Perhaps we should all write our respective senators and representatives attaching a copy of this message of hope for reducing avoidable excess cost for Medicare and Medicaid while improving health outcomes for beneficiaries. We could also attach this message to our letters to CMS administrators at the national and state level. We need organized action.
Eliminating processed “foods”, specifically with “added sugar”, in the Standard American Diet, or “S.A.D.”, will go a long way to reducing the financial burden on the country. Early detection and primary lifestyle optimization to improve metabolic health of people will save our Economy. It is as existential as protecting our national security.
It is not an either or proposition. It is both. No matter how good your lifestyle is, the right combination of inexpensive medications will further delay chronic disease and slow aging. The specific medications are all antioxidants that inactivate the nutrition switch (mTOR) and activate the survival switch (AMPK)
I know bill, however, the “big whale in the room” problem is pushing the bad “food” to the masses has been a “👎Metabolical” of conspiracy among the industry, the government, and the complicit American legacy medicine. Ignoring it is criminal, in my view.
Medicine is or should be a profession with a first duty of advocacy for patients. Business is about making money. That is the nature of the beast. That is their focus. Drug companies charge whatever traffic will bear. Food companies create food that creates so much pleasure you can't stop eating. You can't eat "just one."Medical providers use treatements that have been proven not to work Tobacco companies advertised to our children to create addiction. . Food companies still promote sugar-loaded juice and breakfast cereal. Patients are not weak. They don't lack willpower. They are victims of a profit-at-any cost mentality. Educating patients about these threats is a critical part of patient advocacy.
Mar 3, 2023·edited Mar 3, 2023Liked by William H Bestermann Jr MD
Sadly, we both know that’s rhetorical stuff of the complicit Legacy Medicine. I realized this terrible fact in the 1990s and walked away from this kabuki dance theater. 97.5% of the research dollars are spent on the late stage disease seeking profiteering, drugs, devices, tests, and corrupt "administrative medicine", deceptions are what the entire medical industrial complex focus on. You know that, Bill. That's why Americans pay the highest medical bills and suffer the highest portality rates in the devloped world. ENOUGH!!!
MCG Technology is my way of making a real substantial difference in everyday lives of people. The technology will serve as the tip of the spear to usher in a decentralized ecosystem where people own, mange, bet their own data and monetize through a distributed ledger system through blockchain technology platform for the best possible outcomes at the lowest possible cost! Bill. People will live longer, healthier, and hopefully happier!
Once you are a physician, we are one for life. I walked away from phony, irresponsible, complicit, and corrupted practice of "late stage sickness seeking legace medicine". Instead, I started my creation process to usher us into a new clean, safe, patient-centric, ethical, and better world.
They can go a step further and allow these Medicare recipients “dollars” to go toward DPC (Direct Primary Care) models and preserve more money for the catastrophic aspect of their care. We are the only DPC practice set up near a large hospital system that is bloated and much too costly to serve the population with OMT. Time and time again, our data as a nurse practitioner run DPC runs circles around their Medicare run system that is heavy on the administration and beats these PMDs into submission to check off the moronic boxes in order to get their carrots. Now that we have added the MCG (multifunction Cardiogram) to our list of services, I expect to reverse heart disease and keep our patients out of the hands of local cardiologist and their expensive procedures.
Thanks Karl. I am a great fan of nurse practitioners. They embrace care pathways and protocols. They understand that systems are required to consistently produce a quality product. Many physicians are prejudiced in that regard. They consider pathways and protocols "cookbook medicine" We have the systems, protocols, analytics, training, population health tools, financial, and clinical analytics to support yours APNs in consistently producing the product optimal medical therapy. If we combine the products, it may be the best solution out there.
Just reviewed the link. Thank you. I will connect with you. I just saw a Medicare patient yesterday where they wanted me to do a PA for a medication. I refused. I told the patient I can order it directly for them and dispense a 90 day supply for $20 or they can find a Medicare PMD willing to waste their time going through a PA. Patient is willing to pay the $20. It is this kind of waste that drives me crazy.
That's why I have written hundreds of posts in the last two years. I could not possibly be more frustrated. We could have much better health at lower cost soon. Our leaders know it. They just don't do it. I want to work with people who take patient advocacy seriously and want to educate patients on what we could have. I work to bring optimal medical therapy to more patients as soon as we can.
Agree 100%
Perhaps we should all write our respective senators and representatives attaching a copy of this message of hope for reducing avoidable excess cost for Medicare and Medicaid while improving health outcomes for beneficiaries. We could also attach this message to our letters to CMS administrators at the national and state level. We need organized action.
Thank you so much for that important comment. Let's talk about a way to execute that strategy from a practical level.
Eliminating processed “foods”, specifically with “added sugar”, in the Standard American Diet, or “S.A.D.”, will go a long way to reducing the financial burden on the country. Early detection and primary lifestyle optimization to improve metabolic health of people will save our Economy. It is as existential as protecting our national security.
It is not an either or proposition. It is both. No matter how good your lifestyle is, the right combination of inexpensive medications will further delay chronic disease and slow aging. The specific medications are all antioxidants that inactivate the nutrition switch (mTOR) and activate the survival switch (AMPK)
I know bill, however, the “big whale in the room” problem is pushing the bad “food” to the masses has been a “👎Metabolical” of conspiracy among the industry, the government, and the complicit American legacy medicine. Ignoring it is criminal, in my view.
Medicine is or should be a profession with a first duty of advocacy for patients. Business is about making money. That is the nature of the beast. That is their focus. Drug companies charge whatever traffic will bear. Food companies create food that creates so much pleasure you can't stop eating. You can't eat "just one."Medical providers use treatements that have been proven not to work Tobacco companies advertised to our children to create addiction. . Food companies still promote sugar-loaded juice and breakfast cereal. Patients are not weak. They don't lack willpower. They are victims of a profit-at-any cost mentality. Educating patients about these threats is a critical part of patient advocacy.
Sadly, we both know that’s rhetorical stuff of the complicit Legacy Medicine. I realized this terrible fact in the 1990s and walked away from this kabuki dance theater. 97.5% of the research dollars are spent on the late stage disease seeking profiteering, drugs, devices, tests, and corrupt "administrative medicine", deceptions are what the entire medical industrial complex focus on. You know that, Bill. That's why Americans pay the highest medical bills and suffer the highest portality rates in the devloped world. ENOUGH!!!
We can't walk away. We have to convince enough people to move in a different direction
MCG Technology is my way of making a real substantial difference in everyday lives of people. The technology will serve as the tip of the spear to usher in a decentralized ecosystem where people own, mange, bet their own data and monetize through a distributed ledger system through blockchain technology platform for the best possible outcomes at the lowest possible cost! Bill. People will live longer, healthier, and hopefully happier!
Once you are a physician, we are one for life. I walked away from phony, irresponsible, complicit, and corrupted practice of "late stage sickness seeking legace medicine". Instead, I started my creation process to usher us into a new clean, safe, patient-centric, ethical, and better world.
You know I started my long, arduous journey to create the MCG Technology platform to take us in a new direction for good.
They can go a step further and allow these Medicare recipients “dollars” to go toward DPC (Direct Primary Care) models and preserve more money for the catastrophic aspect of their care. We are the only DPC practice set up near a large hospital system that is bloated and much too costly to serve the population with OMT. Time and time again, our data as a nurse practitioner run DPC runs circles around their Medicare run system that is heavy on the administration and beats these PMDs into submission to check off the moronic boxes in order to get their carrots. Now that we have added the MCG (multifunction Cardiogram) to our list of services, I expect to reverse heart disease and keep our patients out of the hands of local cardiologist and their expensive procedures.
Thanks Karl. I am a great fan of nurse practitioners. They embrace care pathways and protocols. They understand that systems are required to consistently produce a quality product. Many physicians are prejudiced in that regard. They consider pathways and protocols "cookbook medicine" We have the systems, protocols, analytics, training, population health tools, financial, and clinical analytics to support yours APNs in consistently producing the product optimal medical therapy. If we combine the products, it may be the best solution out there.
Here is a link to Karl's site.
https://www.healthbeyondinsurance.com/about-health-beyond-insurance
Let's discuss. whbester@gmail.com
Just reviewed the link. Thank you. I will connect with you. I just saw a Medicare patient yesterday where they wanted me to do a PA for a medication. I refused. I told the patient I can order it directly for them and dispense a 90 day supply for $20 or they can find a Medicare PMD willing to waste their time going through a PA. Patient is willing to pay the $20. It is this kind of waste that drives me crazy.
That's why I have written hundreds of posts in the last two years. I could not possibly be more frustrated. We could have much better health at lower cost soon. Our leaders know it. They just don't do it. I want to work with people who take patient advocacy seriously and want to educate patients on what we could have. I work to bring optimal medical therapy to more patients as soon as we can.
Total agreement.
Great. Good to hear from you.