By Kermit C. Moss

                                                    Mercy me, sakes alive, and carrot coffee!

What, if anything, can we the people do to improve health care, while at the same time keeping the costs reasonable or reducing them? Nothing, you say! Well, let us talk about that.

Why not fall back on an old standby, education? Ancient Greek philosophers often exhorted us to “Know Thyself”! Each of us should have a full and complete knowledge of how the human body works and what it needs to remain healthy - exercise, sufficient food, including a variety of fruits, vegetables, and staples, along with plenty of water - much more than most of us consume daily. Then there are the matters of rest and recreation, all important to our health. The goal would be for each of us to know more about our own body and its needs than anyone else other than a trained health-care worker.

Further, the human body is a highly efficient self-healing mechanism. If left alone, this miraculous mechanism can and will cure most of its ailments!

Now, to get on with it, as it is now many Americans abuse our health-care system by over-use! They rush to a doctor’s office after the first sneeze, slight headache, or the thought that I am just not feeling well. So our per person health-care costs are higher than they are in several other industrialized nations, and we are getting poorer results.

So here is the challenge! Are you a patriot? If so, know thyself, and help in reducing health care costs for all of us.

Kermit C. Moss
PO Box 1136
Monticello, AR 71657

PH 870-367-2486 - office
870-367-7034 - home

April 26th, 2009