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Collapsniks vs. Salvationists: Deniers to Activists -- Where are YOU in Health Care and Overall System Shifts?

We have a lot of healing to do, and we can't do it alone ... it is a task far beyond relying on 'professional healers', is one of the take-home messages in a thought-provoking and really well prepared topic by David Pollard at his website How to Save the World. This was posted on Sunday, June 15th, Father's Day, so it is 'hot off the press', and was shared on Facebook by Lumigrate's resident spirituality expert Beth Patterson, who I noticed is on David's website list in the margin where he thanks the people who provide him with insights and furthers his development.  read more »

The High Cost of More Regulation and Administration; Parallels in Health Care and Education in the US

These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease” reads the disclaimer on anything other than big pharma drugs. Why? Because we all know that only synthetic drugs can treat or prevent disease (eye roll), and that herbs and a million other therapies that have been around forever are a threat to our health (OTHER eye roll).    read more »

Health Reform via Video (Animated/FUN) via Kaiser

Health Reform Hits Main Street

Confused about how the new health reform law really works? This short, animated movie -- featuring the "YouToons" -- explains the problems with the current health care system, the changes that are happening now, and the big changes coming in 2014.  read more »

Make YOUR Voice Heard! Congressmen in Many States Undecided ; List of #s and Capital Hill 877#

Jeni Dingman had sent this out yesterday and I thought people might want to have the #s and get involved, and have let her group know about Lumigrate's Forum area so they can post in the future about this, so since this is a pressing time matter, I'm cutting and pasting her message contents HERE so that YOU might get involved and have your voice heard today!  Stay involved, if we grab each other's hands, even of those we're not in agreement with now, and use our good manners we know, we'll all be able to move somewhere better.  ~~ Mardy  read more »

My Presentation for Berkeley Conference on Proactive vs Passive Patients and Providers Giving Control (from a blog 7/2009)

I was so very pleased to be asked to present at the Chronic Pain Documentary Series Conference in Berkeley this past weekend (see yesterday's blog).  I was asked by the filmmaker doing the series based on my commitment to the concept demonstrated on Lumigrate's home page and my history of having been both a patient/consumer with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue over the past 20 years and a provider.  The seminar I presented is titled 'Proactivity vs.  read more »

Great Newsletters: Fatigue and Fibromyalgia. Today's is for ALL: Myths! (Blog from 2009 Xferred here to be Seen Here)

I've been working on a blog about why Grand Junction is the destination tomorrow of President Obama, and there is quite a lot going on here which I want to include on Lumigrate since we're located in Grand Junction and have had the pleasure of interacting with many of the companies and people involved in the interesting story of how the health care here is worth his examining.  In years past, those efforts were scrutinized and criticized and stood the tests of the legal system and time ...  read more »

Health Care Reform: What YOU Can Do .... (Xfer of Info from Blog of 2009 So It Is Seen Here)

Yesterday on facebook, we had quite an interesting interaction because I used the words 'health care reform'.  Wow!  What a button!  It's GREAT to see people focused on the subject, and historically you will find that when a controversial subject is close to 50/50 in opinion, people get very 'active'.  And 'active patients' is what many progressive thinkers in the medical industry want.  Including Lumigrate!  read more »

Allopathy Gone Awry

I am writing a series of articles that I will eventually post on a website. While they are in phase one of editing, I am posting them as notes on Facebook. http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000311104237#!/note.php?note_id=394546698848&comments  read more »

Health Care Reform: What YOU Can Do ....

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Yesterday on facebook, we had quite an interesting interaction because I used the words 'health care reform'.  Wow!  What a button!  It's GREAT to see people focused on the subject, and historically you will find that when a controversial subject is close to 50/50 in opinion, people get very 'active'.  And 'active patients' is what many progressive thinkers in the medical industry want.  Including Lumigrate!  read more »

Great Newsletters: Fatigue and Fibromyalgia. Today's is for ALL: Myths!

Mardy Ross's picture

I've been working on a blog about why Grand Junction is the destination tomorrow of President Obama, and there is quite a lot going on here which I want to include on Lumigrate since we're located in Grand Junction and have had the pleasure of interacting with many of the companies and people involved in the interesting story of how the health care here is worth his examining.  In years past, those efforts were scrutinized and criticized and stood the tests of the legal system and time ...  read more »

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