2 and 2 is? [Humor Alert!]
The news media has been having a LOT of fun reporting on the Congressional Health Care Overhaul lately, so I will too.
Chiropractic’s *scientific critics* state we don’t have the kind of statistics they (grin) rely on, so we shouldn’t toot our own horn like they do. Hmmm? Well, let’s take a closer look at them. Here’s some amazing scientific statistics about modern medicine:
1. The total number of iatrogenic deaths caused by conventional medicine is an astounding 783,936 deaths per year at a cost of $282 billion dollars. That is a mind-boggling 2147 people killed every day. That’s as if 7 jumbo jet planes crashed every day. That’s a 9-11 incident, happening every other day…FOREVER. God help us all. [1]
2. A report by the British Medical Journal correlated a strike by medical doctors with lower death rates during the strike. Hmmm?
3. Recent surveys suggest that “45% Of Doctors (MDs) Would Consider Quitting If Congress Passes Health Care Overhaul.” [3]
So, if we put that all those facts together, supporting Congress’s new Health Care Plan could reduce the medical population by up to 45%, thus significantly reducing the incidence of medically-induced iatrogenic illness and death, and all the money they would save ($126.9 billion dollars) would help to pay for the new Plan.
And, perhaps with some of those savings, they could even consider adding conservative chiropractic care as another cost-saving option. [4, 5]
REFERENCES
1. http://www.chiro.org/LINKS/FULL/Death_By_Medicine.html
3. http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article.aspx?id=506199
Frank,
Though I do oppose the overhaul being considered now, I love your post here!!!! Who can argue with this logic? Love the humor you bring out there! I’m proud to be on the Chiro.org team with ya, even if we don’t see eye-to-eye ALL the time! 😉
America’s healthcare-system-induced deaths are the third leading cause of the death in the U.S., after heart disease and cancer.