The system wants us dependent on it; the sicker we are, the more cash it gets
TL/DR Synopsis:
- The MedicoBlob™ has no financial incentive to cure you—only to monitor, diagnose, and treat you indefinitely
- A century ago, natural and allopathic medicine competed openly; Rockefeller money and the Flexner Report ended that competition
- Twelve common medical screening tests are documented to produce more patients than they protect—the screened do not outlive the unscreened
This has been an interesting journey over the years. I remember a large waiting room with a peculiar smell from about 1946-48, but I didn’t learn what the smell was until much later. I grew up trusting our family doctors, and pretty much trusted whatever they said for most of my life. My wife and I married in 1962, and she had been brought up the same way, with great respect for the medical profession. In 1965, while she was carrying our son, she was diagnosed with gestational diabetes. This was fairly uncommon at that time, with the first diagnostic criteria having been developed only a year before. At the time, we accepted the diagnosis, and she reduced her already tiny consumption of sweets. Back then, of course, we accepted the diagnosis and treatment, but what if we might have had an alternative?
In January, 2025, I wrote the following in one of my Substack Posts: “A century ago, there were competing forms of medical treatment, just as there were many competing auto makers a century ago. Over time, better automakers thrived, and lesser ones failed, as it should be in a free market system. What if the scales were tipped in favor of one maker over the other by some unseen hand? Possibly government action or financial intervention by corporations or individuals? What if you couldn’t buy your favorite car today because it was unfairly brushed aside a century ago, even though it may have had better features than the make that was unfairly boosted when the scales were tipped against it? What if you could get better, safer, cheaper healthcare today because the scales were NOT unfairly tipped a century ago?”
The magic of wide-open competition is not limited to better vacuum cleaners! Every single product and service we use, including healthcare, benefits from truly open-market competition! Truly open-market competition, unfortunately, is NOT the crony capitalism we have today! In my 2025 Post, I wrote: “In the early 1900s, the US had about 125,000 allopaths (MDs) and about 40,000 naturopaths. In other words, excluding other practitioners, nearly 1/3 of medical service providers at that time were naturopaths!
Today we have over 1.4 million MDs but only about 6,000 naturopathic practitioners.” What if we had 1/3 of today’s medical practitioners focused on natural treatments? Competing and advertising their approaches? Researching natural alternatives to Big Pharma potions? I’m going out on a limb here and saying that I believe it’s highly likely that many of today’s ailments would be less of a problem if we weren’t so dependent on Big Pharma solutions. In the time since my wife was diagnosed with gestational diabetes, we have learned the roles of magnesium and Vitamin D3 in glucose regulation. What if competing forces had been researching those alternatives instead of being shut out by the AMA, backed by the heavy hand of government?
Oh, when I administered insulin to my wife in 1972, I learned what that smell from the 1940s was. You see, insulin wasn’t a home medication back then, so diabetics went to the doctor for injections, and I’d be a fool not to recognize the tremendous work done by our current system, but think how much better things might have been.
And we wouldn’t have a system that must add patients without any pushback! The column that made me revisit my old Posts, and write this column can be read at this link. One paragraph from that link should be enough for you to take the time to read it: “The screened do not live longer than the unscreened. They are more likely to spend their remaining years monitored, biopsied, cut, and medicated for conditions that would not have harmed them. This essay catalogues twelve tests that produce that conversion, organised by the four mechanisms through which it is achieved.”
In other words, the MedicoBlob™ that I have been writing about for several years has no motivation to cure you, only to continue treating and charging you. Short of a miracle, I see no way that the status quo will change. The interested parties have more than enough money and motivation to continue pushing the regulators to solidify their position even more. They surely realize that the internet and AI can provide patients with access to alternatives; whether we’re feisty enough to use those alternatives to our advantage remains to be seen.
