American Healthcare Heads into the Crapper

 

by Pa Rock

Citizen Journalist

I'm old, and one of the few benefits of being old is that I have the opportunity to visit with several doctors on a regular basis.   I like to take advantage of those visits by not only discussing my various aches and pains, but also the state of the world with people who are well educated.  I was chatting with one of my favorite medical doctors a couple of weeks ago and asked him, very casually, what the next pandemic was going to be like.

The doctor, an extremely bright and competent individual, did not try to sugar coat his response.  "Rock," he said, "It's going to be bad."  Then we talked about the vaccine mess in America and the government moves away from preventive care.  As he lamented the craziness coming out of the Department of Health and Human Services, the man with the stethoscope looked as though he might cry.

America's medical providers are caught in an impossible position with insurance companies on one side limiting the medical procedures they can use and the medicines they can prescribe, and quack politicians on the other setting national health standards and practices based on Facebook posts from kooks.

Last Friday the President of the United States, a man who has no medical or scientific training whatsoever, posted this medical gem on social media:

"Pregnant Women,  DON'T USE TYLENOL UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY, DON'T GIVE TYLENOL TO YOUR YOUNG CHILD FOR VIRTUALLY ANY REASON, BREAK UP THE MMR SHOT INTO THREE TOTALLY SEPARATE SHOTS (NOT MIXED), TAKE CHICKEN P SHOT SEPARATELY, TAKE HEPATITIS B SHOT AT 12 YEARS OLD, OR OLDER, AND, IMPORTANTLY, TAKE VACCINE IN 5 SEPARATE MEDICAL VISITS!  President DJT

All of that sage medical advice from a man who is uniquely unqualified to give it - while he and his pocket GOP Congress work tirelessly to take Medicaid and Affordable Care Act medical coverage away from millions of Americans who desperately need that assistance.

The word "shameful" doesn't even begin to describe the ignorance and evil that our nation is witnessing in the vengeful attack on our nation's working poor, and especially the unrelenting assaults on our healthcare - both in cost and quality.

Seek medical advice and treatment from legitimate (licensed and board certified) medical doctors - and tell your Members of Congress and US Senators to leave Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act the hell alone!