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“If you let the [US] government into medicine, they will destroy it” ~ Dr. William T. Fitts, Jr., Professor of Surgery, in 1965, upon passage of legislation authorizing Medicare.
By Catherine Austin Fitts
The United States spends $9,451 per person per year on health care as of 2015. This figure is significantly higher than the figure for any other country in the world. It’s almost 40% more than for Switzerland, the country that spends the second-most money per person.
The United States spends more than twice per person than does Australia, Canada, France, Italy, Japan, or the United Kingdom. Despite this tsunami of money, the United States ranks thirtieth among countries in life expectancy. This rating compares to that of Japan (first), Switzerland (second), Australia (third), Italy (fourth), France (ninth), and the United Kingdom (twentieth).
Health care expenditures in the United States have risen from 7% to 17% of GNP, threatening the financial health of retirement systems and households, and contributing to greater inequality. At the same time, this explosion of costs has fueled a rising US stock market lead by health care stocks and contributed significantly to local employment and real estate markets. The harsh reality is that capital gains on stock market and real estate is also a significant source of political contributions.
As the US Congress struggles with proposals to create a system that is both fair and economic, it faces a series of special interests that make such a change difficult without a revolutionary shift in consciousness and change in the wider economy.
A US health care system that is both fair and economic will require change in the behavior of citizens and in many health-related industries, such as agriculture, pharmaceuticals, insurance, telecommunications, and media, and in such covert operations as narcotics trafficking and global spraying.
Jon Rappoport of No More Fake News joins me this week to review the challenges facing the US health system. Jon has spent decades investigating medicine, the health sciences and the health care system. His body of writings – much of it captured in his two excellent collections The Matrix Revealed and Exit From the Matrix – reflect some of the most powerful insight available.
I hope this discussion will inspire you to contribute to the shift in conciousness that will result in breakthrough change – to take charge of your health and gain the knowledge you need to successfully navigate health-related systems to enjoy both excellent physical and financial health.
In Money & Markets this week I will discuss the latest in financial and geopolitical news from Hong Kong. I just arrived in this remarkable city on Saturday after a glorious month in Australia. Please make sure to post or e-mail your questions for Ask Catherine.
In Let’s Go to the Movies, I will review the 9-part Truth About Cancer documentary by Ty Bollinger that includes many interviews of excellent physicians and health-care professionals around the world who are truly inspiring.
Talk to you Thursday!
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RE: Health Freedom
Scientific clinical trials in Israel, Germany, England, and Brazil have found cannabis effective against many cancers, dozens of other diseases and for pain management. The count is up to thirty states and the District of Columbia who now regulate medical marijuana by statute. Marijuana Prohibition began in 1937; its use threatened the new petroleum based patented prescription drug model of healthcare favored by Rockefeller and DuPont. Previously physicians widely prescribed cannabis tinctures, oils and compounds. Much of state sanctioned cannabis treatment now consists of those same tinctures and oils in varying ratios of naturally derived Tetrahydrocannabinol and other cannabdiols (CBDs). Many patients -deemed otherwise incurable- are healthier today because of cannabis therapies in the states where it is currently legal.
Cannabis is demonstrated to be a pharmacopoeia Superstar. So much so that the Department of Health and Human Services holds US Patent #6,630,507 –cannabinoids for the prevention and treatment of diseases including auto-immune disorders, stroke, trauma, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and dementia. The United States Patent Office granted GW Pharmaceuticals, a British corporation, multiple cannabis patents: #8,790,719, #9,017,737, #9,168,278 and #9,205,063, for treatments of prostate, breast and colon cancers, neural degeneration, psychotic disorders, and as an appetite suppressant. More patents for that corporation are pending. They are even claiming patent protections for common extraction techniques used separate the natural oils. Big Pharma is very interested moving to lock up this natural curative and reduce it too to patented chemicals with toxic side effects.
Amending federal law to acknowledge cannabis therapeutic efficacy is a policy change supported by nearly every American. — A 2017 Quinnipiac University National poll finds 94% of Americans support the use of marijuana by medical patients. In Congress the 2014 Rohrabacher-Farr Amendment (also known as Rohrabacher-Blumenauer), prevented the Department of Justice from interfering with state laws on the use, distribution, possession or cultivation of Cannabis. A May 1st, 2017 letter by Attorney General Sessions instructs Congress not to renew it. A new act, the Compassionate Access, Research Expansion, and Respect States (CARERS) Act of 2017, was introduce in both house of Congress, bipartisan legislation which codifies Rohrabacher-Farr protections, exempts from federal prosecution those who are engaged in the “production, possession, distribution, dispensation, administration, laboratory testing, recommending use, or delivery of medical marijuana” in instances where these activities comport with state law, and forbids the Justice Department from overriding them. Separate provisions in CARERS Act exclude cannabdiol from the federal definition of marijuana, permit VA doctors to authorize medical cannabis access to qualified patients, and remove undue federal barriers to clinical trial research to better assess the safety and efficacy of medical cannabis.
If cannabis is decriminalized on the federal level let’s hope citizens can prevent pharma corporations from grabbing the wondrous cannabis natural medicine as patented property.
Yup. People need to be able to grow and use or juice where they are.
Sickcare business as usual in dollar terms:
“For a healthy 65-year-old couple retiring this year with a future adjusted gross annual income of less than $170,000 after adding in any tax-exempt income, projected lifetime health-care premiums add up to $321,994 in today’s dollars.
Take a moment to appreciate that figure. It includes premium payments for Medicare Parts B and D, supplemental insurance premiums, and dental premiums. (The supplemental premium figure used is a national average, and premiums can vary greatly from state to state.)
Sadly, and shockingly, that doesn’t reflect the full range of likely expenses. Add in deductibles, co-pays, and costs for hearing, vision, and dental care, and the total rises to $404,253 in today’s dollars.”
‘$500,000 Surprise: Health Care Sticker Shock Awaits You in Retirement’
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-22/here-s-what-you-need-to-save-for-health-care-in-retirement
You know I’m posting that one!
I was not able to download the full Interview file – the file I get when I click the link is zero bytes. I’m sure this is a much bigger, juicier bite than that! :>)
Try now! Apologies!