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| How much responsibility should rest with the patient in achieving better health? | 2009-03-09 09:19:10 |
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"How do we encourage people to accept responsibility for their own wellbeing instead of always expecting the medical professionals to do it for them?"
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| Self Management Centre on Aging Posted: 2010-04-07 12:01:49 We can't do it alone and neither can the health care system. We need to learn to work together. Community self-management programs are available in BC through the University of Victoria Centre on Aging for free with support from the BC Ministry of Health. To find a workshop near you visit our website at www.coag.uvic.ca/cdsmp or call toll-free 1-866-902-3767 or in the Lower Mainland 604-940-1273. |
| learn the Marshall Protocol Bevin Black Posted: 2010-02-11 06:34:15 To cure chronic fatigue, uveitis, psoriasis, sjogrens,celiac, sarcoidosis, MS, luus, RA, hashimoto's or diabeties, using the Marshll Protocal, you must first study the Protocol. Your Doctor can prescribe the drugs, but the patient has to be familiar with the symptoms, and the Herxheimer reaction to the antibitics. the patient must adjust the antibitics and Benicar to suit his syptoms, within the guidlines, layed out by Trevor Marshall. http://MarshallProtocol.com Bevin Black |
| If the person is already a patient... Catherine Posted: 2009-07-10 10:56:02 If someone is already a patient then it can be a very intimidating and scary proposition. Having seen my mother go through the "system" for colon cancer we did not even know what questions to ask or what we should have kept track of. |
| Better health rests with each individual gjlouise Posted: 2009-05-09 11:26:04 pride in one's appearance should dictate how to feed ourselves and it's not at McDonald's or any fast food outlet. The Health Care system is in trouble because of the lack of pride in themselves by so many people. |
| Consider private sector, regulated by government Art Campbell Posted: 2009-04-12 10:42:22 Private health care, regulated by government, would make people responsible. See "Dissed in America", the second topic. See a proposal which takes care of the poor by giving them access to the privately run system. Not two tier. In effect 33 million tiers. |
| Reward the behavior that you want James J. Carty Posted: 2009-03-24 11:41:52 Maybe if we treat health insurance like we do car insurance, people would choose to live better and overall costs of health care would either go down or those using a disproportionate amount of the services would pay more. Many of the causes of our most common "diseases" are a result of lifestyle choices. Put an individual price tag on the choices that the individual makes and see how fast behavior changes. It works with other forms of insurance, why not health care? If I get a ticket for speeding or get into an accident caused by my poor driving or failure to maintain my vehicle in proper order, I will have to pay a premium to my insurance company. If I modify my behavior, over time, my rates will drop.. If I choose not to change, the rates will continue to increase. If I choose to eat poorly, smoke, drink, avoid exercise and indulge in other known activities that drive up the cost of my health care, why shouldn't the health insurance people charge me a premium? If I choose to change my life style and meet certain goals, over time, my rate would go down. If I choose not to, I continue to pay more. The choice would still be mine. |
| Challenge Them! chasn Posted: 2009-03-12 12:05:25 The first rule of salemanship is to close the sale. Stop selling and start asking for the signature on the sales form!The answer to the question is: Stop trying to sell the solution. Challenge the Patient to do what is required for good health. Everyone responds to properly motivated challenge. Good foremen, supervisors, managers, coaches and mothers all successfully challenge others and get great results. |
| Incentives or Taxing for Encouraging Self Care blynn Posted: 2009-03-12 11:30:55 If taxes for cigarettes are high, why not junk foods? Yes we all likely have them once in awhile, but for many this is the staple food - fast foods, chips, pop...all of these things we know play a role in causing obesity and increased risk for Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, etc. Also, perhaps tax incentives or ability to use health promoting memberships, health equipment, etc. could be used as a medical expense?? Not sure, but relying on people to change their habits when they know everything is "covered" when it comes to health, affects all of our taxes in the end. |
| Tax cuts for those responsible salee Posted: 2009-03-11 06:57:55 People who do not see a doctor for more than 3 times a year get a 50 percent rebate for of their healthcare premium. That would help for those who want to pay less taxes. |
| Self Management Tracy Lister Posted: 2009-03-09 09:48:19 Health is the responsibility of each individual as we can not force people to engage in healthy habits. But people need to be well informed before they can appropriately self management their health which means we need competent health care works and physicians providing this education in a timely and effective manner. Considering the billing system of physicians they are not capable of providing the education required for effective self management. So how do we solve this problem? Nurse practitioners in doctors offices? Will they allow the sharing of their practice? Or do we change the way physicians do business by changing from billing to salary? |
