The following post was written by Donna Navarro; she is one of the biggest activist in the nation when it comes to the health care industry. Her influence has reached as far as the congressional floor of Washington; her connections to major U.S. figures are ubiquitous; I have known and worked with Donna for almost 8 years. I offer this post as a means of balance and objectivity. I have yet to see this film which opened earlier this year in L.A. I do intend on watching it on the campus of Houston Christian in the coming weeks. Once I have seen it and done my research, I will have to make a decision about American health care. For the record, I do endorse Obama’s universal health care bill. While some might find this film controversial, I applaude its efforts at offering the masses information. Remember, information deemed vital to the public that is silenced or with held is a form of fascism.
“Controversy is only dreaded by advocates of error.” Benjamin Rush
It seems to me that my take on Medical Freedom has become more and more of a controversy in my life. Why do people not get that all I want is for the American people to have freedom of choice, the freedom to choose the modality of treatment for their disease/illness.
Cong. Dan Burton (IN-R,) is introducing a Bill for medical access called, HR2736 “Access to Medical Treatment Act”. You can go to www.govtrack.us to track where the Bill is at in real-time and/or see who your representatives and senators are in order to contact them to support medical freedom.
“Cut Poison Burn”, a documentary on the corruption of the medical establishment and how it is one big monopoly. The film raises issues that have been long ignored, there needs to be serious dialogue in finding a solution and not bury our heads in the sand.
You can go to www.cutpoisonburn.com to view the trailer and go to facebook to press ”Like”.
The documentary is being shown at Houston Christian High School on Nov.30th and Dec. 3rd at 7:30pm in the Chapel. You can purchase tickets on line at www.cutpoisonburn.com. The tickets are $12.00 each and part of the proceeds go to cancer charities, you can see the list on the website. Please come see the most important film of your life.
Very interesting. Hits home. Thanks for informing us “masses”. I am curious to hear more on what drove her to be so involved in this campaign.
You need to see the film to find out, sometimes it takes a tragedy to see where change needs to be made.
I am with Donna here; I know her story and why she is so active; I have invited her into my classes to speak on various topics regarding this matter; I know my colleagues within the department have done so too. Whoever you are, I am sure it will be worth the time and $.
I am curious to know if this monopoly is purported by pharm businesses or the government. That is a bit unclear to me. It sounds like this position is anti FDA and government.
I am not anti government but I am however for less government intrusion in my life. I do not need the government to dictate to me what modalities of treatment I can or cannot have. If I want to try a modality of treatment that is not invasive like chemo and radiation I should have the right to chose said therapy. Please see the film and I promise you , you will understand my point of view.
Reading about the film, I saw Dr. Burzynski’s name come up and remembered that I’d heard an interview with him and actress Suzanne Somers. As I recall, she was falsely diagnosed with cancer and was shocked at how fast the doctors wanted to start her on chemo without much discussion. Some cancers respond well to chemo and radiation, while others do not. Somers feels it is important to be informed of the odds of success and have the option to go with a different treatment.
I was horrified to learn how little of the American Cancer Society’s money went to fighting cancer and how the bulk of the funds go to paying salaries. Yes, the costs of health care in the United States needs to be addressed, but handing the job to the government is such a bad idea. No one does less with more than the government—and they are claiming they can do more with less!. It is breathtaking how bad they are at managing anything. I don’t envision such a system being very flexible on cancer treatments.
Redbox recently raised their movie rental rate from $1.00 to $1.20. Remember how we used to pay $3 or $4 for a video cassette rental? Today we get a more convenient, cheaper, higher quality DVD. Others can pay a similarly cheap rate to stream movies via Netflix, Hulu, or Amazon Prime. This was done not by government getting involved, but by the free market fighting for business. Let government unchain health care, not take it over.
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