The trouble with getting into the medical system is deciding where to draw the line.
Even the healthiest individual could have a constant array of procedures done, in the name of preventative medicine if nothing else.
Every specialist has his list of must haves. Each one, if for no other reason, is willing to run an unending list of tests to avoid being sued in the future.
If you have the money and the insurance, have I got a doctor for you!
There is a time and a place for modern medicine and the things it can do.
There is also a need for moderation and common sense.
In an age when medicine is big business all things are suspect because business is designed first and foremost to make money.
The old adage, “First do no harm” now often translates into something much more dubious today.
I know this sounds cynical, and it isn't true across the board, but when you hear the horror stories I frequently hear, you realize how primitive modern medicine really is. It’s only as good as it’s worst technician and aide. The more doctors delegate, the more likely mistakes are to occur.
And then there are those people who make a living out of suing people. They have ruined it for the rest of us, because whatever pharmaceutical companies, insurance companies, and medical personnel haven’t already charged us for, these people finish off.
We pay insurance companies in case we get sick, doctors to tell us if we are sick, technicians to prove we are sick, nurses and aides to take care of us while they decide these things and when it is decided, whether they are right or wrong, we pay hospitals for providing less than our local cruise lines and hotels do at three times the cost.
And we think this is normal?
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