Articles by Johnn SchmidtYes their baaack! Here we go again! Who is back? You know the government officials, lawmakers etc. The officials in government that will decide your Health Care/ Health Care Insurance future are coming back. Yes they are still wrestling with the famous or infamous House Bill 3200 depending upon your viewpoint. Does this mean goodbye to Medicare and Medicaid? Could be! Possibly and maybe! Who knows at this point? This blog remains neutral to the issues, outcome, etc. and only publishes current information. Our concern is weight loss and health.
One of the real large issues with this bill is the overriding decision making and implementation concerning your health. Hey wait a minute! Yes someone else will decide your health status and decide if you deserve or qualify for certain health care. Enter the so called Death Panels as some have named them. These panels will determine whether you qualify for certain treatments or operation etc. Well what kind of patients would be on the so called Hit List as some have described? Are the panels going to pull the plug on Grandma?
According to information leaked out, [officials are dancing around explanations] concerning certain groups that will be targeted for health care denial. Whoa! What? Health care denial? Yes that is the understanding that is being expressed and written about by individuals who read the bill. Astounding! You mean that somebody actually read the bill? Read the bill in its entirety? Yes but the lawmakers themselves have admitted that they themselves have not read the [over 1000 pages] bill. We all know that any bill proposals are chuck full of add-on’s buried within the structure and unseen. Later when the bill is passed out comes the add-on gremlins. Too late if a bill passed.
OK who are the targeted groups for denial? On group is the elderly. The elderly? Yes the elderly. Why? Well the statistics show that from the age of 20 to 50 there is little health care needs or claims by comparison. Below 20 are growing up health issues and accident claims. Then from the age 50 to 60 some increases due to stress, heart problems, cancer developing etc. etc. From 60 on up the health claims rise considerably. Should grandma be granted a heart operation? Don’t know. The panel will determine that. Could Grandma possibly continue on with just some sort of medicine? Maybe. The panel makes the call according to the bill. Wow! Do you like it so far?
OK who else is targeted? Want to take a guess? The over weight are by far the most highly targeted group. But the thinking and reasoning here is different. This group as a whole is responsible for more than one half of the entire health care costs in the US. Wow! In the US, almost half the population is overweight and one-third of the nation is considered obese! Almost everywhere you go in the US, there’s someone near you with a very serious overweight problem. This is particularly evident in restaurants, cafeterias, or buffets. You don’t have to look hard to find people eating food way in excess. Many order three or four course meals with appetizers and dessert, piling plates high, getting seconds or thirds. Some of that behavior is driven by getting their moneys worth, so to speak, in all-you-can-eat establishments
According to the language of the bill 95 percent overweight, obese, and morbidly obese are individuals that are willfully overweight. They are abusing their body by over eating. Then when their health starts failing they need medical attention skyrocketing health care costs. This overweight problem is very upsetting to see. It is an on going tragedy in process in the US. When you see someone with a weight problem, you know they did not get there by accident. So how do we cure the overweight problem? The first way is to start now to really recognize that we are in a silent epidemic. The obesity epidemic crisis in the US and in many other parts of the world is here. There are people in the US with over weight problems everywhere you go.
The thing to realize is that our fast foods and processed foods are at the root cause of all overweight persons. The next cause is the world that we live in that causes stress and anxiety. We all live a life that does not know what new dilemma awaits the next day. There are people roaming about without HOPE. Then as a result they are hiding in food for comfort. Alas! An overweight nation is born.
This blog has consistently promoted Acai for the overweight. Acai is natural and easy to obtain. Acai will turn around all overweight individuals. In addition the overweight person will need to cooperate with their body by refusing to overeat. The overweight person will need to overcome their acquired associated emotional barriers. The total person and their behaviors will need to be treated. Acai will get you there!
To your weight loss success, health and happiness,
John Schmidt – Weight Loss Nutritionist Coach