Comments on: San Francisco Chronicle: Do You Want a Health-Care System or a Healing System?

By: jared

jared — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 21:47:58 +0000

We need to get these facts out into the world instead of just on this website. I wanna see how many ignorant people are going to argue with these facts.

By: Debbie

Debbie — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:39:33 +0000

I have personally experienced what you are talking about here on so many levels, and I simply want to tell you that I definitely concur!

By: Walking Queen

Walking Queen — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:07:48 +0000

I’m glad that I read this because I have been becoming discouraged in my path towards healing myself. It’s hard to change your lifestyle when unhealthy habits and patterns are really all you “know”. I know that I don’t need the doctor, or the health system. I know that I can decrease my cholesterol, lose weight and get my pre-diabetes under control just by putting some of those things in place that are healthy. It’s hard to fight against the pressure that people urge you to go to the doctor, take medication, etc and they look at you like you are crazy because you tell them that you want to heal yourself.

By: vJ Gupta

vJ Gupta — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:36:05 +0000

“AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN A POUND OF CURE”-
Dr Deepak Chopra has rendered great WISDOM and ( may I add COMMONSENSE)
contrasting HEALTH CARE V/s HEALING CARE.
I have a family member who is a PSYCHIATRIST and he often mentions that his
patients are SUFFERING from “LIFESTYLE” choices rather than Mental illness.. ofcourse
he offers them the BEST medical care that he can, inspite of its causes.
American Health Care is like the Titanic, heading for a sure CRASH largely as noted
due to its DEMOGRAPHIC shift. Nearly 25 % of AMERICANS will join the rank of the
SENIOR CITIZENS, who by nature require more “CARE” and mostly HEALING rather than
subjecting them to ” waging war ” on them in order to ” Save ” them from a Battle that
they are combating. What most elderly need is LOVE.COMPASSION and family members
to be around… not at a distance , trying to remote control their well being.
I do subscribe to the HEALING MODEL or REFORM .. where EACH INDIVIDUAL
makes a radical change in his or her LIFESTYLE to bring the changes that MAINTAIN
good health. My ideas are not all mine, I have been much influnced by reading Dr Deepak
Chopras Books for many years now. So KUDOS for once again distilling your wisdom on this subject. With gratitude and sincere Thanks to D.Chopra for his commentary.

By: Wellescent Health Blog

Wellescent Health Blog — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:39:39 +0000

As bad as these statistics are, the projections of 41% obesity in the US by 2015, according to contributions in the Epidemiologic Reviews in 2007, suggests that the situation is rapidly getting worse. Regardless of whether we have the current system or a reformed health care system, lifestyle choices are going to be the predominant determining factor for life expectancy and quality of life.

That said, in my mind a federal government with more direct involvement in public health will have more incentive to fund illness prevention and health promotion programs than would private insurers simply because the entire population is their audience.