I’ve always argued that a fever is something to heed, not something to fight. Today’s Wall Street Journal (3/1/11) had these 3 articles which I see as fiscal as well as physical datapoints to heed:
- -Sweating Out a Fever- Focus on Symptoms, Not Just the Number on the Thermometer, Doctors Advise-
“There’s some evidence that illnesses may resolve faster when fevers are left untreated…There’s a huge desire to do the right thing, but when we think we’re healing the child, we may be really treating ourselves by taking action….fever isn’t an illness, it’s a response, probably an evolutionary adaptation to help fight infection. Setting the body’s thermostat (the hypothalamus gland in the brain) a few degrees higher slows the reproduction of bacteria and viruses and boosts white blood cells.”
- Ventas Will Buy Nationwide Health For $5.8 Billion
“Demand for medical-office properties and senior-living facilities to rise…
that trend is expected to continue as health care shifts towards outpatient services…with…Healthcare overhaul…boosting number of people with health insurance… especially for the growing number of older Americans”
- The Massachusetts Health-Reform Mess: The Bay State has shown the risks of ObamaCare.
Mass 2006 health care overhaul was model for PPACA (aka ObamaCare). The 2010 results were insurance “rates rising 14% faster than rest of nation.” Then, last month Round 2 introduced “de facto price controls on eveyone from solo PCPs to prestigious acasemic hospital systems”
“The most important effects not from the letter of the law, but from the laws unintended and unpredictable consequences”
>>>>>>>My observation: Trying to control health costs will make rates surge for less coverage, that will be more regulated and limited. People will be paying for more care out of pocket..especially for not life threatening conditions associated with aging. Like back and neck pain.
Society’s shift towards more self care IS predictable….and is good for them as well as Posture Professionals who help people move, feel and age well.
