Dr.Mehmet Oz-His New Show

Here is where to find the times in your area. The Dr. Oz Show.
September 14, 2009, that is the day Dr. Mehmet Oz  airs his new TV show, The Dr. Oz Show, for the first time. After 5 years as a guest on the Oprah show and giving advice on all things, from drinking green goop & wine to living forever, he will now be giving us the benefit of  his wisdom, knowledge, experience and training on a daily bases with the Dr. Oz Show.

For those of you that are wondering about who Dr. Mehmet Oz is, here is a brief biography. He was born June 11, 1960 in Cleveland, Ohio. New Jersey is where he now calls home with his wife, a Reiki master, and 4 children. The education he  received has given him MD & MBA degrees. Dr. Oz is a Professor of Cardiac Surgery at Columbia University and a surgeon at New York-Presbyterian Hospital.  He is founder and chairman of HealthCorps, a charitable organization, as well as the author of numerous books, articles & papers.

I for one am excited about this new source of information & will endeavor to keep you up to date on any interesting developments & insights.

Dr.Oz has been known for his belief that you can dramatically increase your life expectancy and has said that age related illness is the result of aging poorly rather than well. To that end he recommends  taking care of  your body  and living well by doing things that help your body. Anti aging actions include providing the right vitamins, nutrients and exercise necessary for long life, which can  require the use of super-food supplements like acai and resveratrol.  Tune in to the show and get the low down on  the latest health information. Here is where to find the times in your area. The Dr. Oz Show.

You Don’t Need National Health Care!

What you need and what President Obama is really proposing is illness care insurance. It is the money to help cover the costs you experience when you or a loved one becomes sick or ill. People have lost their homes,  families breakup and  people  avoid getting the treatment they require, do to the costs of care and treatments.  Everyone knows how crippling the costs can be to treat illness & treating illness is like trying to respond to the needs of a community after the levies have been breached.  The levies need to be kept strong, we need to keep our bodies strong to stay healthy, this  is a lot more efficient than trying to clean up the mess after the event. The only reason to not keep them strong is if you want to cause an event, in the case of health (illness) care the event would be to want people to be sick. We have not been able cure illness and I doubt we ever will but there is a lot that we can avoid and manage it, if we take care of our bodies.
Everyone needs to have a type of  medical coverage, if we don’t have some form of medical insurance 80 or 90% of us would be hard pressed to cover the expenses of a major illness or one that requires long term care such as MS and Parkinson’s.  Personally, I would have to sell my house and there would be no way my children could even think of going to college or university. So what are the issues that must be address? One is accessibility, everyone most be covered, no one should ever be denied care or insurance. Who will provide the insurance, public or private companies or a combination of both?   The fee schedules that the care providers & insurance companies use must be developed, so that the patients have the coverage that they need and don’t end up paying  exorbitant amounts out of pocket. Will the insurance company pay 80, 90 or 100% of the  expenses? How will it be determined how much the insurance should cost? Should it be the same cost for everyone or should it be based on how healthy your life style is?  IE. should people that smoke or people that are over weight have higher premiums? All of these issues need to be considered but they don’t have to all be answered now. We need to put in place a plan that is dynamic, that can grow, change and develop through time to meet our needs as the issues change. Right now the issues are affordability and accessibility. The need is for a plan that focuses on patient out comes not political, insurance, doctor or hospital outcomes, though all of this factors need to be healthy to achieve good patient out comes.

My hope is that you never need to use Health Care Insurance but if you or your loved ones are ever ill I hope you have the coverage you need and deserve.  Everyone must take responsibility  for their real health care. Do the things  you can to enhance your life and well being and the lives of the people you know. We can take control over what and how much we eat, how and when we exercise, the environment and the water supply. By taking control of our health care we can reduce the amount of illness care we will require. Take care of your self. You are in charge of your real health care. We are on your side.