We live in a country (I assume most here are in the U.S.) where countless people will never get well or even die, simply because they cannot afford quality medical care. In this day and age, it IS shameful that any person be denied quality health care, due to their financial status. I have nearly bankrupt my family trying to get well. I had to leave traditional medicine, because they were the worst of all. I saw the top specialists at UCLA, USC, Scripps Institute, just to name a very few places, and not only received absolutely no help at any of those places, but was treated like an insane hypochondriac, despite having positive lab tests showing I was very ill. Also, had i followed the medicine protocol one doctor wanted to put me on, i would have had chance of going blind. he misdiagnosed me as having lupus when i didn't. Despite knowing I would have to pay out of pocket, I stopped going to western medicine doctors, because it was a waste of time, and the co-pays for what insurance wouldn't cover (which was surprisingly a lot), was costing a lot of money too. I have gotten more answers and temporary help from natural and alternative medicine, than I ever did with traditional medicine, however I had to stop being treated, because we simply couldn't afford it. Now I am having a really hard time and I know I'm going to just sell whatever I can, to try and pay for care through the right person. More and more insurance companies are starting to cover alternative therapies like chiropractic, acupuncture, etc., but most will not cover naturopathic medicine. The naturopaths I have talked to also say they will never work with insurance companies because they make it very hard to keep their doors open. $750 may not seem expensive to someone who makes a decent living and doesn't have to pay any additional money. But that is to just get you in the door. It doesn't cover testing, which can run thousands of dollars, supplements, which will for sure run into the thousands of dollars, and so on. I am not a Rockefeller. My husband and I live paycheck to paycheck and are living with family, because I am too sick to work.
Despite my own horrible health, I also am taking care of my mom, who has stage four cancer. She has been through chemo and just got through radiation. I wish you could see how this stuff has ravaged her body or hear her whimper and moan all day long from pain. She needs something like acupuncture because the hardcore narcotic pain meds they have given her are not working. But she doesn't want to go, I am sure because they can't afford it right now. They are not part of the 1% either. I have gone through my personal nightmare for 17 years and I have talked to soooo many people also who are the same boat that we are - who cannot afford the care they need The whole process over the last almost two decades has been so nearly traumatizing, that I am thinking of writing a book talking about what I have experienced and witnessed, as well as sharing the experiences of others. Several people who have gone through the same thing have asked me to do it and I think the truth needs to be told.
