Bass-ackwards!

"Bass-ackwards" was a term I would hear my Mother use when I was younger. I knew it meant somebody was doing something backwards or the wrong way but I had NO idea about the meaning of the word...literally.
"Bass-ackwards" is a word befitting our health care system in the US. Why, do you ask? Shall I list? I shall.
Bass-ackwards:
-Physicians that will continually prescribe medication to masked the side effects of other medications.
-Health benefits that will cover weight loss surgery but not the hanging skin it leaves behind, that continually gets infected due to trapped moisture in the creases of the skin. And they want to call the skin removal cosmetic surgery????
-Benefits that will cover surgery but not a homeopathic therapy that may take a little longer than the typical 6-8 weeks you're given to recover from a surgery.
-Not covering homeopathic or naturalpathic medications. Instead, go ahead and take a narcotic for years. When you need a new liver, they'll just put you on the 3-5 year transplant list. After all, your benefits will cover that surgery.
Of course my list could go on but I'll try not to "rant" too much today. I am so ticked that I've had to take out a $7000.00 medical loan to get a therapy that has literally saved my life twice in 12 years. Because neither physicians, nor the pharmacetical industry make any money off of it, it's not accepted by the AMA. What's not accepted by the AMA, doesn't usually get covered by your health insurance. Can you say "BASS-ACKWARDS"?!?
Do you ever remember hearing as a child, "They killed the man that had the cure for the common cold."? Yeah...well, I remember hearing it and thought it was just a crazy tall tale. The older I get and the more I find out about health care benefits, the medical and pharma industries, the more that tall tale begins to seem to have more truth to it. Check out this story about the "Cure for Cancer".
I'm a bit jaded with the medical and pharma industries right now. I found out a long time ago, you need to walk into your physicians office armed with the latest info because more than likely they WILL NOT know about it. I've made suggestions to my physician on what medication I'd like to try...or I've refused a medication the physician wanted to prescribe to me. It's sad, but I've even had a physician (in the past), I used like a glorified pharmacist. I would just call the physician, tell them what I wanted, how I wanted it and without a thought, the physician would prescribe it. Little did I know, I was doing damage to my own body. I'm sure the physician knew the long term affects but why should he tell me? That's just more money in his pocket in the future, right? Riiiiight!
Oye vay!