health insurance

[Susan Kline]

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You have a bunch of excellent ideas there, Dean.

I have done one other thing in the past: if one wants health care "lite",
one can go to a naturopath. They cost a lot less, they can authorize
basic blood tests, etc. and they are less hurried and more willing to listen.

A guy just outside town sells raw milk "for animal use only" from
an outbuilding behind his house, along with eggs from non-concentration-camp
chickens. (They live nearby -- you can watch them scratch and cluck ...)
I don't drink milk much, but I thought of getting some
(he sells by the gallon), skimming some of the cream for butter,
and making yoghurt and/or cheese from the rest.

There are a few people in the country with hobby farms, who sell
grassfed beef by the quarter. I keep meaning to buy, but never
quite go ahead -- maybe next year. At that point, one is very
dependent on having the freezer not fail -- perhaps a small
backup generator might be a good idea.

I agree that factory farm meat has a lot of issues, especially
the pork.

Best,
Susan

At 09:36 AM 12/23/2005 -0500, you wrote:

>Well said, Susan. By making healthcare free for many people it leads them 
>to poor choices and drives the cost up for the rest of us.
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>We have developed something of a network of healthcare professionals who 
>seem willing to work with us to help us make better choices. We know a 
>chiropractor, for example, who does low cost xrays for us if someone is 
>injured and we suspect a fracture. We use a nurse practitioner for routine 
>type medical care- way cheaper than a doctor, easy to get along with, and 
>can do most anything a doctor can, including stitches. We use a private 
>hospital when we must that is more willing to negotiate on price. Be sure 
>to make the negotiations up front. We use a midwife for home births- 
>safer, cheaper, healthier, better care and it is a wonderful spiritual 
>experience to boot.
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>Eat healthy. Avoid sugars, artificial sweeteners, hydrogenated oils (its 
>in everything and allows fats to move directly into your blood stream), 
>homogenized milk (breaking up the complex fat molecules allows them to 
>move directly into your blood stream), white bread and other bad carbs. We 
>take another step of eliminating all trash eating animal meats: pork, 
>shellfish, etc. If you are a middle aged man be sure to add Saw Palmetto 
>(300 mg twice daily standardized extract) to your daily vitamin regimen 
>and you ll likely never have prostate trouble.
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>Find an Amish farmer that uses natural husbandry methods for his 
>livestock. Grass fed beef has a much healthier fat balance and gives lower 
>blood cholesterol. Free range chicken meat and eggs likewise has numerous 
>health benefits. And the one we use produces delicious chicken and turkey 
>sausages. You may be able to find one that will sell you a share in a milk 
>cow so you can get natural raw milk. If you are going to drink milk that 
>is the only way to do it.
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>Of course you could just do like most people: eat trash from the 
>convenience store or drive thru and take whatever drugs the HMO dr. tells 
>you to.
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>We are members of Samaritan Ministries, 
><http://www.samaritanministries.com/>www.samaritanministries.<http://www.samaritanministries.com/>com, 
>sort of a shared expenses cooperative. It is not insurance and it is only 
>for those who profess to be Christian. My cost is $225 a month to cover my 
>whole family and my payment goes directly to people who have a covered 
>medical expense. The home office every month sends me the name and address 
>of who gets my check for the month. I feel really good every month making 
>out that check because I know every dime of it is going directly to 
>someone who really needs it. Check out the website for more info.
>
>
>
>Dean
>
>Dean May             cell 812.239.3359
>
>PianoRebuilders.com   812.235.5272
>
>Terre Haute IN  47802
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On 
>Behalf Of Susan Kline
>Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 2:05 AM
>To: Pianotech
>Subject: Re: health insurance
>
>
>
>At 09:17 PM 12/22/2005 -0600, you wrote:
>
>What are you self-employed guys doing for health insurance?
>
>
>Just Say No.
>
>Pay for things like broken fillings out of pocket, swearing
>and cursing at all the people with dental plans, whose paperwork
>has tripled the cost of a normal visit. Try to avoid denatured
>engineered commercially motivated food and medications like
>VIOXX, diet sodas, etc. In fact, avoid all conventional medications till
>the doctors actually know how to fix more problems than they
>produce, instead of just compounding them by covering them up.
>
>Works for me -- you live till you die. I hate being poked
>and dosed and fussed over. I'm convinced that more than half of
>it shouldn't be done at all.
>
>However, I do wear the very latest version of Conrad's flamesuit ...
>
>Susan Kline

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