A Poll on woo

[Egalitarian Thug]

19. No vote as I'm between 4 and 5. Traditional western medicine is wonderful for the mechanical issues,

if I break my leg, I want pain killers, the bone(s) set & screwed, and the comfort of knowing that it will heal and I won't be crippled for the rest of my life. However. the further away from straight mechanical issues I get, the less I trust these same practitioners.

The overwhelming problem I see in medicine is money. while it is true that we don't have enough doctors, a far worse problem is that we have a whole bunch of doctors that are in the field for no reason beyond money. This extends and amplifies as you move further out into the various supporting industries such as pharmaceuticals and medical devices.

For-profit medicine is bad and dangerous, at best. If you were born normally healthy, the further you can stay away from it, the more likely you are to live a comfortable, healthy life. Medical practices do not make any money from telling you that there is no problem that you can't fix yourself, and since their whole purpose is to make money, rather than delivering health care, you can pretty well count on having them do or give you something every time you walk through the door. It's all about the billing, baby!