USA Wealthcare System Part III: Prescription Drugs

American’s pay the highest prices in the world for prescription medications. Politicians campaign to lower drug prices and then accept billions of dollars in campaign contributions from the drug industry. The drug industry spent $100 million to defect legislation giving Medicare the right to negotiate lower drug prices. Although the legislation passed, the drug industry is waiting for Republican control of Congress to repeal the legislation.

Millions of Americans ration or do not fill their prescriptions because they cannot afford them. That can result in higher medical costs due to complications from controllable chronic diseases.

The U.S.’s high prescription drug costs is all about profits than actual drug costs.

In this video:

• The highest priced drugs money can buy. 00:54
• Big Pharma wrote the Medicare Part D laws. 2:55
• Putting wealth and profit before people. 4:17
• The doctor prescription drug monopoly. 6:40
• Prescription drug prices. 8:33
• Insurance company formularies. 10:00
• Generic versus patented drugs. 11:12
• The risk of online pharmacies. 12:09

Clinically Proven Dietary Supplement Facts & Myths

When it comes to dietary supplement, clinically proven has little or no meaning since supplement makers are not required by law to prove efficacy before they can sell their products. With the exception of vitamin and mineral supplements, a supplement’s mental and physical benefits are largely due to the placebo effect.

In this video:

• Why food should be your medicine. 00:32
• What are dietary supplements? 1:43
• The unregulated dietary supplement industry. 2:55
• Company funded versus independent research. 3:49
• Clinically proven and peer reviewed! 4:54
• Marketing supplements most people do not need. 6:23
• Common dietary supplement myths. 8:01

Upward Cock Pose

Although Upward Cock pose has the same difficulty level as Side Cock, you may find it easier to get into and maintain Upward Cock.

Like Cock and Side Cock poses, if you are unable to get into Lotus pose or hold Lotus pose more than a few seconds, Upward Cock pose may be too challenging for you.

Upward Cock pose provides the mental and physical benefits of Cock and Side Cock poses.

English Name: Upward Cock

Sanskrit Name: Urdhva Kukkutasana

Difficulty Level: 9

Start Position: Seated Lotus

Instructions:

Step 1.

From Lotus pose, bring your knees towards your chest and place both hands on the floor in front of you.

Step 2.

Bend your arms and place your skins into your triceps (upper arm muscles).

Step 3.

Lean your body forward and straighten your arms balancing on your hands.

Step 4.

Hold the pose for 4 or 5 breathes, or as long as it feels comfortable. Slowly lower  your legs to the floor and return to seated Lotus. Repeat if desired.

Physical Benefits:

  • Stretches the spine
  • Strengthens arms and wrists
  • Improves balance and upper body strength
  • Increases hip and knee flexibility
  • Opens up the hips
  • Tones abdominal muscles
  • Improves digestion

Mental Benefits

  • Improves mental acuity
  • Reduces stress

Contraindications:

  • Wrist, arm, or shoulder injury
  • Low back injury
  • Ankle, hip or knee injury
  • Leg, arm, or back injury

What Do Conservatives Conserve?

A powerful, vocal minority has developed a base that believes, without question, that only conservative politicians will protect their rights and reduce the size of government. But, U.S. conservatism is more about business rights than individual rights, and control not rights.

In this video:

• Definitions of conservative. 00:36
• Conservative versus liberal ideology. 1:49
• What do conservatives conserve? 5:03

The USA Wealthcare System-Medical Care Part II

The U.S. healthcare system has evolved from doctors in private practice to corporate medicine that still does not practice preventative medicine. Sick people equals profits as well as replacing high salary doctors with lower salary nurse practitioners (NP) and physicians assistants (PA).

In this video:

• Fee for service to “practice medicine. 00:49
• The high cost of conservative healthcare. 3:46
• “The NP or PA will see you now. 4:39
• U.S. wealthcare versus universal healthcare. 7:18

The USA Wealthcare System-Medical Care Part I

The USA has the worlds most expensive healthcare system providing below average healthcare contributing to declining life expectancy.

With $4 trillion in healthcare spending each year, the U.S. is the only major industrial country without universal healthcare from cradle to grave.

In this video:

• The most expensive healthcare money can buy. 1:12
• Wealthcare accomplishments. 3:32
• HMO’s manage corporate profits not healthcare
costs. 4:59
• The not so free market healthcare system.7:00

Civics 101: The U.S. Constitution

The U.S. Constitution replaced the Articles Of Confederation to create a more perfect union. That union is in jeopardy from special interests and extremists looking out for their interests not the interests of the nation. Although the Constitution is a short, relatively easy to read document, most Americans have no idea of its contents and the authors intent.

In this video:

• A brief history of the U.S. Constitution. 00:38
• Article I – Congress 2:41
• Article II – The President 5:30
• Article III – The Judiciary 6:22
• The Bill Of Rights 8:06
• Cafeteria constitutional government. 10:42

Marketing Tricks: Dietary Supplement – Help or Hype

With the exception of vitamin and mineral supplements, most heavily marketed dietary supplements have no proven health benefits beyond the placebo effect.

In this video.

• What are dietary supplements? 00:43
• An unregulated U.S. industry. 1:43
• Support versus prevention or cure. 2:22
• Using meaningless terms and labels. 3:58
• Diet and lifestyle versus dietary supplements. 7:48

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Side Cock Pose

Side Cock pose is a more advanced balance pose than Cock pose. Like Cock Pose, Side Cock is a hand balance pose. In requires concentration (focus) and good upper body arm strength. The hands and arms are used to lift one off the floor. Unlike Cock Pose, your center of gravity is shifted to one side increasing the difficulty obtaining and maintaining your balance.

Like Cock Pose, if you are unable to get into Lotus pose or hold Lotus pose more than a few seconds, Side Cock pose may be too challenging. Side Cock pose provides the mental and physical benefits of Cock pose.

English Name: Side Cock

Sanskrit Name: Parsva Kukkutasana

Difficulty Level: 9

Start Position: Seated Lotus

Instructions:

Step 1.

From Lotus pose, twist your body to your right side and place both hands on the floor.

Step 2.

Transfer your weight to your hands and lift your legs hooking your left thigh onto your right tricep (area above elbow).

Step 3.

Lean your body forward and straightening lower arms balancing on your hands.

Step 4.

Hold the pose for 4 or 5 breathes, or as long as it feels comfortable. Unhook your legs and return to seated Lotus. Repeat twisting to your left side if desired.

Physical Benefits:

  • Stretches the spine
  • Strengthens arms and wrists
  • Improves balance and upper body strength
  • Increases hip and knee flexibility
  • Opens up the hips
  • Tones abdominal muscles
  • Improves digestion

Mental Benefits

  • Improves mental acuity
  • Reduces stress

Contraindications:

  • Wrist, arm, or shoulder injury
  • Low back injury
  • Ankle, hip or knee injury
  • Leg, arm, or back injury

Real Leather Versus Bonded and Faux Leather

Leather is processed animal hides and has been used for centuries. The cost of high quality leather products is high. Manmade leathers reduce product costs, but also reduce a products useful like. Leather shoes that use to last years or decades now last a year or less. This video shares the differences between real, bonded, and faux leathers.

In this video:

• What is real leather? 00:36
• What is bonded leather? 1:50
• What is faux leather? 2:12
• Real, bonded, and faux leather durability. 3:14
• Patent leather. 3:57

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