Thursday, February 15, 2007

OFF MEDS-SAVING THE BIG BUCKS

The interesting thing about getting off your meds though, is that ultimately you are NOT saving the insurance companies. You are ultimately COSTING the economy. At least, that's the way the economist's have it figured. Remember, they are pacing us IN to ill health, not out of it. I sound a bit negative here but we are not talking about individual doctors but about the overall "system". In many cases those docs are only prescribing what they have been told is going to help. I think they sincerely WANT to help people.

Jac, figure out how much money you will be saving a month when you are off your meds! Then multiply that out for a year, and start thinking about what you are going to do with that money instead! Ya hoo!

Then figure out Terry's, and ask him what he could do with it instead! :) And then figure that amount per month, times the number of YEARS he plans to live. The numbers get staggering. And that's without adding any new meds to the mix.

Tony takes HBP meds-he's about like Terry. I tried to get T to see how much he is spending on CIGS a day, a week, a month. Ew. Was that making him mad! I was like "what could you be doing with that money instead?"

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