Obama and his Obama care put the government smack dab between the doctor and patient. The government taking more and more control over how a doctor is paid has manipulated doctors into doing what they are told by big brother. Ahhh socialized medicine… My primary insists that my visit with him is never more than ten minutes because that is what he is allowed. My doctor, who is a friend, requires me to fill out forms with questions making sure he is doing what he is told to do it’s absolutely top down medicine. If the questions are answered correctly he is given a better rating and is able to continue his practice. To me it’s communism. Of course the “TOP” doesn’t have all of these rules. They were exempt from the socialized medicine they forced on all of us common folk. Just take the pill or the injection and have a nice passing, it’s for the good of the collective whole not the individual.
My son refused to sign up for Obama Don’t Care, and said he was not going to pay for something he did not ask for, and would rather pay the “fine” than pay the premiums. He was about 20 years old—wise young man.
Justice Roberts rewrote Obama Don’t Care Act from the bench, so it could pass—oh the pain he caused Americans.
Writing from personal experience, I was in college with premed students and can say that they were intent on becoming physicians either as a an occupational drive inherited from physician parent(s) or from a sincere urge to practice the medical arts. Back then the Buick was known as the doctor's car. Then the AMA finally got the bribe from the fed it had held out support for and the big bucks began to flow. Premed students actually altered lab exams to handicap those behind them and thus, they thought, perhaps improve their chance for admission to med school. And now the Porsche has become the new doctor's car. Big money corrupts.
A Specialist Doctor I had drive an old Jeep and re UIKit the engine every 100,000 miles or so. He told me his colleagues wanted him to buy a Mercedes or some other status car and he refused—he chuckled and told me that he’s debt free and they are in debt up to their eyeballs. With that principle of finance along with his wife being a professor at a prestigious University, I know with confidence he’s a multi-millionaire, and no one would ever know—character matters.
One of the best doctors I ever had—more experienced than his colleagues too!
To elaborate, I feel incentive is the driver in patient/physician relationships. Shamen operate in what I consider the most basic form of communism yet my impression is that they approach each patient's treatment individually as we would like to be treated by our current shamen. They are not driven by the wealth accumulation incentive.
To me, Medicine Man refers to the practice of indigenous peoples healing systems. To use these words in a derogatory way demeans the powerful practice of the true Shaman, Medicine Man/Woman IMO.
You always assume a derogatory attitude to our aboriginal population that I do not have. I can claim, at the least, a 1/16th Cherokee bloodline so your implied negativity by me would constitute autophagic. behavior on my part. I was, if you had read carefully,saying we would benefit greatly if our medicine men today would show their patients the individualized care offered by aboriginal medicine men (shamen).
Sorry, I still don't put the two words in the same category. When I read your comparison, it doesn't make sense to me. I don't mean to be out of line... (Aboriginal peoples relate to the Australian area)
BTW I checked and the term aboriginal is generic, referring to the earliest inhabitants of a region so I was not derelict in its usage.. However, I used that term, as I said, to be inclusive of all indigenous medicine men
You wouldn’t believe the cars my primary care physician has. 1st he has a Ford GT (450,000), 2nd and third he has two special edition corvettes that he races 700,000, he has a new Cadillac with over 500 horse power guessing 120,000. I know his wife drives an older suburban. He buys cars from auctions over the phone. Big money. I think he’s 53-54 he retired just recently….
I agree with you ddc. I didn’t get into his garage but he once in a while would bring the cars to the health club where I worked, his office was there, and man he had some beautiful cars. That Ford GT is an amazing, you can feel it go by you. He’s a good guy!
I'm quite persuaded that courageous doctors operating on the principle of subsidiarity found success with their treatments. Their success, of course, served as enhancement for their penalties.
Levine was another little humiliation, dressed in drag as "stunning and brave." On the very face of it, no senator who approved of his nomination and protested RFK Jr's should ever be taken seriously again. Becerra was scarier to me; he could look and speak with cool professionalism, and bearing the imprimatur of an illegitimate executive regime, smirk at the entire country as he inflicted his 1984-style torments.
I think healthcare needs to return to it's religeous roots.
I'm a nurse, and am daily horrified by the small but continous acts of cruelty inflicted on patients by nurses who think 'protocol based medicine', dictated by unelected bureaucrats represents patient care.
I see patients being told to 'urinate in their pad' rather than be helped to go to the toilet. I've had friends discharged with wet, oozing wounds from cancer surgery, only to be readmitted with septic shock. On the wards patients are often left dirty, without food or drink, while nurses sit behind desks giggling and typing in codes on a computer.
Who is ever made responsible? No one. Because no one cares about the building blocks of patient care that create healthy who are safely discharged and don't bounce back through ED.
In my opinion nurse training should never have been taken over by Universities. This was not something most nurses wanted, it was pushed by Marxist and power hungary unions.
The current 'covid' take over of healthcare, and it's descent into fascism, technocracy (and eugenics), has actually been coming for decades.
Most patients are elderly and frail, there is no 'cure' for their ailments. The best option is limited medical intervention and lots of good basic care.
Lonliness is one of the most common conditions I've seen. Anxiety about what comes after death. Fear of dying, being disabled or being dumped into institutons.
I'd like to see the defunding of 'public healthcare'. And a return to local Church based hospitals and community groups. If rich people want to fund large hospitals and medical training, great. But most sick people belong in the community, being cared for by decent nurses. Fundamently, good healthcare is entwined with good Christian values.
That's what I see as missing on the wards of 'public' hospitals.
MAHA should focus on making our foods healthy, our medicines actually safe and our Gov health agencies not being funded or controlled in any way by Pharma, such as royalties to Gov employees.
I believe America has always been in division with two sides, one party primarily against the Constitution, the freedoms and limits to Gov (democrats) and a party that believes in the Constitution's simple and straight forward writings (republicans/MAGA). In straight forward terms Good vs Evil. The problem with evil, is people are easily manipulated into being sheep and followers. Good are the sheep dogs and free thinkers. My two cents.
Does anyone know of an "educational" institution that "teaches" the fabulous gift of INDIVIDUAL freedom (the despised "dead white males") bequeathed to United States citizens REQUIRES INDIVIDUAL responsibility to be "sustainable"?
Aside from Hillsdale College - does anyone know of ANY educational institution who's curriculum includes "teaching" the seven Articles, twenty four Sections (and) 27 amendments to the US Constitution?
Is the U.S. Constitution even VALID now in the 21st century - being that those Seven Articles and 24 Sections are all but ignored BY the U.S. COURT system - from SCOTUS on down to the "lower" federal court "activist judges" who blatantly write UNCONSTITUTIONAL "edicts" and "rulings" at whim?
Some say "we" the people are now "living" in a "POST-Constitutional" era - meaning the U.S. Constitution REALLY means whatever clever lawyers SAY it means - INCLUDING the 9 SCOTUS Justices.
The "American" Left (read liberals, progressives, Socialists, Communists and Fascists) have relentlessly attacked the US Constitution as being "outdated," "racist," "sexist," "unjust," and
needs to be replaced with a more "just" and "fair" replacement - that has quietly been waiting in the wings - for an ARTICLE V Convention of States to convene - so the BLUE states can push for the American Left's "New States Constitution - 2020" to supersede the "old" 1787 Constitution.
Anyone who has actually READ this "replacement" Constitution (as this writer has) must conclude it is at its core and meaning SOCIALIST! Of note it has NO provision for INDIVIDUAL ownership of firearms.
Food for thought.
P.S: Can anyone cite in which Article or Section of the current U.S. Constitution does the word "democracy" - Big D OR small d appear?
Attorney General Ken Paxton’s Investigation Leads to 10-Year Prison Sentence and Over $26 Million in Restitution for Texas Doctor
DALLAS – Attorney General Ken Paxton’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit has secured 10 years in federal prison and a $26,622,522 restitution payment for Dr. David M. Young, 61, of Fredericksburg, Texas, who was sentenced for his role in a scheme that defrauded government health care programs by prescribing durable medical equipment and genetic tests without seeing or treating patients.
Young signed thousands of fraudulent prescriptions and medical records for unnecessary orthotic braces and cancer genetic testing for more than 13,000 Medicare beneficiaries—many of whom he never spoke to or examined—including undercover agents posing as patients. The scheme resulted in the fraudulent billing of more than $70 million to healthcare programs.
“Medicaid fraud steals hundreds of millions from the taxpayers, and I will relentlessly pursue those who exploit these programs,” said Attorney General Paxton. “This doctor will pay more than $26 million in restitution and spend 10 years in jail for his actions. In the past four years my office has recovered nearly $1 billion for Texas taxpayers and I will continue to do everything in my power to hold wrong doers accountable.”
Greetings from the Thumb Coast of MI! Recently I had occasion to check in with my primary doctor. Specifics not relevant to this post. The conversation that took place between physician and patient is the motivation! After taking vitals (all within the normal range for age and gender) and drawing blood samples, the doctor found a few things that needed attention, and proposed options instead of dictating, i.e., prescribing pharmaceuticals as the cure all. In the first instance, diet was offered as an alternative, easy to modify - done! The second situation, the doctor suggested a pharmaceutical or a prescription for a one-time test. We concurred that a trial of the pharmaceutical could work and would institute a two month trial period at which time I report on the efficacy; if not effective, I'll take the test. For the third and last issue, the doctor suggested a round of physical therapy sessions as opposed to medication. Wow! Forty minutes of dialogue between patient and doctor, alternative remediations offered, a time table established, and an amical partnership under way. It is possible to find a medical practitioner not held captive by big pharma and its rigid hold on patient care. To all, SLAINTE!
Prevention and reversal of disease states is key, but should not become captive to the band aid approach of the allopathic medicine model. In my view, consumer education, coupled with the removal of chemicals from our food supply is essential. McDonald customers should know that the bread is treated with a rubber softener chemical used in manufacturing tires. Purpose: So the bread doesn't go stale and there is no waste. Example of many many unnecessary chemicals (10,000 versus 400 in Europe) being added to our processed foods. Food dyes that cause hyperactivity in our children and the solution is to give them Ritalin and etc., rather than eliminate the source of the problem. Many children are obese because they are consuming liquid corn syrup (from pop etc) from many other sources and the medicine man answer is putting them on statin drugs. Just three of many reasons why over 50% of the US population has a inflammatory disease! N2E4U is my motto. thomasabraunrph@substack.com
I see Dr. Rachael Lavine as a cover page model for "What's Wrong With the USA" Magazine. I acknowledge that we cannot all be inordinately attractive, but calling Dr. Lavine homely would be a compliment. I do not know what percentage of the population trans-sexuals might represent, but I do know there is a very disproportional presence of them in our media. Trans-sexuals have been foisted to the top of the Woke / DEI / liberal flag pole - - - why ? I truly hope there is an equally homely, gender confused, weight challenged partner out there for Dr. Lavine, but I am tired of seeing pictures of he / she / it. Thank you for shining your light on our medical practice preoccupation of illness treatment, as opposed to health care.
Local rule allows for new ideas to be tested in smaller labs. Central planning and rule scales up the experiments and can get more people killed. (It’s faster depopulation, for those in a hurry .)
IMHO, the medical institution suffers from all the ailments of any bureaucracy. First it had to establish legitimacy. Then establish primacy. Then deal with health issues in a way that can make IT and its constituents money. Unfortunately, along the way it forgot and stopped caring about the FACT that one size fits one. So now we have medical education and medical board regulators providing the public with a 64% solution - protocols that work for 80% of the people 80% of the time, statics driven medical care. Physicians are now more concerned with CYA than patient solutions. And worse, government stepped in with that abortion called "obamacare" only making it worse for everyone and not producing anything of value.
When I, an educated person, ask my doc for a renewable prescription for the only drug that works for my gout attacks I resent him/her giving me a non-renewable prescription of a lower dose that I know works. I know my body - after 77 years - better than any doc ever will.
Thank you Dr. Malone for your “chapter” of great information presented here. You certainly put a lot in perspective from the past to the present! Kind of like making a salad with separate ingredients, then mixing it altogether into a delicious feed!
Thank you for this excellent and insightful review! While my slot in government was SSA and the disability program, much of the pathology offered showed similar characteristics. Government employment was seen as security. Going along to get along = the road to success.
Without a doubt NIH, FDA and the CDC have years of cordial, rewarding and supportive relations with pharma, food production and manufacturers. To leave this for a brave new world of promoting good health (and no clear reward system, just risks) is a giant step.
You make the point that the system needs to hire a fresh new generation of candidates, risk takers to be developed for leadership to take on the revised focus.
I have to wonder if our scope needs to be further expanded. With the stains of the Covid educational harms, CRT and DEI have had on our current youth, are remedial measures needed? Further, what I've heard from the "Do No Harm" investigations of medical schools is concerning.
I would also wonder if some effort is needed to dent the focus of the existing yellow beret leadership (and perhaps beyond in the states 'blue in particular▪︎). I had a dear immediate boss who said my 'bright ideas had merit' but we couldnt pass them up the line as he had 2 children to educate. His boss advised me I would be wasting my time applying for promotion. I eventually quit. Yellow berets will remain a significant to substantial threat IMO.
Obama and his Obama care put the government smack dab between the doctor and patient. The government taking more and more control over how a doctor is paid has manipulated doctors into doing what they are told by big brother. Ahhh socialized medicine… My primary insists that my visit with him is never more than ten minutes because that is what he is allowed. My doctor, who is a friend, requires me to fill out forms with questions making sure he is doing what he is told to do it’s absolutely top down medicine. If the questions are answered correctly he is given a better rating and is able to continue his practice. To me it’s communism. Of course the “TOP” doesn’t have all of these rules. They were exempt from the socialized medicine they forced on all of us common folk. Just take the pill or the injection and have a nice passing, it’s for the good of the collective whole not the individual.
My son refused to sign up for Obama Don’t Care, and said he was not going to pay for something he did not ask for, and would rather pay the “fine” than pay the premiums. He was about 20 years old—wise young man.
Justice Roberts rewrote Obama Don’t Care Act from the bench, so it could pass—oh the pain he caused Americans.
Judge Roberts was the same Judge who was supposed to be the watchdog over the FISA courts that were used against innocent Americans.
Forgot about that. 🤨
Writing from personal experience, I was in college with premed students and can say that they were intent on becoming physicians either as a an occupational drive inherited from physician parent(s) or from a sincere urge to practice the medical arts. Back then the Buick was known as the doctor's car. Then the AMA finally got the bribe from the fed it had held out support for and the big bucks began to flow. Premed students actually altered lab exams to handicap those behind them and thus, they thought, perhaps improve their chance for admission to med school. And now the Porsche has become the new doctor's car. Big money corrupts.
A Specialist Doctor I had drive an old Jeep and re UIKit the engine every 100,000 miles or so. He told me his colleagues wanted him to buy a Mercedes or some other status car and he refused—he chuckled and told me that he’s debt free and they are in debt up to their eyeballs. With that principle of finance along with his wife being a professor at a prestigious University, I know with confidence he’s a multi-millionaire, and no one would ever know—character matters.
One of the best doctors I ever had—more experienced than his colleagues too!
Rebuilt…I need to edit my comments better. 🙄
To elaborate, I feel incentive is the driver in patient/physician relationships. Shamen operate in what I consider the most basic form of communism yet my impression is that they approach each patient's treatment individually as we would like to be treated by our current shamen. They are not driven by the wealth accumulation incentive.
I am assuming you are not referring to a Shaman, Micheal?
Yes I was. Assumed shamen the plural. Not?
Yes, and my definition of Shaman is held with respect to the office. I never think of doctors as practicing Shamanism.
Prefer I' d used the synonym medicine man?
To me, Medicine Man refers to the practice of indigenous peoples healing systems. To use these words in a derogatory way demeans the powerful practice of the true Shaman, Medicine Man/Woman IMO.
You always assume a derogatory attitude to our aboriginal population that I do not have. I can claim, at the least, a 1/16th Cherokee bloodline so your implied negativity by me would constitute autophagic. behavior on my part. I was, if you had read carefully,saying we would benefit greatly if our medicine men today would show their patients the individualized care offered by aboriginal medicine men (shamen).
Sorry, I still don't put the two words in the same category. When I read your comparison, it doesn't make sense to me. I don't mean to be out of line... (Aboriginal peoples relate to the Australian area)
BTW I checked and the term aboriginal is generic, referring to the earliest inhabitants of a region so I was not derelict in its usage.. However, I used that term, as I said, to be inclusive of all indigenous medicine men
You are right but was using the term to be inclusive of all indigenous cultures who utilize medicine men.
You wouldn’t believe the cars my primary care physician has. 1st he has a Ford GT (450,000), 2nd and third he has two special edition corvettes that he races 700,000, he has a new Cadillac with over 500 horse power guessing 120,000. I know his wife drives an older suburban. He buys cars from auctions over the phone. Big money. I think he’s 53-54 he retired just recently….
Well, at least he's got a great hobby, and is helping to keep the economy up.
I agree with you ddc. I didn’t get into his garage but he once in a while would bring the cars to the health club where I worked, his office was there, and man he had some beautiful cars. That Ford GT is an amazing, you can feel it go by you. He’s a good guy!
I'm quite persuaded that courageous doctors operating on the principle of subsidiarity found success with their treatments. Their success, of course, served as enhancement for their penalties.
Levine was another little humiliation, dressed in drag as "stunning and brave." On the very face of it, no senator who approved of his nomination and protested RFK Jr's should ever be taken seriously again. Becerra was scarier to me; he could look and speak with cool professionalism, and bearing the imprimatur of an illegitimate executive regime, smirk at the entire country as he inflicted his 1984-style torments.
I hear you on Becerra, and he could be placed back in power in a reversal of leadership in the country.
I think healthcare needs to return to it's religeous roots.
I'm a nurse, and am daily horrified by the small but continous acts of cruelty inflicted on patients by nurses who think 'protocol based medicine', dictated by unelected bureaucrats represents patient care.
I see patients being told to 'urinate in their pad' rather than be helped to go to the toilet. I've had friends discharged with wet, oozing wounds from cancer surgery, only to be readmitted with septic shock. On the wards patients are often left dirty, without food or drink, while nurses sit behind desks giggling and typing in codes on a computer.
Who is ever made responsible? No one. Because no one cares about the building blocks of patient care that create healthy who are safely discharged and don't bounce back through ED.
In my opinion nurse training should never have been taken over by Universities. This was not something most nurses wanted, it was pushed by Marxist and power hungary unions.
The current 'covid' take over of healthcare, and it's descent into fascism, technocracy (and eugenics), has actually been coming for decades.
Most patients are elderly and frail, there is no 'cure' for their ailments. The best option is limited medical intervention and lots of good basic care.
Lonliness is one of the most common conditions I've seen. Anxiety about what comes after death. Fear of dying, being disabled or being dumped into institutons.
I'd like to see the defunding of 'public healthcare'. And a return to local Church based hospitals and community groups. If rich people want to fund large hospitals and medical training, great. But most sick people belong in the community, being cared for by decent nurses. Fundamently, good healthcare is entwined with good Christian values.
That's what I see as missing on the wards of 'public' hospitals.
Please forgive me. This is Monday, and I just don't want to give up Sunday's excellent strip, I guess. Subject matter fits the heading...??!
Today is Diarrhea Awareness Day - runs until Friday.
MAHA should focus on making our foods healthy, our medicines actually safe and our Gov health agencies not being funded or controlled in any way by Pharma, such as royalties to Gov employees.
I believe America has always been in division with two sides, one party primarily against the Constitution, the freedoms and limits to Gov (democrats) and a party that believes in the Constitution's simple and straight forward writings (republicans/MAGA). In straight forward terms Good vs Evil. The problem with evil, is people are easily manipulated into being sheep and followers. Good are the sheep dogs and free thinkers. My two cents.
Does anyone know of an "educational" institution that "teaches" the fabulous gift of INDIVIDUAL freedom (the despised "dead white males") bequeathed to United States citizens REQUIRES INDIVIDUAL responsibility to be "sustainable"?
Aside from Hillsdale College - does anyone know of ANY educational institution who's curriculum includes "teaching" the seven Articles, twenty four Sections (and) 27 amendments to the US Constitution?
Is the U.S. Constitution even VALID now in the 21st century - being that those Seven Articles and 24 Sections are all but ignored BY the U.S. COURT system - from SCOTUS on down to the "lower" federal court "activist judges" who blatantly write UNCONSTITUTIONAL "edicts" and "rulings" at whim?
Some say "we" the people are now "living" in a "POST-Constitutional" era - meaning the U.S. Constitution REALLY means whatever clever lawyers SAY it means - INCLUDING the 9 SCOTUS Justices.
The "American" Left (read liberals, progressives, Socialists, Communists and Fascists) have relentlessly attacked the US Constitution as being "outdated," "racist," "sexist," "unjust," and
needs to be replaced with a more "just" and "fair" replacement - that has quietly been waiting in the wings - for an ARTICLE V Convention of States to convene - so the BLUE states can push for the American Left's "New States Constitution - 2020" to supersede the "old" 1787 Constitution.
Anyone who has actually READ this "replacement" Constitution (as this writer has) must conclude it is at its core and meaning SOCIALIST! Of note it has NO provision for INDIVIDUAL ownership of firearms.
Food for thought.
P.S: Can anyone cite in which Article or Section of the current U.S. Constitution does the word "democracy" - Big D OR small d appear?
And then...
Attorney General Ken Paxton’s Investigation Leads to 10-Year Prison Sentence and Over $26 Million in Restitution for Texas Doctor
DALLAS – Attorney General Ken Paxton’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit has secured 10 years in federal prison and a $26,622,522 restitution payment for Dr. David M. Young, 61, of Fredericksburg, Texas, who was sentenced for his role in a scheme that defrauded government health care programs by prescribing durable medical equipment and genetic tests without seeing or treating patients.
Young signed thousands of fraudulent prescriptions and medical records for unnecessary orthotic braces and cancer genetic testing for more than 13,000 Medicare beneficiaries—many of whom he never spoke to or examined—including undercover agents posing as patients. The scheme resulted in the fraudulent billing of more than $70 million to healthcare programs.
“Medicaid fraud steals hundreds of millions from the taxpayers, and I will relentlessly pursue those who exploit these programs,” said Attorney General Paxton. “This doctor will pay more than $26 million in restitution and spend 10 years in jail for his actions. In the past four years my office has recovered nearly $1 billion for Texas taxpayers and I will continue to do everything in my power to hold wrong doers accountable.”
Greetings from the Thumb Coast of MI! Recently I had occasion to check in with my primary doctor. Specifics not relevant to this post. The conversation that took place between physician and patient is the motivation! After taking vitals (all within the normal range for age and gender) and drawing blood samples, the doctor found a few things that needed attention, and proposed options instead of dictating, i.e., prescribing pharmaceuticals as the cure all. In the first instance, diet was offered as an alternative, easy to modify - done! The second situation, the doctor suggested a pharmaceutical or a prescription for a one-time test. We concurred that a trial of the pharmaceutical could work and would institute a two month trial period at which time I report on the efficacy; if not effective, I'll take the test. For the third and last issue, the doctor suggested a round of physical therapy sessions as opposed to medication. Wow! Forty minutes of dialogue between patient and doctor, alternative remediations offered, a time table established, and an amical partnership under way. It is possible to find a medical practitioner not held captive by big pharma and its rigid hold on patient care. To all, SLAINTE!
Prevention and reversal of disease states is key, but should not become captive to the band aid approach of the allopathic medicine model. In my view, consumer education, coupled with the removal of chemicals from our food supply is essential. McDonald customers should know that the bread is treated with a rubber softener chemical used in manufacturing tires. Purpose: So the bread doesn't go stale and there is no waste. Example of many many unnecessary chemicals (10,000 versus 400 in Europe) being added to our processed foods. Food dyes that cause hyperactivity in our children and the solution is to give them Ritalin and etc., rather than eliminate the source of the problem. Many children are obese because they are consuming liquid corn syrup (from pop etc) from many other sources and the medicine man answer is putting them on statin drugs. Just three of many reasons why over 50% of the US population has a inflammatory disease! N2E4U is my motto. thomasabraunrph@substack.com
I see Dr. Rachael Lavine as a cover page model for "What's Wrong With the USA" Magazine. I acknowledge that we cannot all be inordinately attractive, but calling Dr. Lavine homely would be a compliment. I do not know what percentage of the population trans-sexuals might represent, but I do know there is a very disproportional presence of them in our media. Trans-sexuals have been foisted to the top of the Woke / DEI / liberal flag pole - - - why ? I truly hope there is an equally homely, gender confused, weight challenged partner out there for Dr. Lavine, but I am tired of seeing pictures of he / she / it. Thank you for shining your light on our medical practice preoccupation of illness treatment, as opposed to health care.
Local rule allows for new ideas to be tested in smaller labs. Central planning and rule scales up the experiments and can get more people killed. (It’s faster depopulation, for those in a hurry .)
IMHO, the medical institution suffers from all the ailments of any bureaucracy. First it had to establish legitimacy. Then establish primacy. Then deal with health issues in a way that can make IT and its constituents money. Unfortunately, along the way it forgot and stopped caring about the FACT that one size fits one. So now we have medical education and medical board regulators providing the public with a 64% solution - protocols that work for 80% of the people 80% of the time, statics driven medical care. Physicians are now more concerned with CYA than patient solutions. And worse, government stepped in with that abortion called "obamacare" only making it worse for everyone and not producing anything of value.
When I, an educated person, ask my doc for a renewable prescription for the only drug that works for my gout attacks I resent him/her giving me a non-renewable prescription of a lower dose that I know works. I know my body - after 77 years - better than any doc ever will.
Thank you Dr. Malone for your “chapter” of great information presented here. You certainly put a lot in perspective from the past to the present! Kind of like making a salad with separate ingredients, then mixing it altogether into a delicious feed!
Be blessed as you are a blessing!
Thank you for this excellent and insightful review! While my slot in government was SSA and the disability program, much of the pathology offered showed similar characteristics. Government employment was seen as security. Going along to get along = the road to success.
Without a doubt NIH, FDA and the CDC have years of cordial, rewarding and supportive relations with pharma, food production and manufacturers. To leave this for a brave new world of promoting good health (and no clear reward system, just risks) is a giant step.
You make the point that the system needs to hire a fresh new generation of candidates, risk takers to be developed for leadership to take on the revised focus.
I have to wonder if our scope needs to be further expanded. With the stains of the Covid educational harms, CRT and DEI have had on our current youth, are remedial measures needed? Further, what I've heard from the "Do No Harm" investigations of medical schools is concerning.
I would also wonder if some effort is needed to dent the focus of the existing yellow beret leadership (and perhaps beyond in the states 'blue in particular▪︎). I had a dear immediate boss who said my 'bright ideas had merit' but we couldnt pass them up the line as he had 2 children to educate. His boss advised me I would be wasting my time applying for promotion. I eventually quit. Yellow berets will remain a significant to substantial threat IMO.
Will be looking forward to your new book!
I think we need to quarantine public health officials, who are bad for your health.