The Health Conscious Movement

Your Call to Health ConsciousnessBy

Natasha N. Deonarain, MD, MBA

Are You Wondering….

• What just happened to our healthcare system?

• What’s going to happen to YOU?

• And what NEEDS to happen next?

To Understand, Start Here…. • Health insurance companies profit on denying

services• Drug companies profit on disease to sell drugs• Malpractice lawyers profit on creating

adversity between healers and people• Corporatized government is beholden to

corporations, not people• Doctors become automatons of all of the

above

The patient was left to fend for himself.

Stakeholders in American Healthcare

Health Insurance Companies

Health Insurance Companies

Annual Financial Reports(sample)

Conclusions

• Premiums and contributions for single and family employer-based coverage has linear growth

• Revenue growth for health insurance companies during recession years is robust

• People in America are SICKER despite paying the MOST in the world

Drug Companies

Prescription Drug Expeditures

Drug Companies

Annual Financial Reports(sample)

Conclusions

• People spend a tremendous amount of money using prescription drugs

• People are SICKER than ever before• Drug company profits exceed S&P

and Peer Group minimums during recession years

Government Programs

Conclusions

• Federal spending on healthcare programs has linear growth

• People are SICKER and POORER than ever before

• Policy makers continue to make promises for future health care under programs which are going bankrupt today

Malpractice Industry

Producer Price Index1999-2013

BLS.gov

Distribution of Malpractice Settlements

Malpractice Settlements

80% Lawyers

20% Plaintiff

Conclusions

• Malpractice premiums have increased for doctors

• Most of the settlements are going to trial lawyers

• People are getting SICKER and POORER despite this system of “justice” and “compensation”

Specialty Physician Income

Conclusions

• Specialists are incentivized to cut, fix and eliminate disease

• Specialist income has increased in response to incentives embedded in the healthcare system

• Patients are SICKER and POORER than ever before

What Did We As Americans Get From These Stakeholders?

Our National Cost

Our International Health Quality Rank

Note: * Estimate. Expenditures shown in $US PPP (purchasing power parity).Source: Calculated by The Commonwealth Fund based on 2007 International Health Policy Survey; 2008 International Health Policy Survey of Sicker Adults; 2009 International Health Policy Survey of Primary Care Physicians; Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System National Scorecard; and Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, OECD Health Data, 2009 (Paris: OECD, Nov. 2009).

    AUS CAN GER NETH NZ UK US

OVERALL RANKING (2010) 3 6 4 1 5 2 7

Quality Care 4 7 5 2 1 3 6

Effective Care 2 7 6 3 5 1 4

Safe Care 6 5 3 1 4 2 7

Coordinated Care 4 5 7 2 1 3 6

Patient-Centered Care 2 5 3 6 1 7 4

Access 6.5 5 3 1 4 2 6.5

Cost-Related Problem 6 3.5 3.5 2 5 1 7

Timeliness of Care 6 7 2 1 3 4 5

Efficiency 2 6 5 3 4 1 7

Equity 4 5 3 1 6 2 7

Long, Healthy, Productive Lives 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Health Expenditures/Capita, 2007 $3,357 $3,895 $3,588 $3,837* $2,454 $2,992 $7,290

Overall Ranking

Country Rankings

1.00–2.33

2.34–4.66

4.67–7.00

So What’s Going to Happen To Us?

Financial, Physical, Social Demise

• $2.8 Trillion and 18% of GDP• Health Quality Demise• Declining Social Structure

Overwhelming Conclusion We are getting sicker and poorer,

despite paying more for healthcare than any other country

in the world.

Because of Stakeholder Control

• Health insurance companies• Drug companies• Malpractice Lawyers• Corporatized Government• Doctors

The patient was left to fend for himself.

What is the definition of insanity?

“The absence of disease does not equal health.”

- Natasha N. Deonarain, MD, MBA

What Must We ALL Do?

4 Steps to Follow

A Call To Serious Action Now

Step #1: Doctors MUST Opt Out

• Medicare• Medicaid• Malpractice

CASH based practices WITHOUT malpractice insurance.

Step #2: Patients MUST Opt Out

• Health insurance plans

Continuing to believe that health insurance is the answer to

people’s disease, will only create more disease and increased

poverty.

Step #3: Corporations MUST Opt Out

• No to employer-based systems • Form conglomerates to offer their own

health programs (Walmart, Whole Foods)

Employer-based delivery of healthcare will only ensure continued out-source of jobs and further decline

in our economy.

Step #4: America MUST Re-create Its Own Future

• Cash based models• Volunteer services by people to teach

and help others• Charity services funded by

corporations• Private co-ops teaching behavioral

modification• Community Models based in a

paradigm of health practice

Step #4 continued…

• Radical deconstruction of policy / systems / corrupt practices

• Mass movements to demand immediate change (MLK, Salt March, Occupy Wall Street)

• Every American standing inside chaos WITHOUT fear

The Fire is Here!!

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Do You Have What It Takes…

To survive??

The Power to Heal“The power to heal can only be determined by you, not by some outside party with its own political or financial agenda.

Decide in this moment how you will live before you die.

Release the fear, distraction and disempowerment that infuse our society and medical system today, and resolve NOT to be a victim.

And then, resolve to change your world.

--Natasha N. Deonarain, MD, MBA

What’s Your Next Action?

Social Media Support Groups

• Facebook.com/TheHealthConsciousMovement• Twitter/HealthMovement• Tumblr/thehealthconsciousmovement• Linkedin/in/NatashaDeonarain• Youtube.com/HealthConsciousOrg

www.health-conscious.org

YOU HAVE THE POWER.

It’s time to believe it!