I actually joined this forum to see if any of you are interested in alternative medicine and want to have alternative therapies be covered under insurance plans.

I do not have health insurance, and am not interested in the kinds of medical treatment it covers. I've only been to the doctor for broken bones and acute infectious disease like strep throat to this point in life, and I know that I won't be asking for chemo and radiation or a new heart.

What I DO want (since I'll be required by law to buy medical insurance in 2014) is to have options that meet my needs. I want to be able to go to a chiropractor, an acupuncturist, an ayurvedic practitioner, and a naturopath. I want the money I pay out for medical care to be for services I WANT, like physical therapy, tai chi and yoga classes, meditation practice, nutritional counseling. If marijuana makes me feel better I, frankly, want to grow my own.

I fear being part of the allopathic medical system of the United States. It is a system that has been rigged for maximum profits at the expense of the people it is meant to serve. You'd think, hearing the national conversation about "health care", that the medical system is set up to keep people healthy. WRONG. Once a person's health fails, however, they will prolong your suffering--at great expense if you're "covered" or make your life miserable if you're not. My fear comes from the sense that people lose their God-given right to make their own health/life/death choices when they become a medical "patient". Whether or not a person has medical insurance coverage, he or she will still die--in spite of all the hype--sooner or later. Sometimes sooner is really preferable; I've seen it.

So I want to find like-minded folks, start a "movement", be a "control group" of persons who opt out of medicine as it is being offered in favor of medicine as we WANT it.
Ukelady Reviewed by Ukelady on . medical insurance and alternative medicine I actually joined this forum to see if any of you are interested in alternative medicine and want to have alternative therapies be covered under insurance plans. I do not have health insurance, and am not interested in the kinds of medical treatment it covers. I've only been to the doctor for broken bones and acute infectious disease like strep throat to this point in life, and I know that I won't be asking for chemo and radiation or a new heart. What I DO want (since I'll be required by Rating: 5