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Unraveling the Crisis in American Healthcare: Part 1 of a 3-Part Series

Currently published in: Physicians for a National Health Program News Previously published in: Vital News for Washington NDs. Washington Association of Naturopathic Physicians (WANP): Meissner, Joie. “Unraveling the Crisis in American Healthcare: Part 1 of a 3-Part Series” Vital News for Washington NDs.  Spring 2013 Issue. Washington Association of Naturopathic Physicians (WANP). Web 26 Apr. … Continue reading →

Single-Payer Health Care: A Universal Plan that Curbs Obscene Costs: Part 2 of a 3-Part Series

Version Published in Vital News for Washington NDs. Washington Association of Naturopathic Physicians (WANP). Meissner, J. “Single-Payer Health Care: A Universal Plan that Curbs Obscene Costs (Part 2 of a 3-Part Series)” Vital News for Washington NDs.  Summer 2013 Issue. 25 Jul. 2013. Washington Association of Naturopathic Physicians (WANP). Web 26 Jul. 13  Also previously … Continue reading →

Public Health Pyramid Revised: More “Realistic” Public Health Interventions

The basic concept of a public health pyramid supposes that there are societal interventions which have relative value as far as their health promoting effects and for which efforts directed at improvements in these interventions will have a greater or lesser ability to improve the health of society as a whole. Either via the direct effects of stress and other negative emotions or via the indirect effects of these emotions on health behaviors, public health is profoundly affected by the negative psychoemotional states generated by virtue of one’s position in a social status hierarchy. Continue reading →

Unraveling the Crisis in American Health Care: Part 1 of a 3-Part Series (Full Length Version)

April 30, 2013 Unraveling the Crisis in American Health Care (Full Length Version) Joie Meissner, ND   The lack of access to affordable healthcare in is a national problem of massive proportion. 50.7 million Americans do not have medical insurance and millions more have insurance that is inadequate. [1] Mammoth numbers of medical bankruptcies have … Continue reading →

Universal Single-Payer: A Health Care Plan that Curbs Obscene Costs and Eliminates Cherry Picking and Lemon Dropping- Part 2 of a 3-Part Series (Full Length Version)

April 30, 2013   Universal Single-Payer: A Health Care Plan that Curbs Obscene Costs and Eliminates Cherry Picking and Lemon Dropping Joie Meissner, ND First introduced to the House of Representatives in 2003, H.R. 676, the national version of the single-payer health care plan, is very much like Medicare. One entity collects all the funds/fees … Continue reading →

Universal Single-Payer Health Care’s Envisaged Intersection with Natural Medicine: Part 3 of a 3-Part Series (Full Length Version)

October 31, 2013 Universal Single-Payer Health Care’s Envisaged Intersection with Natural Medicine (Part 3 of a 3-Part Series) Joie Meissner, ND There are certain commonalities that are relevant to single-payer plans to state and nationally proposed plans.  Of interest to natural medicine enthusiasts are those features of single-payer health care that pertain to private practice … Continue reading →