Comments by "Solo Renegade" (@SoloRenegade) on "ReasonTV"
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@pin65371 yes, you're exactly right. even if I can point out all the issues and how to fix them, look at how much money the industries I mentioned make every year, and the legal and financial burden it could take to defeat them. And history shows us big pharma and others are willing to play dirty and even criminal acts to protect their empire.
Th first step is just making more people aware of the truth. Explain to them why healthcare has gotten so expensive, Such as, when so many people are unhealthy and constantly visiting the hospitals, everyone's insurance rates goes up to subsidize their bad behavior that's making them unhealthy. Or showing them how cheap an X-ray or MRI service could be and be profitable.
My step brother and I made a business plan. His wife and another sister in law of mine are nurses. We came up with an idea of offering just MRI and X-ray services in a small building with 3 rooms. There is the reception and waiting area, office and records, and 1 room each for the X-ray and MRI machines. If you think you have a problem, fell off a ladder at work or something, you can stop in and get a scan. The prices would be posted up-front menu style in the waiting area, no hidden fees. You get your scan, we show them to you and give you a complete set of copies to take with you. We are not doctors, merely providing a service, and tell you to consult a doctor with the scans. we found we could buy new machines, charge $20/X-ray, and $40/MRI and be profitable within the first yr. If services were that cheap, there would be little need for health insurance. When I was growing up, nobody had health insurance except rich people. People were healthy, costs were more reasonable.
Years ago I went to the dentist to get my last two wisdom teeth pulled, and paid out of pocket. I opted out of sleeping gas to save the fee (turns out you don't need it anyways as the numbing they give you works just fine. The whole thing took less than 30min and cost about $80 cash out of pocket. After that I started doing regular routine visits every 6months (cheaper than getting wisdom teeth pulled of course), paying cash, as it was so cheap if I paid cash (and I had no insurance at the time).
If you tell them you are paying cash up front, and get better pricing, people would see it's not as expensive as they thought. That insurance companies are part of the problem. Gov mandated insurance is even worse.
We need to show people how being unhealthy costs money, how out-of-pocket cash payments are far cheaper, how insurance is a big scam, teach people pills are not a cure nor remedy they are part of the problem. I haven't found a thing yet that can't be cured/prevented by diet and exercise, and other simple things (like diabetes, cancer, Alzheimer's, obesity, etc.). And along the way people learn how to eat more affordably and cook. Obviously things like broken bones and serious surgery still needs a doctor.
But if we can change people's awareness and perception, we can change the system over time.
I take no pills. When offered pills by doctors, I always refuse to take them, even if I just take them with me to avoid arguing with the doctor/nurse. I throw them out when I get home though. I changed my diet, always grew up physically active and outdoors, so just getting back to that more. And as a result of all this, I never have any issues on annual physicals. I'm never sick anymore (even during COVID being around tons of sick people with no vaccine nor protection of any kind, never got COVID or never had symptoms and never once tested positive). I never got to the doctor anymore other than physicals as I have nothing I can't treat myself at home with changes in diet, exercise, stretching, or lifestyle change. If everyone did this, there would be fewer people buying big pharma's snake oil, less people using health insurance, more people paying cash, people going to the doctor less often, people would be saving TONS of money on food, they'd be happier, healthier, richer, have more energy and mental clarity/focus, etc.
As a result of my actions, my health insurance through work is $24/month, $42/month when you include dental/vision/etc.
I really need to write a book on how I do this, and everything I've learned along the way. How to be healthy with not that much effort. I don't even go to the gym, never have. Everything I learned to do can be worked into an average person's daily routine at little to no cost, and only minor lifestyle adjustments. I actually have the topics to cover in such a book already written down and ready to go for such a book. How to save money, how/why to cook meals. How to be healthy in tens of ways, etc. All backed by experience and scientific studies.
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@trungson6604 yes, it takes surprisingly little land to use solar. Except that whenever people try it in reality, inefficiencies, regular maintenance costs, etc. to maintain that much solar is very high. Not to mention losses from hail damage, cloud cover, nighttime, panels not aligned with the sun at all times, bird poop, dust/sand and debris that needs to be regularly cleaned off, inevitable yearly degradation, constant replacements of old and damaged solar panels, animal nests, cut wires, corroded terminals/connections, etc. The amount of maintenance required (in labor and in $) to keep that much solar running indefinitely is something people never seem to plan for up front.
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