drugs, etc. to treat bone density problems are true. Our bones have two special cells that work together to maintain the health and density of bone tissue. One cell makes new cells in areas that need replenishment or strength, build-up cells. The other cell eats weakened or damaged bone cells, demo-cells. This is what these drugs do. They inhibit the production of the demo-cells allowing the bone to appear larger. This bone becomes spongy and pourus and increases the risk of breaking because of the weakness. I am glad to have prevented my mother&#039;s medical doctor from putting her on Fosamax.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Your reply regarding bone density drugs, etc. to treat bone density problems are true. Our bones have two special cells that work together to maintain the health and density of bone tissue. One cell makes new cells in areas that need replenishment or strength, build-up cells. The other cell eats weakened or damaged bone cells, demo-cells. This is what these drugs do. They inhibit the production of the demo-cells allowing the bone to appear larger. This bone becomes spongy and pourus and increases the risk of breaking because of the weakness. I am glad to have prevented my mother&#8217;s medical doctor from putting her on Fosamax.</p>
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		<title>Comment on AMA’s Government-Protected Monopoly Squeezes Out Alternative Medicine by Sally G</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sally G</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:22:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If I read the article correctly, you missed the point.  It appears that doctors can simply start using the ABC codes, possibly still in conjunction with CPT codes if there is no equivalent (I am not a medical professional, so I read this as an interested amateur), and the ABC will make the required conversion.  Yes, it will mean familiarizing yourself with new codes (or your staff, if any, doing so), but it would seem to offer both doctors and clients more of a choice—at my level of understanding, it seems worthwhile.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If I read the article correctly, you missed the point.  It appears that doctors can simply start using the ABC codes, possibly still in conjunction with CPT codes if there is no equivalent (I am not a medical professional, so I read this as an interested amateur), and the ABC will make the required conversion.  Yes, it will mean familiarizing yourself with new codes (or your staff, if any, doing so), but it would seem to offer both doctors and clients more of a choice—at my level of understanding, it seems worthwhile.</p>
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		<title>Comment on AMA’s Government-Protected Monopoly Squeezes Out Alternative Medicine by Akebono Airth</title>
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		<dc:creator>Akebono Airth</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:06:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Most allopathic so-called &quot;cures&quot; involve the masking of symptoms with drugs so the patient doesn&#039;t have to suffer. However, the medications used to mask these  symptoms have side-effects that create new illnesses. This is not what healing is supposed to do. 

I have no desire to be attended by an allopathic physician; allopathy, or conventional medicine, is not traditional medicine, which is the only way to truly heal. Yet many who have taken the hypocratic oath are also involved in trying to regulate the sale of herbs and homeopathic remedies because they don&#039;t really care if people heal -- they&#039;re just interested in their bottom-line.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Most allopathic so-called &#8220;cures&#8221; involve the masking of symptoms with drugs so the patient doesn&#8217;t have to suffer. However, the medications used to mask these  symptoms have side-effects that create new illnesses. This is not what healing is supposed to do. </p>
<p>I have no desire to be attended by an allopathic physician; allopathy, or conventional medicine, is not traditional medicine, which is the only way to truly heal. Yet many who have taken the hypocratic oath are also involved in trying to regulate the sale of herbs and homeopathic remedies because they don&#8217;t really care if people heal &#8212; they&#8217;re just interested in their bottom-line.</p>
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		<dc:creator>Donna Appel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:18:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yeah Lou.  I couldn&#039;t have said it better.  I&#039;m with you.  Whatever works - however, it won&#039;t make anyone rich and I think at this time in our history, the focus needs to be off of money and on to compassion and quality of life.  It takes a village and I&#039;m looking for mine right now.  Anyone care to join me.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah Lou.  I couldn&#8217;t have said it better.  I&#8217;m with you.  Whatever works &#8211; however, it won&#8217;t make anyone rich and I think at this time in our history, the focus needs to be off of money and on to compassion and quality of life.  It takes a village and I&#8217;m looking for mine right now.  Anyone care to join me.</p>
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		<dc:creator>Donna Appel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:16:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Cheers to you for speaking out.  The AMA and the FDA only know what is best for them and their powers that be.  We just line their pocketbooks.  I agree on the German connection.  That is how I am feeling.  I certainly no longer think that the USA is the land of the free but it is certainly is the home of the brave.  It takes bravery to stand up against these criminals.  Thank you for helping by doing that and not sticking your head in the sand.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cheers to you for speaking out.  The AMA and the FDA only know what is best for them and their powers that be.  We just line their pocketbooks.  I agree on the German connection.  That is how I am feeling.  I certainly no longer think that the USA is the land of the free but it is certainly is the home of the brave.  It takes bravery to stand up against these criminals.  Thank you for helping by doing that and not sticking your head in the sand.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Death in a White Coat by Alan Brezin</title>
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		<dc:creator>Alan Brezin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:06:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Frank great point! I have been wondering about the same thing.  I had a heart transplant due to a congenital heart defect that caused heart failure later in life. I take several nutritional supplements and exercise moderately everyday and I am now 62 and doing very well 16 years after my transplant.  I was several times turned down for a transplant by different  transplant centers because they didn&#039;t think I would survive for very long after and they didn&#039;t want to waste a heart on me they said.  I believe they were concerned about their statistics mainly.  I believe I am thriving because of my good nutrition, attitude, and healthy lifestyle which no one in the medical community seems to care to formally study.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Frank great point! I have been wondering about the same thing.  I had a heart transplant due to a congenital heart defect that caused heart failure later in life. I take several nutritional supplements and exercise moderately everyday and I am now 62 and doing very well 16 years after my transplant.  I was several times turned down for a transplant by different  transplant centers because they didn&#8217;t think I would survive for very long after and they didn&#8217;t want to waste a heart on me they said.  I believe they were concerned about their statistics mainly.  I believe I am thriving because of my good nutrition, attitude, and healthy lifestyle which no one in the medical community seems to care to formally study.</p>
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		<title>Comment on AMA’s Government-Protected Monopoly Squeezes Out Alternative Medicine by Cheryl Foster</title>
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		<dc:creator>Cheryl Foster</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Amen to that.  There needs to be more doctors that practice alternative medicine.  And the
insurance companies need to be forced to help pay for alternative medicine, which does not have
all the side effects that the other medicines have.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Amen to that.  There needs to be more doctors that practice alternative medicine.  And the<br />
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		<title>Comment on AMA’s Government-Protected Monopoly Squeezes Out Alternative Medicine by elizabeth</title>
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		<dc:creator>elizabeth</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:27:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have great insurance. I almost never collect  or even use it because I always opt for the scans and CTs that actually show more, are more thorough and are  one time tests and insurance doesn&#039;t cover them.  BTW, these tests are way less invasive to your health.  I use alternative therapies mostly and never have complications and they are effective.  Strange, but true, this is almost never the case in my with allopathic experience.  In fact, my experience has shown allopathic treatments to be &quot;devils&quot; of cure and run a goose chase marathon and really racks up the totals! Totally support allopathic trauma care -  in the hands and hearts of the most educated, experienced, honorable allopathic..</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have great insurance. I almost never collect  or even use it because I always opt for the scans and CTs that actually show more, are more thorough and are  one time tests and insurance doesn&#8217;t cover them.  BTW, these tests are way less invasive to your health.  I use alternative therapies mostly and never have complications and they are effective.  Strange, but true, this is almost never the case in my with allopathic experience.  In fact, my experience has shown allopathic treatments to be &#8220;devils&#8221; of cure and run a goose chase marathon and really racks up the totals! Totally support allopathic trauma care &#8211;  in the hands and hearts of the most educated, experienced, honorable allopathic..</p>
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		<title>Comment on The Little Purple Pill Problem by elizabeth</title>
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		<dc:creator>elizabeth</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:15:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Just follow meals with a diluted lemon or lime juice  or unfiltered apple cider vinegar.  Good grief, I have insurance, but it pays for nothing that I do to keep myself healthy. The last four drugs that I have been prescribed over the last few years created such reactions that I was taken off almost immediately and all are  in &quot;BLack Box&quot; warnings now.  Had I stayed on them, irreversible and devastating consequence might have been my experience.  What a con.  Our diets and our doctors should be researched and followed as though our lives depend on the research and practice of actual health practice.  It does.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just follow meals with a diluted lemon or lime juice  or unfiltered apple cider vinegar.  Good grief, I have insurance, but it pays for nothing that I do to keep myself healthy. The last four drugs that I have been prescribed over the last few years created such reactions that I was taken off almost immediately and all are  in &#8220;BLack Box&#8221; warnings now.  Had I stayed on them, irreversible and devastating consequence might have been my experience.  What a con.  Our diets and our doctors should be researched and followed as though our lives depend on the research and practice of actual health practice.  It does.</p>
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		<title>Comment on The Little Purple Pill Problem by Joseph C Moore Cpo USN Ret</title>
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		<dc:creator>Joseph C Moore Cpo USN Ret</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:40:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Scandalous indeed!  The  public be damned when it comes to money for the pols, government and drug companies.</description>
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		<title>Comment on AMA’s Government-Protected Monopoly Squeezes Out Alternative Medicine by Joseph C Moore Cpo USN Ret</title>
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		<dc:creator>Joseph C Moore Cpo USN Ret</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:36:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I like the baking sod versus chemotherapy analogy.  All the government agencies are powered by drug company lobby money (bribes, in effect), and suppress any alternative treatment (that may be quantitatively more effective) but do not generate money to satisfy the greed of the government and the empowering drug companies.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I like the baking sod versus chemotherapy analogy.  All the government agencies are powered by drug company lobby money (bribes, in effect), and suppress any alternative treatment (that may be quantitatively more effective) but do not generate money to satisfy the greed of the government and the empowering drug companies.</p>
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		<title>Comment on The Little Purple Pill Problem by Lydia Freund</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lydia Freund</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:11:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am so tired of paying for other people&#039;s lifestyle disorders, which are preventable.  Poor eating habits, smoking, drinking, drugging (legal and illegal) are all preventable habits the results of which we all as American taxpayers pay for.  I am so tired of Americans refusing to believe that pesticide and herbicide residues on their commercially grown food cause them problems as they accumulate in the fatty tissues.  I am tired of Americans thinking that agribusiness has America&#039;s best interests in mind, that the FDA protects us from tainted food, the unknown effects of GMOs and ill-conceived drug treatments.  WAKE UP.  WRITE TO THE PRESIDENT, WRITE TO TOM VILSACK, WRITE TO THE FDA.  DEMAND THAT THEY DO THEIR JOBS!  Stop buying gmo food, stop buying Monsanto products.  Put the Out OF Business by not buying any of it.  Vote with your dollars.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am so tired of paying for other people&#8217;s lifestyle disorders, which are preventable.  Poor eating habits, smoking, drinking, drugging (legal and illegal) are all preventable habits the results of which we all as American taxpayers pay for.  I am so tired of Americans refusing to believe that pesticide and herbicide residues on their commercially grown food cause them problems as they accumulate in the fatty tissues.  I am tired of Americans thinking that agribusiness has America&#8217;s best interests in mind, that the FDA protects us from tainted food, the unknown effects of GMOs and ill-conceived drug treatments.  WAKE UP.  WRITE TO THE PRESIDENT, WRITE TO TOM VILSACK, WRITE TO THE FDA.  DEMAND THAT THEY DO THEIR JOBS!  Stop buying gmo food, stop buying Monsanto products.  Put the Out OF Business by not buying any of it.  Vote with your dollars.</p>
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		<dc:creator>Catherine Critz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:07:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I take dycyclomine or bentyl.  I did take Prilosec at one time on the advice of my doctor who treated my gastric problems.  He switched me to Prevacid.  He later switched me to Ranitidine.  I take it now once in the morning and once in the evening.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I take dycyclomine or bentyl.  I did take Prilosec at one time on the advice of my doctor who treated my gastric problems.  He switched me to Prevacid.  He later switched me to Ranitidine.  I take it now once in the morning and once in the evening.</p>
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		<title>Comment on The Little Purple Pill Problem by Julie R</title>
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		<dc:creator>Julie R</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:58:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Far too many MDs do not even bother to learn anything about drugs.  At best they make notes based on what the rep tells them, and that seems to be the end of it.  Pardon the bad pun, but Nexium really sticks in my craw with regard to one such MD.

I had been suffering terribly from joint pain (osteoarthritis due to overuse).  On the MD&#039;s advice, I took ibuprophen for the pain - as little as I could tolerate - but it started causing GI bleeding.  So I asked him for a more effective pain medication that would be easier on my GI tract.  He prescribed Celebrex, of all things - a little something to exacerbate my GI bleeding (AND aggravate my allergy to sulfanamides).  How nice.  In concert with that, he prescribed Nexium which he thought would counteract the GI bleeding.  What an idiot.  I never set foot in his office again, and never paid my final balance.

There really has GOT to be a law.  Between their suppressed negative outcomes of drug trials and their aggressive marketing - neither of which contribute to improved patient outcomes - Big Pharma needs to get a thorough housecleaning.  It would also help tremendously if their ties to academic institutions - med schools in particular - could be completely severed.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Far too many MDs do not even bother to learn anything about drugs.  At best they make notes based on what the rep tells them, and that seems to be the end of it.  Pardon the bad pun, but Nexium really sticks in my craw with regard to one such MD.</p>
<p>I had been suffering terribly from joint pain (osteoarthritis due to overuse).  On the MD&#8217;s advice, I took ibuprophen for the pain &#8211; as little as I could tolerate &#8211; but it started causing GI bleeding.  So I asked him for a more effective pain medication that would be easier on my GI tract.  He prescribed Celebrex, of all things &#8211; a little something to exacerbate my GI bleeding (AND aggravate my allergy to sulfanamides).  How nice.  In concert with that, he prescribed Nexium which he thought would counteract the GI bleeding.  What an idiot.  I never set foot in his office again, and never paid my final balance.</p>
<p>There really has GOT to be a law.  Between their suppressed negative outcomes of drug trials and their aggressive marketing &#8211; neither of which contribute to improved patient outcomes &#8211; Big Pharma needs to get a thorough housecleaning.  It would also help tremendously if their ties to academic institutions &#8211; med schools in particular &#8211; could be completely severed.</p>
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		<title>Comment on AMA’s Government-Protected Monopoly Squeezes Out Alternative Medicine by Donna Appel</title>
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		<dc:creator>Donna Appel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:41:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I second that comment.</description>
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		<title>Comment on AMA’s Government-Protected Monopoly Squeezes Out Alternative Medicine by Donna Appel</title>
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		<dc:creator>Donna Appel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:41:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>How else do you think change is going to happen.  If we keep doing the same thing over and over, we will keep getting the same results over and over.  Who pays my bills?  I&#039;ll tell you who, me.  No one else.  I pay $400 a month for insurance I can&#039;t even use.  I have been doing this for years and years.  I won&#039;t cave in to allopathic medicine though.  I want the right to choose.  I want my insurance to be as good as anyone else in terms of having a choice.  Right now I don&#039;t have a choice.  I either pay or I don&#039;t get to use homeopathic medicine.  I&#039;ll never give up that right even if I have to live on a park bench to do it.  Stand up for what you believe in and quit worrying about paying bills.  It isn&#039;t just about the money - thank goodness.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How else do you think change is going to happen.  If we keep doing the same thing over and over, we will keep getting the same results over and over.  Who pays my bills?  I&#8217;ll tell you who, me.  No one else.  I pay $400 a month for insurance I can&#8217;t even use.  I have been doing this for years and years.  I won&#8217;t cave in to allopathic medicine though.  I want the right to choose.  I want my insurance to be as good as anyone else in terms of having a choice.  Right now I don&#8217;t have a choice.  I either pay or I don&#8217;t get to use homeopathic medicine.  I&#8217;ll never give up that right even if I have to live on a park bench to do it.  Stand up for what you believe in and quit worrying about paying bills.  It isn&#8217;t just about the money &#8211; thank goodness.</p>
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		<title>Comment on The Little Purple Pill Problem by Dr. Carol Robin</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dr. Carol Robin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:44:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I agree that it is scandalous that these drugs - originally intended to be prescribed for short term (4-8 weeks) treatment are now being prescribed for years or indefinitely. The long term effects include multiple nutritional deficiencies due to the inability to absorb nutrients properly. 

 I have seen patients who have been on long term acid-blocking drugs presenting with iron deficiency anemia, zinc deficiency, osteoporosis, chronic diarrhea, chronic stomach pain (ironic, isn&#039;t it!) H. Pylori infections, fatigue, etc. The doctors who prescribed the drugs for them generally tell them that their symptoms have nothing to do with the medication!

It is a symptom of the ignorance and arrogance of allopathic medicine that it does not consider the fact that we have stomach acid for a reason! It is necessary to digest food, absorb nutrients, and kill bacteria such as H. Pylori and also parasites. 

While it is difficult to get off of these medications, due to their tendency to cause a &#039;rebound effect of increased stomach acid for a while if you stop them abruptly, with the help of a knowledgeable holistic practitioner, it is quite possible. Using DGL Licorice and other supplements to heal and soothe the stomach lining can be very helpful.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree that it is scandalous that these drugs &#8211; originally intended to be prescribed for short term (4-8 weeks) treatment are now being prescribed for years or indefinitely. The long term effects include multiple nutritional deficiencies due to the inability to absorb nutrients properly. </p>
<p> I have seen patients who have been on long term acid-blocking drugs presenting with iron deficiency anemia, zinc deficiency, osteoporosis, chronic diarrhea, chronic stomach pain (ironic, isn&#8217;t it!) H. Pylori infections, fatigue, etc. The doctors who prescribed the drugs for them generally tell them that their symptoms have nothing to do with the medication!</p>
<p>It is a symptom of the ignorance and arrogance of allopathic medicine that it does not consider the fact that we have stomach acid for a reason! It is necessary to digest food, absorb nutrients, and kill bacteria such as H. Pylori and also parasites. </p>
<p>While it is difficult to get off of these medications, due to their tendency to cause a &#8216;rebound effect of increased stomach acid for a while if you stop them abruptly, with the help of a knowledgeable holistic practitioner, it is quite possible. Using DGL Licorice and other supplements to heal and soothe the stomach lining can be very helpful.</p>
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		<title>Comment on AMA’s Government-Protected Monopoly Squeezes Out Alternative Medicine by Sondra Braun</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sondra Braun</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:40:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have successfully treated my cancer with baking soda much to the oncologist and surgeons dismay. I allowed them to monitor my progress and the tests to prove my cancer is &quot;dead&#039; was all paid for by the insurance company at a whopping  $22,000. T he &quot;cure&quot; I paid out of pocket cost me approximately $40.00. $6.00 for the baking soda and  and the rest was for the pure maple syrup to mix it with.It took 5 months to kill it. This is all it should ever cost to cure cancer. No hair loss and no looking like an anorexic like the chemo patients.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have successfully treated my cancer with baking soda much to the oncologist and surgeons dismay. I allowed them to monitor my progress and the tests to prove my cancer is &#8220;dead&#8217; was all paid for by the insurance company at a whopping  $22,000. T he &#8220;cure&#8221; I paid out of pocket cost me approximately $40.00. $6.00 for the baking soda and  and the rest was for the pure maple syrup to mix it with.It took 5 months to kill it. This is all it should ever cost to cure cancer. No hair loss and no looking like an anorexic like the chemo patients.</p>
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		<title>Comment on AMA’s Government-Protected Monopoly Squeezes Out Alternative Medicine by Elene Gusch, DOM</title>
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		<dc:creator>Elene Gusch, DOM</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:39:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I don&#039;t pay anything, not a cent, to use CPT codes for billing.  You are being misleading when you say that this is a cost for doctors.  What does cost is buying software or books to get lists of the codes.

It&#039;s also not true that alternative medicine is &quot;completely squeezed out&quot; by the CPT codes.  There are codes for acupuncture and chiropractic.  There are also evaluation and management codes that can be used for office visits, irrespective of the type of treatment.

What IS true is that many types of treatment are left out of the CPT codes.  There is actually an international effort going on with WHO to remedy this.  

The ABC codes are a great idea, but since at this point very few insurers accept them, they haven&#039;t solved the problem so far.

Refusing to accept insurance accomplishes little except to make our services less accessible to patients.  For low-income patients this can be crucial.

Elene Gusch
Doctor of Oriental Medicine</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t pay anything, not a cent, to use CPT codes for billing.  You are being misleading when you say that this is a cost for doctors.  What does cost is buying software or books to get lists of the codes.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s also not true that alternative medicine is &#8220;completely squeezed out&#8221; by the CPT codes.  There are codes for acupuncture and chiropractic.  There are also evaluation and management codes that can be used for office visits, irrespective of the type of treatment.</p>
<p>What IS true is that many types of treatment are left out of the CPT codes.  There is actually an international effort going on with WHO to remedy this.  </p>
<p>The ABC codes are a great idea, but since at this point very few insurers accept them, they haven&#8217;t solved the problem so far.</p>
<p>Refusing to accept insurance accomplishes little except to make our services less accessible to patients.  For low-income patients this can be crucial.</p>
<p>Elene Gusch<br />
Doctor of Oriental Medicine</p>
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		<title>Comment on AMA’s Government-Protected Monopoly Squeezes Out Alternative Medicine by Lori</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lori</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:33:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yes. Where is the CHOICE which President Obama promised us?

Natural medicine is cheaper and safer than the FDA-approved pharmaceuticals which I call &#039;poison pills.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes. Where is the CHOICE which President Obama promised us?</p>
<p>Natural medicine is cheaper and safer than the FDA-approved pharmaceuticals which I call &#8216;poison pills.&#8221;</p>
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		<dc:creator>Robert Cruder</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:32:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>RE: &quot;Trent Lott (D–MS) &quot;

Retired Senator Trent Lott is probably surprised that he was a Democrat. He always claimed to be a Republican.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>RE: &#8220;Trent Lott (D–MS) &#8221;</p>
<p>Retired Senator Trent Lott is probably surprised that he was a Democrat. He always claimed to be a Republican.</p>
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		<title>Comment on The Little Purple Pill Problem by Joyce</title>
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		<dc:creator>Joyce</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:14:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Johann,

Can you please give me the name of the supplement you are taking for heartburn?

thank you!

Joyce</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Johann,</p>
<p>Can you please give me the name of the supplement you are taking for heartburn?</p>
<p>thank you!</p>
<p>Joyce</p>
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		<title>Comment on The Little Purple Pill Problem by Nadia Rains</title>
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		<dc:creator>Nadia Rains</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:07:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There are so many natural alternatives that are equal to or more effective with little or no side effects that need to be offered to American patients. Don&#039;t let the pharmaceutical industry run wellness in this country.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There are so many natural alternatives that are equal to or more effective with little or no side effects that need to be offered to American patients. Don&#8217;t let the pharmaceutical industry run wellness in this country.</p>
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		<title>Comment on The Little Purple Pill Problem by kerrie Waldron</title>
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		<dc:creator>kerrie Waldron</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:02:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Actually Proton Pump inhibitors are &#039;small potatoes&#039; for medical errors of history.

Western medicine&#039;s major reliance on vaccines is a fatally flawed paradigm. Vaccines are a major money earner for Pharmaceutical companies but play into a basic misunderstanding of how the immune system works.
The T1 system (in the gut) accounts for 80% of the immune system while blood born ,T2,accounts for less than 20%. Yet medical education is all about T2 immunity.Vaccines work exceptionally efficiently at heightening the T2 immune response-that;s what they&#039;re designed for. However, it is this hyper-response which plays out in the T2 system as asthma, allergies,seizures, anaphylaxis and the myriad of auto-immune disorders we&#039;re seeing at epidemic levels at present.

As the numbers of vaccines rise ,so does the &quot;victim count&quot;. The latest piece of breathtaking news was that Gardasil INCREASES the risk of cervical cancer! 

See Dr Natasha Campbell McBrides&quot; utube presentations on her &quot;Gut and Psychology Syndrome&quot; 
to begin to understand how TRUE immunity works.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Actually Proton Pump inhibitors are &#8217;small potatoes&#8217; for medical errors of history.</p>
<p>Western medicine&#8217;s major reliance on vaccines is a fatally flawed paradigm. Vaccines are a major money earner for Pharmaceutical companies but play into a basic misunderstanding of how the immune system works.<br />
The T1 system (in the gut) accounts for 80% of the immune system while blood born ,T2,accounts for less than 20%. Yet medical education is all about T2 immunity.Vaccines work exceptionally efficiently at heightening the T2 immune response-that;s what they&#8217;re designed for. However, it is this hyper-response which plays out in the T2 system as asthma, allergies,seizures, anaphylaxis and the myriad of auto-immune disorders we&#8217;re seeing at epidemic levels at present.</p>
<p>As the numbers of vaccines rise ,so does the &#8220;victim count&#8221;. The latest piece of breathtaking news was that Gardasil INCREASES the risk of cervical cancer! </p>
<p>See Dr Natasha Campbell McBrides&#8221; utube presentations on her &#8220;Gut and Psychology Syndrome&#8221;<br />
to begin to understand how TRUE immunity works.</p>
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		<title>Comment on AMA’s Government-Protected Monopoly Squeezes Out Alternative Medicine by Lou</title>
		<link>http://www.anh-usa.org/ama%e2%80%99s-government-protected-monopoly-squeezes-out-alternative-medicine/comment-page-1/#comment-9532</link>
		<dc:creator>Lou</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:32:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>They hold vast conferences and puzzle over how to cut health care costs. 

The answer is simplicity itself, open up the health care market to COMPETITION. 

If a doctor can successfully  treat cancer with baking soda let him. Chemo, which costs 10,000 to 15,000 per month, kills 98% of those treated. Can baking soda do worse? It sure costs less.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>They hold vast conferences and puzzle over how to cut health care costs. </p>
<p>The answer is simplicity itself, open up the health care market to COMPETITION. </p>
<p>If a doctor can successfully  treat cancer with baking soda let him. Chemo, which costs 10,000 to 15,000 per month, kills 98% of those treated. Can baking soda do worse? It sure costs less.</p>
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		<title>Comment on The Little Purple Pill Problem by Johann</title>
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		<dc:creator>Johann</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:03:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You&#039;re completely right about this! Heartburn seems to be caused by too little acid rather than too much. I&#039;ve been taking a health food supplement that includes enzymes and stomach acid whenever I have heartburn, and it turns it off right away. This has been clearly known for about 20 years, if I&#039;m remembering when I heard about this accurately.

And it is a BAD error for the medical community!

I just wish it were the major error! There are SO many more, and many of these errors have MUCH worse results for the American public!

The major two that I&#039;m aware of at the moment are using the group that includes drugs like Fosamax, Actonel, Boneva, etc. to treat bone density problems. These drugs have been proven to LOWER the density of bone formation and weaken bones. But the drug companies have misrepresented this drug as a cure for the very problem it creates!

The other is the lack of information on hypothyroidism for doctors, including and especially endocrynologists. They are given inaccurate tests that leave millions of people in this country suffering from undiagnosed low thyroid function so that the doctors can sell them drugs that inhibit all the bad symptoms, but leave the problem untouched so that the drug companies can profit by selling lots of cholesterol (if your cholesterol is high, your thyroid function IS low), antidepressants, weight loss products, laxatives, analgesics, and more.

All this, so drug companies can profit!

It&#039;s long past time that Americans change from drug company care to actual health care!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You&#8217;re completely right about this! Heartburn seems to be caused by too little acid rather than too much. I&#8217;ve been taking a health food supplement that includes enzymes and stomach acid whenever I have heartburn, and it turns it off right away. This has been clearly known for about 20 years, if I&#8217;m remembering when I heard about this accurately.</p>
<p>And it is a BAD error for the medical community!</p>
<p>I just wish it were the major error! There are SO many more, and many of these errors have MUCH worse results for the American public!</p>
<p>The major two that I&#8217;m aware of at the moment are using the group that includes drugs like Fosamax, Actonel, Boneva, etc. to treat bone density problems. These drugs have been proven to LOWER the density of bone formation and weaken bones. But the drug companies have misrepresented this drug as a cure for the very problem it creates!</p>
<p>The other is the lack of information on hypothyroidism for doctors, including and especially endocrynologists. They are given inaccurate tests that leave millions of people in this country suffering from undiagnosed low thyroid function so that the doctors can sell them drugs that inhibit all the bad symptoms, but leave the problem untouched so that the drug companies can profit by selling lots of cholesterol (if your cholesterol is high, your thyroid function IS low), antidepressants, weight loss products, laxatives, analgesics, and more.</p>
<p>All this, so drug companies can profit!</p>
<p>It&#8217;s long past time that Americans change from drug company care to actual health care!</p>
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		<title>Comment on AMA’s Government-Protected Monopoly Squeezes Out Alternative Medicine by Stand_Bear</title>
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		<dc:creator>Stand_Bear</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:01:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This kind of behavior reminds me of Nazi Germany.  What we do not like we suppress, by any means.  There are no real choices, or freedoms when it comes to being ill.  Should I not have a say as to who and by what means I am treated for what ails me?  According to the AMA, and the FDA, they all know what is best for me,</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This kind of behavior reminds me of Nazi Germany.  What we do not like we suppress, by any means.  There are no real choices, or freedoms when it comes to being ill.  Should I not have a say as to who and by what means I am treated for what ails me?  According to the AMA, and the FDA, they all know what is best for me,</p>
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		<title>Comment on AMA’s Government-Protected Monopoly Squeezes Out Alternative Medicine by Madeleine B. Furth</title>
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		<dc:creator>Madeleine B. Furth</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:57:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I was THRILLED that you suggested that a health practitioner can use ABC codes which the AMA can translate into their codes and so the insurance company might pay.
THANK  YOU  that you sent a new Action Alert.  
Do tell me when I can give good news to doctors who practice alternative medicine. PLEASE</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was THRILLED that you suggested that a health practitioner can use ABC codes which the AMA can translate into their codes and so the insurance company might pay.<br />
THANK  YOU  that you sent a new Action Alert.<br />
Do tell me when I can give good news to doctors who practice alternative medicine. PLEASE</p>
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		<title>Comment on AMA’s Government-Protected Monopoly Squeezes Out Alternative Medicine by Madeleine B. Furth</title>
		<link>http://www.anh-usa.org/ama%e2%80%99s-government-protected-monopoly-squeezes-out-alternative-medicine/comment-page-1/#comment-9527</link>
		<dc:creator>Madeleine B. Furth</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:54:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Some health insurance companies will pay $300,000 for regular cancer care and will refuse to pay $700 for alternative medicine care.  For stage 3 use Essiac tea for cancer and look on Internet for things to take with it.  Use www.beating-cancer-gently.com  flax seed oil and cottage cheese.  See Bill Henderson and Johanna Budwig on Internet.  See www.cancertutor.com.  See Cancer, Step Our of the Box by Ty Bollinger. See natural cures for .... Chinese cures for   holistic cures for
Ayurvedic cures for,  We can cure Alzheimer&#039;s.  I will gladly give you 6 boxes of info on alternative medicine.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some health insurance companies will pay $300,000 for regular cancer care and will refuse to pay $700 for alternative medicine care.  For stage 3 use Essiac tea for cancer and look on Internet for things to take with it.  Use <a href="http://www.beating-cancer-gently.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.beating-cancer-gently.com</a>  flax seed oil and cottage cheese.  See Bill Henderson and Johanna Budwig on Internet.  See <a href="http://www.cancertutor.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.cancertutor.com</a>.  See Cancer, Step Our of the Box by Ty Bollinger. See natural cures for &#8230;. Chinese cures for   holistic cures for<br />
Ayurvedic cures for,  We can cure Alzheimer&#8217;s.  I will gladly give you 6 boxes of info on alternative medicine.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Deborah Ray&#8217;s Blog AIDS drugs linked to ‘Severe Vitamin D Deficiency’ by Suzanne</title>
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		<dc:creator>Suzanne</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:53:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The AIDS drugs are what kill people more than the disease.  There are so many alternative ways of treating the disease with supplements and foods that will keep people going for many years.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The AIDS drugs are what kill people more than the disease.  There are so many alternative ways of treating the disease with supplements and foods that will keep people going for many years.</p>
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		<title>Comment on The Little Purple Pill Problem by Yvonne Dehm</title>
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		<dc:creator>Yvonne Dehm</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:45:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In case this MIGHT be of interest to you, I feel I should pass it on to you.  You may disregard.
      Dianne Gaschler</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In case this MIGHT be of interest to you, I feel I should pass it on to you.  You may disregard.<br />
      Dianne Gaschler</p>
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		<title>Comment on AMA’s Government-Protected Monopoly Squeezes Out Alternative Medicine by Greg</title>
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		<dc:creator>Greg</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:29:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great comment!</description>
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		<title>Comment on AMA’s Government-Protected Monopoly Squeezes Out Alternative Medicine by Greg</title>
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		<dc:creator>Greg</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:28:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Allopathic approaches are often helpful and necessary. But they should not squeeze out equally effective approaches to healing.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Allopathic approaches are often helpful and necessary. But they should not squeeze out equally effective approaches to healing.</p>
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		<title>Comment on AMA’s Government-Protected Monopoly Squeezes Out Alternative Medicine by Vinayak</title>
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		<dc:creator>Vinayak</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:17:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>We need to stand firm on this issue and not let this happen to us.</description>
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		<title>Comment on AMA’s Government-Protected Monopoly Squeezes Out Alternative Medicine by Mariea Gill</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mariea Gill</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:17:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is an issue that is LONG past due!</description>
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		<title>Comment on AMA’s Government-Protected Monopoly Squeezes Out Alternative Medicine by Dr. Tom Spicer</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dr. Tom Spicer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:16:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>OK, so you want me to not accept Medicare and any insurance to win the point that we need to move towards the ABC billing?  While this proposition makes sense to my rebel side, who will pay my bills in the mean time?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>OK, so you want me to not accept Medicare and any insurance to win the point that we need to move towards the ABC billing?  While this proposition makes sense to my rebel side, who will pay my bills in the mean time?</p>
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		<title>Comment on Victory! The Anti-Supplement FTC Expansion Provision is Defeated—At Least for Now by Geminga</title>
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		<dc:creator>Geminga</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:14:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The real problem is the ability of Congressmen  to pull these shadowy moves on the people with the express intent to deceive by hiding and using the legi-speak no one understands including other congressmen.  Sliding deceptive wording into an irrelivant bill should be prohibited if the intent of congress is to honestly and fairly represent the people.  It is clear to me that this is not the intent. Congress as a matter of norm votes in favor of the elite interests over citizen interests as routein. Waxman is a One World Government guy and not the peoples friend. I wish there was a way to &quot; out&quot; these guys so our government could become understandable , straight forward and greatly simplified.  Complexity is the toy store of the mischeivous. The other important contingency is the active particitpation of the people!! Cudos to all who heeded the ANH call to action!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The real problem is the ability of Congressmen  to pull these shadowy moves on the people with the express intent to deceive by hiding and using the legi-speak no one understands including other congressmen.  Sliding deceptive wording into an irrelivant bill should be prohibited if the intent of congress is to honestly and fairly represent the people.  It is clear to me that this is not the intent. Congress as a matter of norm votes in favor of the elite interests over citizen interests as routein. Waxman is a One World Government guy and not the peoples friend. I wish there was a way to &#8221; out&#8221; these guys so our government could become understandable , straight forward and greatly simplified.  Complexity is the toy store of the mischeivous. The other important contingency is the active particitpation of the people!! Cudos to all who heeded the ANH call to action!!!</p>
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		<title>Comment on AMA’s Government-Protected Monopoly Squeezes Out Alternative Medicine by Fernando D. Craff</title>
		<link>http://www.anh-usa.org/ama%e2%80%99s-government-protected-monopoly-squeezes-out-alternative-medicine/comment-page-1/#comment-9515</link>
		<dc:creator>Fernando D. Craff</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:07:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What kind of freedom do we have?, there is freedom to abort a child if a woman chooses to do so, there is freedom to marry same sex partner, etc. But when it comes to our own health, we don&#039;t have the freedom to choose an alternative treatment because the corrupt system that protects the big pharmaceuticals which in turn are protected by the FDA. The FDA doesn&#039;t protect the public, and everyone knows this, only the powerful companies that want to impose their products and treatments like chemotherapy, radiation, etc. !!!IT IS TIME TO CHANGE THIS AND WE NEED TO UNITE AGAINST THESE CORRUPT SYSTEM AND EVERYONE THAT PROTECTS THEM!!! We need to get the government of our backs and stop policing us like criminals. Any Doctor that offer alternative treatment, should not be punished by the AMA or the FDA or the Government treating them as criminals. We control our bodies and we can do whatever we want to heal ourselves.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What kind of freedom do we have?, there is freedom to abort a child if a woman chooses to do so, there is freedom to marry same sex partner, etc. But when it comes to our own health, we don&#8217;t have the freedom to choose an alternative treatment because the corrupt system that protects the big pharmaceuticals which in turn are protected by the FDA. The FDA doesn&#8217;t protect the public, and everyone knows this, only the powerful companies that want to impose their products and treatments like chemotherapy, radiation, etc. !!!IT IS TIME TO CHANGE THIS AND WE NEED TO UNITE AGAINST THESE CORRUPT SYSTEM AND EVERYONE THAT PROTECTS THEM!!! We need to get the government of our backs and stop policing us like criminals. Any Doctor that offer alternative treatment, should not be punished by the AMA or the FDA or the Government treating them as criminals. We control our bodies and we can do whatever we want to heal ourselves.</p>
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		<title>Comment on The Little Purple Pill Problem by Margo</title>
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		<dc:creator>Margo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:05:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If people would start to realize the importance of food and what it does to ones body one might not needs these Drugs. If you eat well, healthy organic raw fruits and veggies, stay away from Saturated and Trans fats and eat more Omega 3 foods such as Walnuts, Avocados and Flax seed (freshly ground) you will really start to feel differently, in a Good way!  My husband suffered from indigestion, bloated stomach after eating and changed his diet and he no longer gets those symptoms. He feels healthy, has less headaches, lost weight (cut out processed foods, gluten and sugar) and has more energy. Care about what you put in your body and it will help tremendously. :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If people would start to realize the importance of food and what it does to ones body one might not needs these Drugs. If you eat well, healthy organic raw fruits and veggies, stay away from Saturated and Trans fats and eat more Omega 3 foods such as Walnuts, Avocados and Flax seed (freshly ground) you will really start to feel differently, in a Good way!  My husband suffered from indigestion, bloated stomach after eating and changed his diet and he no longer gets those symptoms. He feels healthy, has less headaches, lost weight (cut out processed foods, gluten and sugar) and has more energy. Care about what you put in your body and it will help tremendously. <img src='http://www.anh-usa.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Comment on Cancer, Chemo, and Crony Capitalism by Gail</title>
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		<dc:creator>Gail</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:03:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I too have been suffering from cancer, ovarian cancer, for the last nine years.  I did 25 chemo treatments in  total and now I am going to stop because I my body has had enough.  I always wind up in the hospital after 8 treatments for poison, cellulitis, dehydration, malnutrition and whatever else chemo does to me.  I am now looking into alternative health clinics  I too  believe that big pharma and the fda are in bed together and the oncologists have very little options but to use chemo or they don&#039;t get ins. payments or grants or whatever else they need to survive.  There are very few oncological  free thinkers who want to go up against the government, but I praise the ones that do.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I too have been suffering from cancer, ovarian cancer, for the last nine years.  I did 25 chemo treatments in  total and now I am going to stop because I my body has had enough.  I always wind up in the hospital after 8 treatments for poison, cellulitis, dehydration, malnutrition and whatever else chemo does to me.  I am now looking into alternative health clinics  I too  believe that big pharma and the fda are in bed together and the oncologists have very little options but to use chemo or they don&#8217;t get ins. payments or grants or whatever else they need to survive.  There are very few oncological  free thinkers who want to go up against the government, but I praise the ones that do.</p>
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		<title>Comment on AMA’s Government-Protected Monopoly Squeezes Out Alternative Medicine by Emma Onawa</title>
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		<dc:creator>Emma Onawa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As a consumer of alternative health services I appreciate the education and action on this issue.  We need to have access to all options that are out there, not just alopathic medicine, which often is toxic and invasive.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As a consumer of alternative health services I appreciate the education and action on this issue.  We need to have access to all options that are out there, not just alopathic medicine, which often is toxic and invasive.</p>
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		<title>Comment on The Little Purple Pill Problem by Cathy Margolin</title>
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		<dc:creator>Cathy Margolin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I couldn&#039;t agree more with the Purple Pill Problem.  I continually see patients who need  help with GERD, start with the purple pill and end up with a host of other problems.  I personally prefer herbal solutions that have been time tested and are safe. I use Traditional Chinese Medicine and Chinese herbs with all my patients.  A formula call Bao He Wan (Preserve Harmony Pill) can be bought in pill form or granules and works every time.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I couldn&#8217;t agree more with the Purple Pill Problem.  I continually see patients who need  help with GERD, start with the purple pill and end up with a host of other problems.  I personally prefer herbal solutions that have been time tested and are safe. I use Traditional Chinese Medicine and Chinese herbs with all my patients.  A formula call Bao He Wan (Preserve Harmony Pill) can be bought in pill form or granules and works every time.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Cancer, Chemo, and Crony Capitalism by Kevin Lyons</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kevin Lyons</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 23:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Cancer was extremely rare in 1850, a time when people worked hard in daylight on the farm, breathing fresh air and eating what we would call organic food. 

Toxins, lack of nutritional &quot;input&quot; including the big minerals and trace minerals, lack of enzymes as formerly provided by a diet of primarily-raw organic whole foods, and loss of probiotics due to chorine, fluoride, mercury (vaccinations, dental amalgams, air, water and food-chain contamination), low oxygen input and hydration deficit. These together produce an environment where the immune system becomes overloaded while dealing with suppression of cancerous cells. 

Is it possible to change dietary and lifestyle factors, and tip the balance? The answer is yes, but it requires a high level of motivation to succeed.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cancer was extremely rare in 1850, a time when people worked hard in daylight on the farm, breathing fresh air and eating what we would call organic food. </p>
<p>Toxins, lack of nutritional &#8220;input&#8221; including the big minerals and trace minerals, lack of enzymes as formerly provided by a diet of primarily-raw organic whole foods, and loss of probiotics due to chorine, fluoride, mercury (vaccinations, dental amalgams, air, water and food-chain contamination), low oxygen input and hydration deficit. These together produce an environment where the immune system becomes overloaded while dealing with suppression of cancerous cells. </p>
<p>Is it possible to change dietary and lifestyle factors, and tip the balance? The answer is yes, but it requires a high level of motivation to succeed.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Doctors Threatened With Jail by Karen</title>
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		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:40:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Nice try! Only the stats don&#039;t bear that out. Americans live longer with cancer and have a longer life span that any other country in the world. Do a search,check the facts yourself.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nice try! Only the stats don&#8217;t bear that out. Americans live longer with cancer and have a longer life span that any other country in the world. Do a search,check the facts yourself.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Doctors Threatened With Jail by Karen</title>
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		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:31:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I suppose you missed the part about,&quot; But most of this fraud is organized theft, not individual doctors trying to cheat the system&quot; I&#039;ll spell it out for you. That means the MOB,organized crime is involved in Medicare and Medicaid theft.  
http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/organized-crime-getting-deeper-medical-identity-theft/2009-10-23
If Doctors quit or Medicare patients aren&#039;t tended to the govt. funded by U.S. citizens won&#039;t save any money.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I suppose you missed the part about,&#8221; But most of this fraud is organized theft, not individual doctors trying to cheat the system&#8221; I&#8217;ll spell it out for you. That means the MOB,organized crime is involved in Medicare and Medicaid theft.<br />
<a href="http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/organized-crime-getting-deeper-medical-identity-theft/2009-10-23" rel="nofollow">http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/organized-crime-getting-deeper-medical-identity-theft/2009-10-23</a><br />
If Doctors quit or Medicare patients aren&#8217;t tended to the govt. funded by U.S. citizens won&#8217;t save any money.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Children Are Being Exploited to Extend Pharmaceutical Patents by Cheri'-Louise</title>
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		<dc:creator>Cheri'-Louise</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 05:46:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I cannot improve on Val Marjoricastles&#039; comments and I agree this is a travesty. I, personally, cannot physically tolerate any statin drug and experience severe muscle and kidney pain after only 3 days. It&#039;s nightmarish to think of children being prescribed such harsh medications, when all that&#039;s generally needed is a balanced diet and exercise. I believe vitamin and mineral supplements are really crucial to cover any lack in our diets, especially for individuals who do not have easy access to organic and naturally farmed foods.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I cannot improve on Val Marjoricastles&#8217; comments and I agree this is a travesty. I, personally, cannot physically tolerate any statin drug and experience severe muscle and kidney pain after only 3 days. It&#8217;s nightmarish to think of children being prescribed such harsh medications, when all that&#8217;s generally needed is a balanced diet and exercise. I believe vitamin and mineral supplements are really crucial to cover any lack in our diets, especially for individuals who do not have easy access to organic and naturally farmed foods.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Doctors Threatened With Jail by Lou</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lou</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:21:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;There’s no money in healthy people.&quot;

And there is plenty of advantage in a sick and debilitated Citizenry when you are destabilizing and taking over a country.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;There’s no money in healthy people.&#8221;</p>
<p>And there is plenty of advantage in a sick and debilitated Citizenry when you are destabilizing and taking over a country.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Doctors Threatened With Jail by Robert C. Herzfeld</title>
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		<dc:creator>Robert C. Herzfeld</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 01:05:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It&#039;s all been said, better than I can.</description>
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		<title>Comment on Doctors Threatened With Jail by Sharry Vickers</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sharry Vickers</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:31:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Government no longer passes laws; it passes opportunities for abuse--law so vague, interpretation is the key, depending upon whom is being prosecuted.  Big Pharma is always interpreted as &quot;safe&quot;; natural cures are &quot;life-threatening&quot;, according to those who make the money from chemo, etc.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Government no longer passes laws; it passes opportunities for abuse&#8211;law so vague, interpretation is the key, depending upon whom is being prosecuted.  Big Pharma is always interpreted as &#8220;safe&#8221;; natural cures are &#8220;life-threatening&#8221;, according to those who make the money from chemo, etc.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Doctors Threatened With Jail by Rix Mohay</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rix Mohay</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:12:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Government for the rich by the richer.</description>
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		<title>Comment on Doctors Threatened With Jail by Ogre</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ogre</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:36:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>We need more lawyers working on the oil spill... at the site.  (bottom of the ocean)</description>
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		<title>Comment on Doctors Threatened With Jail by Bob</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:35:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I refused chemo (I talked to an oncologist OUTSIDE of the hospital network) so the network took me ofrf of their &quot;survivor&quot; list.  I believe this is to skew the percentages and am looking into whether or not this is their policy.  If it is, it is fraud.  Fact is, dietary changes are statistically more effective than the chemo.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I refused chemo (I talked to an oncologist OUTSIDE of the hospital network) so the network took me ofrf of their &#8220;survivor&#8221; list.  I believe this is to skew the percentages and am looking into whether or not this is their policy.  If it is, it is fraud.  Fact is, dietary changes are statistically more effective than the chemo.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Doctors Threatened With Jail by HANK</title>
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		<dc:creator>HANK</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:33:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Please...Big Pharma has been pushing their poisons off on us for years and when someone lives long enough to sue them for their destroyed health, the matter is settled quietly and the victim gets paid to shut up. General Practitioners, a euphemism for Big Pharma&#039;s distribution people, get  paid vacations, profit sharing, and who knows what else  from Big Pharma for prescribing these chemical concoctions called &quot;medicine&quot; .Based almost entirely on Big Pharma&#039;s self financed studies, the distribution people (doctors), prescribe these &quot;meds&quot; based upon lab tests and formulas dictated by...you guessed it...Big Pharma. These companies are making billions and could care less about your diet, lifestyle or exercise...but they&#039;re making billions annually and the distributors are getting paid billions collectively to hand out these &quot;meds&quot; most of which have worse side effects than the illnesses they are intended to cure. It&#039;s all about money and profit. The Doc&#039;s deserve a high salary...but when they&#039;re in it for the profit why would they want you to get well? There&#039;s no money in healthy people.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Please&#8230;Big Pharma has been pushing their poisons off on us for years and when someone lives long enough to sue them for their destroyed health, the matter is settled quietly and the victim gets paid to shut up. General Practitioners, a euphemism for Big Pharma&#8217;s distribution people, get  paid vacations, profit sharing, and who knows what else  from Big Pharma for prescribing these chemical concoctions called &#8220;medicine&#8221; .Based almost entirely on Big Pharma&#8217;s self financed studies, the distribution people (doctors), prescribe these &#8220;meds&#8221; based upon lab tests and formulas dictated by&#8230;you guessed it&#8230;Big Pharma. These companies are making billions and could care less about your diet, lifestyle or exercise&#8230;but they&#8217;re making billions annually and the distributors are getting paid billions collectively to hand out these &#8220;meds&#8221; most of which have worse side effects than the illnesses they are intended to cure. It&#8217;s all about money and profit. The Doc&#8217;s deserve a high salary&#8230;but when they&#8217;re in it for the profit why would they want you to get well? There&#8217;s no money in healthy people.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Doctors Threatened With Jail by SE</title>
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		<dc:creator>SE</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 02:11:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I shouldn&#039;t be so judgementally harsh, I suppose. I agree much of what is your own concern is your own concern. Things just don&#039;t have to be that expensive do they? In principle, if something works better, it should be done, not priced out of reach most of us (in health).  No competition seems to be the reason or motivation for the rise in the costs of not only healthcare, but of just about anything.
But with the situation in the Gulf of Mexico, what else is going to happen. Ultimately, as mean as I feel, I sure do pray for a good outcome for all of this.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I shouldn&#8217;t be so judgementally harsh, I suppose. I agree much of what is your own concern is your own concern. Things just don&#8217;t have to be that expensive do they? In principle, if something works better, it should be done, not priced out of reach most of us (in health).  No competition seems to be the reason or motivation for the rise in the costs of not only healthcare, but of just about anything.<br />
But with the situation in the Gulf of Mexico, what else is going to happen. Ultimately, as mean as I feel, I sure do pray for a good outcome for all of this.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Doctors Threatened With Jail by Evan Eberhardt</title>
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		<dc:creator>Evan Eberhardt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Medicine works just like any other industry, and it works best as a free-market.  Medicare and Medicaid are the antithesis of a free-market and are thus, of course, rife with government abuse and corruption.  Just imagine if all medicine is nationalized?  Ayn Rand&#039;s prophetic work &#039;Atlas Shrugged&#039; is happening right before our eyes.  Vote against EVERY politician that wants to &#039;help&#039; the country by stealing your private rights and transferring it to the state.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Medicine works just like any other industry, and it works best as a free-market.  Medicare and Medicaid are the antithesis of a free-market and are thus, of course, rife with government abuse and corruption.  Just imagine if all medicine is nationalized?  Ayn Rand&#8217;s prophetic work &#8216;Atlas Shrugged&#8217; is happening right before our eyes.  Vote against EVERY politician that wants to &#8216;help&#8217; the country by stealing your private rights and transferring it to the state.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Doctors Threatened With Jail by Ed Fogarty</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ed Fogarty</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:54:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Right on Norma</description>
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		<title>Comment on Doctors Threatened With Jail by Ed Fogarty</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ed Fogarty</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:33:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Insurers control and ration health care and daily let people die by denying benefits on legal
evasions.  The medical profession gets cheated by insurers also.  The government isn&#039;t perfect but are  an arms length bargainer to set prices in a way the patient can&#039;t and the insurers have no incentive
to as long as the insureds cough up enough premium for insurers to  rake off enough to make them happy.   Those providers who won&#039;t take  medicare and medicaid -----for the most part=== are simple money grubbers..  Some offset that by charity  but notg to the degree of their doctor grand fathers  who typically did 1/2 their work for free or a bag of tomatoes.  I would love to have the government pay me  for all the fees I write off or do for a sack of tomatoes.  Ed Fogarty  Lawyer small firm</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Insurers control and ration health care and daily let people die by denying benefits on legal<br />
evasions.  The medical profession gets cheated by insurers also.  The government isn&#8217;t perfect but are  an arms length bargainer to set prices in a way the patient can&#8217;t and the insurers have no incentive<br />
to as long as the insureds cough up enough premium for insurers to  rake off enough to make them happy.   Those providers who won&#8217;t take  medicare and medicaid &#8212;&#8211;for the most part=== are simple money grubbers..  Some offset that by charity  but notg to the degree of their doctor grand fathers  who typically did 1/2 their work for free or a bag of tomatoes.  I would love to have the government pay me  for all the fees I write off or do for a sack of tomatoes.  Ed Fogarty  Lawyer small firm</p>
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		<title>Comment on Doctors Threatened With Jail by Bill</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bill</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:51:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Without Insurance and Medicare our medical costs would be much lower. Both industries milk us at the expense of the majority.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Without Insurance and Medicare our medical costs would be much lower. Both industries milk us at the expense of the majority.</p>
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		<dc:creator>Lou</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yes if that payer were almighty God.

If the &quot;payer&quot; is the current criminals in DC NO!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes if that payer were almighty God.</p>
<p>If the &#8220;payer&#8221; is the current criminals in DC NO!</p>
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		<dc:creator>Lou</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:26:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;These are some of the most evil people I have ever encountered.&quot; 

When you realize what is occurring now is the fruition a a plan hatched about the time our Politicians sanctioned the murder our beloved President Kennedy evil does not contain the destructiveness. 

Health Aspect of the Plan to Destroy the USA

o Complete Political Takeover of FDA
o Introduction of MANY Poisons in the the Food and Water Supply
o Promotion of Toxic Drugs as a false means of health care
o Promotion of deadly &quot;vaccines&quot; as a false means of health care
o The above will force up health care costs beyond affordability for most people
o This will enable the take over of health by government
o Mandate toxins and toxic procedures of all sorts
o IMO mandatory &quot;vaccines&quot; are intended to solve the population problem</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;These are some of the most evil people I have ever encountered.&#8221; </p>
<p>When you realize what is occurring now is the fruition a a plan hatched about the time our Politicians sanctioned the murder our beloved President Kennedy evil does not contain the destructiveness. </p>
<p>Health Aspect of the Plan to Destroy the USA</p>
<p>o Complete Political Takeover of FDA<br />
o Introduction of MANY Poisons in the the Food and Water Supply<br />
o Promotion of Toxic Drugs as a false means of health care<br />
o Promotion of deadly &#8220;vaccines&#8221; as a false means of health care<br />
o The above will force up health care costs beyond affordability for most people<br />
o This will enable the take over of health by government<br />
o Mandate toxins and toxic procedures of all sorts<br />
o IMO mandatory &#8220;vaccines&#8221; are intended to solve the population problem</p>
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		<dc:creator>Lou</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:06:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yep we have a government of criminals carrying out the agenda of Eugenicists. 

This is just a simple truth that explains ALL aspects of our current &quot;health&quot; and many other problems. 

Why do we spend 10,000 per Kid/year and get kids who know NOTHING but how to put a condom on a banana? Hint Kids are being taught NOT to question authority even when it is clearly WRONG.

Why do we spend 50 billion/year to &quot;stop drugs&quot; and the drugs flood in? Hint Opium production in Afghanistan has gone up 2000% since our troops started protecting the opium fields from the &quot;evil&quot;Taliban who had shut down Afghan Opium production.

WHY? WHY? WHY?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYIC0eZYEtI</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yep we have a government of criminals carrying out the agenda of Eugenicists. </p>
<p>This is just a simple truth that explains ALL aspects of our current &#8220;health&#8221; and many other problems. </p>
<p>Why do we spend 10,000 per Kid/year and get kids who know NOTHING but how to put a condom on a banana? Hint Kids are being taught NOT to question authority even when it is clearly WRONG.</p>
<p>Why do we spend 50 billion/year to &#8220;stop drugs&#8221; and the drugs flood in? Hint Opium production in Afghanistan has gone up 2000% since our troops started protecting the opium fields from the &#8220;evil&#8221;Taliban who had shut down Afghan Opium production.</p>
<p>WHY? WHY? WHY?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYIC0eZYEtI" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYIC0eZYEtI</a></p>
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		<dc:creator>Lou</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:56:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Does this look like government sanctioned &quot;mercy killing&quot;?  It sure does to me.

A nurse ten years ago told me there were &quot;institutions&quot; set up to end the lives of those &quot;whose time had come&quot;

God only help us as Oh Bum A care and its 1300 Rationing Boards kicks in!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Does this look like government sanctioned &#8220;mercy killing&#8221;?  It sure does to me.</p>
<p>A nurse ten years ago told me there were &#8220;institutions&#8221; set up to end the lives of those &#8220;whose time had come&#8221;</p>
<p>God only help us as Oh Bum A care and its 1300 Rationing Boards kicks in!</p>
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		<dc:creator>Lou</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:49:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So what is the answer?

Our founders expected each Citizen to be in CHARGE of his life. This includes his health. NO ONE is responsible for your health but YOU. NOT your Doctor NOT the hospital and MOST CERTAINLY NOT our half to Communist Government.

Learn about your health. It will take hundreds of hours. Yes YOU will have to work. YES you will not be able to take a pill every time you get a headache. In FACT you will not be able to take ANY toxic drug laden pills at all if you value your health. Learn you CANNOT eat most of the FDA/Rockefeller sanctioned crap found in our &quot;supermarkets&quot; Learn you cannot run to the &quot;Doctor&quot; for MOST of your health  problems. YOU must solve them YOURSELF.

Learn to say NO! To the Doctors, to the hospital and most certainly to the criminal government in DC et al.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So what is the answer?</p>
<p>Our founders expected each Citizen to be in CHARGE of his life. This includes his health. NO ONE is responsible for your health but YOU. NOT your Doctor NOT the hospital and MOST CERTAINLY NOT our half to Communist Government.</p>
<p>Learn about your health. It will take hundreds of hours. Yes YOU will have to work. YES you will not be able to take a pill every time you get a headache. In FACT you will not be able to take ANY toxic drug laden pills at all if you value your health. Learn you CANNOT eat most of the FDA/Rockefeller sanctioned crap found in our &#8220;supermarkets&#8221; Learn you cannot run to the &#8220;Doctor&#8221; for MOST of your health  problems. YOU must solve them YOURSELF.</p>
<p>Learn to say NO! To the Doctors, to the hospital and most certainly to the criminal government in DC et al.</p>
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		<dc:creator>Lou</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:26:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Doctor Simoncini is curing many cancers with Baking Soda. How can chemo which costs 10 to 15 thousand per month to kill you compete with Baking Soda? It cannot. Doctor Budwig is curing cancer with flax seed and protein. How can chemo compete? It cannot. Doctor Gerson is curing cancer with nothing but good organic food and its enzyme rich juice. How can chemo compete? It cannot.

So what do you do if you want to reduce the population? You OUTLAW all cancer treatment except chemo and its deadly sisters. Problem solved. 

Chemo has a 2% success rate. Doing nothing has a 25% success rate. IOW if you REFUSE ALL medical cancer treatment for MOST cancers, yes there a FEW cancers that can be successfully treated by standard oncology, your chance of surviving cancer is MUCH better than being killed by chemo. Most death from cancer is NOT from the cancer but from the CHEMO. 

http://healthyprotocols.com/2_cancer.htm</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Doctor Simoncini is curing many cancers with Baking Soda. How can chemo which costs 10 to 15 thousand per month to kill you compete with Baking Soda? It cannot. Doctor Budwig is curing cancer with flax seed and protein. How can chemo compete? It cannot. Doctor Gerson is curing cancer with nothing but good organic food and its enzyme rich juice. How can chemo compete? It cannot.</p>
<p>So what do you do if you want to reduce the population? You OUTLAW all cancer treatment except chemo and its deadly sisters. Problem solved. </p>
<p>Chemo has a 2% success rate. Doing nothing has a 25% success rate. IOW if you REFUSE ALL medical cancer treatment for MOST cancers, yes there a FEW cancers that can be successfully treated by standard oncology, your chance of surviving cancer is MUCH better than being killed by chemo. Most death from cancer is NOT from the cancer but from the CHEMO. </p>
<p><a href="http://healthyprotocols.com/2_cancer.htm" rel="nofollow">http://healthyprotocols.com/2_cancer.htm</a></p>
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		<dc:creator>Lou</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:06:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Get the slimy government OUT of anything related to health care.&quot;

Right on Brother!

The HHS is under the control of the Eugenic Rockefeller clan and they mean to reduce our population one way or another.

This is a horrible fact but unless we face it we will be reduced.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Get the slimy government OUT of anything related to health care.&#8221;</p>
<p>Right on Brother!</p>
<p>The HHS is under the control of the Eugenic Rockefeller clan and they mean to reduce our population one way or another.</p>
<p>This is a horrible fact but unless we face it we will be reduced.</p>
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		<dc:creator>Sue Magyari</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Norma, 
You are misled by government rhetoric. Those who really believe that a socialist sytem is desirable should be courageous and go live where they will get socialist care. Let&#039;s not beat around the bush with terms like &quot;single-payer&quot; . When government is the only choice, YOUR choices are zero. That is SLAVERY. If you prefer it, you should go to where they already have it.  Why do want to take away MY choice along with your own?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Norma,<br />
You are misled by government rhetoric. Those who really believe that a socialist sytem is desirable should be courageous and go live where they will get socialist care. Let&#8217;s not beat around the bush with terms like &#8220;single-payer&#8221; . When government is the only choice, YOUR choices are zero. That is SLAVERY. If you prefer it, you should go to where they already have it.  Why do want to take away MY choice along with your own?</p>
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		<dc:creator>Sue Magyari</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:16:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am happy to hear that even a few people such as yourself are standing up and taking action for what you believe in.! To have only a cash practice and to move to a place you can actually do this takes great courage and I applaud you. You are correct. The system will change to cash or even barter for those brave souls who fight against government taking away their liberties. This is a question of NOT ALLOWING GOVERNMENT to make slavery more prevalent than freedom. Who would have thought that in a generation or two we would give away what the country has stood for for 200+ years!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am happy to hear that even a few people such as yourself are standing up and taking action for what you believe in.! To have only a cash practice and to move to a place you can actually do this takes great courage and I applaud you. You are correct. The system will change to cash or even barter for those brave souls who fight against government taking away their liberties. This is a question of NOT ALLOWING GOVERNMENT to make slavery more prevalent than freedom. Who would have thought that in a generation or two we would give away what the country has stood for for 200+ years!!</p>
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		<dc:creator>Jeannemarie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:11:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My experience with drs. and Medicare is mostly with a much older friend of mine.  She was so healthy that she rarely even went to a dr., but after a fall she ended up in a nursing home.  I thought that the things they charged for were a little over the top sometimes, but was not prepared for the abuse at the end of her life.  She was shifted to another nursing home without even contacting me by using the head of that home claiming to be her friend though she had never even met her.  She was drugged and stuck in a bed and not even fed.  I was ill at the time or would have been on top of this.  One day, I got a call from the hospital near where she lived telling me to come immediately before she passed away.  It was the end of her life, but only  by the egregious acts of her new doctor, who was connected to the home she was now in.  When I saw the Medicare charges for the short time she was in the home, I was outraged.  They had drugged her with multiple drugs that were counter indicated, drugs that the drug provider would not send at first because they were dangerous for someone of her years (98)...and were overruled by the dr.  In the charges, though she was unable to walk because of the lack of nutrition and the drugs, there were multiple charges for all kinds of therapy that she didn&#039;t have.  Physical, occupational and on and on. It was a large payout.   I called Medicare to report the completely false charges and was blown off.  Just who in the heck are they harassing?  This dr. did this with all his patients and was one of the crudest, cruelest drs. I have ever dealt with.  What a mess!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My experience with drs. and Medicare is mostly with a much older friend of mine.  She was so healthy that she rarely even went to a dr., but after a fall she ended up in a nursing home.  I thought that the things they charged for were a little over the top sometimes, but was not prepared for the abuse at the end of her life.  She was shifted to another nursing home without even contacting me by using the head of that home claiming to be her friend though she had never even met her.  She was drugged and stuck in a bed and not even fed.  I was ill at the time or would have been on top of this.  One day, I got a call from the hospital near where she lived telling me to come immediately before she passed away.  It was the end of her life, but only  by the egregious acts of her new doctor, who was connected to the home she was now in.  When I saw the Medicare charges for the short time she was in the home, I was outraged.  They had drugged her with multiple drugs that were counter indicated, drugs that the drug provider would not send at first because they were dangerous for someone of her years (98)&#8230;and were overruled by the dr.  In the charges, though she was unable to walk because of the lack of nutrition and the drugs, there were multiple charges for all kinds of therapy that she didn&#8217;t have.  Physical, occupational and on and on. It was a large payout.   I called Medicare to report the completely false charges and was blown off.  Just who in the heck are they harassing?  This dr. did this with all his patients and was one of the crudest, cruelest drs. I have ever dealt with.  What a mess!</p>
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		<dc:creator>Sue Magyari</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:07:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I find it interesting that every agument quickly becomes a doctor versus patient scenario rather than  government versus people scenario. Those of you who do not understand that the government has created the situation (with laws, regulations, hobnobbing with lobbies and encouraging division among groups in order to control the population) should really take a step back. If YOU, the people, had more control of your own health care you would not allow some of the health care abuses that occur. Doctors haven&#039;t taken away your control---government has!
DO something about your government (vote them out and insist on transparency and accountability to YOU) and many of the problems health care faces will resolve. Wake up people or you will lose this freedom and MANY others.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I find it interesting that every agument quickly becomes a doctor versus patient scenario rather than  government versus people scenario. Those of you who do not understand that the government has created the situation (with laws, regulations, hobnobbing with lobbies and encouraging division among groups in order to control the population) should really take a step back. If YOU, the people, had more control of your own health care you would not allow some of the health care abuses that occur. Doctors haven&#8217;t taken away your control&#8212;government has!<br />
DO something about your government (vote them out and insist on transparency and accountability to YOU) and many of the problems health care faces will resolve. Wake up people or you will lose this freedom and MANY others.</p>
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		<dc:creator>Mary</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:55:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well said</description>
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		<dc:creator>Rhonda Young</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:05:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is an excellent article. Who knew? I find it terribly disturbing to see more and more freedoms passing away each day. I have never been a proponent for unions, but if I were a doctor, I think I would begin to seriously consider the benefits. Someone has to be on their side!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is an excellent article. Who knew? I find it terribly disturbing to see more and more freedoms passing away each day. I have never been a proponent for unions, but if I were a doctor, I think I would begin to seriously consider the benefits. Someone has to be on their side!</p>
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		<dc:creator>Sara Thornton</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:50:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Doctors may not be popular, but they are necessary.  Putting too many barriers against their profession will not stop medicaid and medicare fraud.  Also, it is not always the doctors who are behind medicare fraud.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Doctors may not be popular, but they are necessary.  Putting too many barriers against their profession will not stop medicaid and medicare fraud.  Also, it is not always the doctors who are behind medicare fraud.</p>
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		<dc:creator>Anna</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:48:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In your next to the last paragraph, you speak of doctors unionizing.  They already have a union - the AMA.  The question now is - who is more powerful - the AMA or the drug companies (Big Pharma)  ????   Both are very powerful entities who already influence the public - unfortunately in more negative ways than positive ways.  It makes one wonder if with all this fighting (the big companies amongst themselves) what will happen to the public AND when will the public finally wake up and do another Boston Tea Party in order to protect themselves ! ! !  &quot;We The People...&quot; - makes me wonder how far the big companies and government have gone to slowly erase our constitutional rights !   God have mercy on us all !</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In your next to the last paragraph, you speak of doctors unionizing.  They already have a union &#8211; the AMA.  The question now is &#8211; who is more powerful &#8211; the AMA or the drug companies (Big Pharma)  ????   Both are very powerful entities who already influence the public &#8211; unfortunately in more negative ways than positive ways.  It makes one wonder if with all this fighting (the big companies amongst themselves) what will happen to the public AND when will the public finally wake up and do another Boston Tea Party in order to protect themselves ! ! !  &#8220;We The People&#8230;&#8221; &#8211; makes me wonder how far the big companies and government have gone to slowly erase our constitutional rights !   God have mercy on us all !</p>
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		<dc:creator>Anna</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:20:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sad, sad.   I certainly believe in doing what is morally right (not necessarily politically correct).  Let&#039;s continue to fight against what is wrong.  At the same time, we also have to realize that things will get worse (more controls / regulations - all in the name of safety - yeah right).  We all know it&#039;s about control  and money.  Sad !</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sad, sad.   I certainly believe in doing what is morally right (not necessarily politically correct).  Let&#8217;s continue to fight against what is wrong.  At the same time, we also have to realize that things will get worse (more controls / regulations &#8211; all in the name of safety &#8211; yeah right).  We all know it&#8217;s about control  and money.  Sad !</p>
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		<title>Comment on Doctors Threatened With Jail by Terry Urba</title>
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		<dc:creator>Terry Urba</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:31:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Teachers have worked all day for a pittance for years and spend their spare time correcting papers and filling out reports.  Doctors may not like this, but they will get used to it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Teachers have worked all day for a pittance for years and spend their spare time correcting papers and filling out reports.  Doctors may not like this, but they will get used to it.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Doctors Threatened With Jail by terebern</title>
		<link>http://www.anh-usa.org/criminalizing-doctors%e2%80%94yet-again/comment-page-1/#comment-9314</link>
		<dc:creator>terebern</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:43:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The USA is fast becoming a place where freedom is a thing of the past.  When our Government has control now, yu will do it their way or be taken to court and made to look a fool. The fools are the people that are sleeping thinking things are all right.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The USA is fast becoming a place where freedom is a thing of the past.  When our Government has control now, yu will do it their way or be taken to court and made to look a fool. The fools are the people that are sleeping thinking things are all right.</p>
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