Almost every country has major health-care system problems. Each year there are more and more people that needs professional help, hospitals become much more crowded, expenses are increasing. What can we do with this? What if we redesigned our health-care system so that doctors would be paid to keep people healthy rather than cure them, when they are already ill? Please watch video below, in which Matthias Mullenbeck talks about such scenario.
Questions:
What do you think about mullenbeck’s idea?
Do you visit to the doctor preventively or do you visit him/her when you are already ill?
Do you visit to the doctor preventively or do you visit him/her when you are already ill?
Do you lead a healthy lifestyle?
Comments
I believe that people's way of thinking should be changed first. Many people go to the doctor only when they are really sick, including me. I try to lead a healthy lifestyle. I try to have a healthy diet, rich in vitamins and without preservatives.
Most of the time I visit doctor when I’m ill but I do it also preventively just like I try to stay healthy. Eat well exercise.
I visit doctors sometimes during illness and for preventive purposes but it is not something I do very often.
Yes, in general, I try to lead healthy lifestyle.
I try to avoid doctors as much as I can because of all of the trouble and queues etc. so I generally visit doctors only when I really have to.
I think that I lead rather healthy life, although I work as a programmer so maybe I have too sedentary lifestyle.
Working as a programmer isn't so healthy. Sitting 8 hours a day isn't the best thing we can do for our spine ;)
Well, I got different situation for going to doctor. My both parents are doctors, so I visit them often and if there is anything - I know it early enough to go to other specialist than my parents.
And it depends if healthy lifestyle means not drinking any alcohol, not eating any fast-foods, making sports everyday, sleeping long enough and eating only "fit" meals... If yes, then I'm only partly leading healthy lifestyle...
I don't think that I live a particularly healthy lifestyle, I am fully aware of that. I'm just trying not to ignore every advice for healthy living and I try to live at least partially healthy lifestyle.
The truth is that in health and insurance systems, all their financial benefits are superior to health. Treatment is the second stage after the financial discussion. For example, in some cases pharmaceutical companies, in many cases, conclude special contracts with doctors who only prescribe their products to their patients.
I suggest you try lead a healthier lifestyle, I bet you will thank me later ;)
I don't like to visit doctors. If I have to visit, of course I am going. I also often try to cure my disease without the help of a doctor.
I try to lead a healthy lifestyle. Sometimes, of course, it fails. But now I avoid unhealthy food and do sports.
Sounds great, but devil in details and that might be total disaster during transition period. Also you have to shift human bechavior and there I see the biggest problem... People don't like to change.
Do you visit to the doctor preventively or do you visit him/her when you are already ill?
I would like to see eyes of doctor when I would say that Im here to prevent something and im not ill...
Do you lead a healthy lifestyle?
I can't say that but I try thou. Im started to visit swimming pool three times a week. Also planing to add running and small training with weights. What is questinable for me is food since don't have a lot of time while combining studies and full time work so usually eat outside and not the most healthy food.
I generally not visiting doctors, only in the case when I need to pass the same obligatory examination. Except for dentist, I’m visiting dentist preventively. I have strong belief that even if I’m not the sick, the doctor would like to treat me.
I couldn’t say that I leaving healthy lifestyle. At least I’m trying to make sports few times a week and also eat healthy food.
At the doctor's, I was recently in high school, since I have been living alone and taking care of myself, I have never been sick enough to go to the doctor. In the case of minor diseases, I already know which medicaments to buy, which work on me and that is why I prefer to save those few hours in line, so that the doctor can tell me the same as I already know.
I think I have a normal lifestyle, for example, when it's cold I dress warmer.
2. I see a doctor only when I am forced to do so. I know this is not the right approach and I should do it systematically.
3. I try to stay healthy as much as I can, however there are periods in my life when I just don’t have enough time to prepare healthy meals or visit a gym.
I hardly never feel sick and I visit the doctor only if need to. I don't think it's a responsible approach, but it's easier that way.
I visit doctor only if something serious to my health happens. For sure I wouldn't go to doctor when I have fever or headache.
When it comes to my lifestyle I admit it is not very healthy currently however it is not so bad.
In fact, I always go to the doctor when i feel that something is wrong with me. Maybe it isn't disease always, but when i feel symptoms or tiredness without reason then i start thinking about visit the doctor.
If it comes about healthy lifestyle i try to take care about what I eat and keep my body in shape.
The only medical examinations I do regularly, are sports survey. I have to do them once a year, before season - basic stuff, blood and urine. Unfortunately this is my only rutine as far as doctors are concerned :D
Furthermore - I only visit them when I'm really ill, usualy I go to the pharmacy for some drugs and monitor my health in home. Fortunately, my parents have medical education, they used to work in hospital, so I'm covered in that area.
In my opinion my lifestyle is preatty health. I eat clean food, do sports and take all nutrition I need - so in that case, I'm only ill maybe once a year.
To sum up - I always try to prevent myself from illness, at least I'm doing my best.
I think his idea is a way we should think, but it will take years to introduce it. Mainly because the healthcare system is the most important system in every country i would say and chaning it is very difficult and challenging.
Do you visit to the doctor preventively or do you visit him/her when you are already ill?
Im trying to visit doctors preventively, but in daily basis I'm jsut forgetting about it. The only one I visit regularly with success is my dentist. Maybe because I have to pay him everytime and he reminds me always about a visit?
Do you lead a healthy lifestyle?
It's hard question, because it depends of the time i have. Im trying to be an active person - go to the gym or go on bike. Of course I also try to avoid unhealthy food.
I do lead a health lifestyle but is this enough?
I think health-care system need to provide clinics with free consultations for everyone.
For those who want to know if they ok or not.
I don't like to visit doctors and hospitals so I prefer go there when I'm already ill.
I like healthy lifestyle and I'm trying to be fit. It's something like hobby for me, it can also help me so profit on both sides :)
I don't thik that I lead a healthy lifestyle. I eat only 3 meals per day and I sleep less than I should. It is another think which I want to change in my life in the near future.
Well that was very interesting, I had no idea about such concept. The costs are so huge, but isn't our life the most important thing in the world? It would take multiple years to change the whole medical infrastructure, but I think it is worth it.
2. Do you visit to the doctor preventively or do you visit him/her when you are already ill?
Unfortunately, I do visit my doctor when I am already ill and I have to change this behavior as sometimes it is just too late to be treated after some disease already occurs.
3. Do you lead a healthy lifestyle?
I am doing my best to make my life the healthiest it can be, but as a developer it is very hard to maintain healthy lifestyle.
I think that Mullenbeck said the right thing and its logical because we want to stay healthy all the time so we need to take care of our health a not become sick and feel bad then cure ourself. I really never thought about it this way and i think that since we are little they told us that the doctor is a person who will cure. But when I think the other way we forget that "the powers" makes everyone sick and eject some strange diseases to kill people because the population is too big . All these viruses or bacterias are produced somewhere and not alone but by the hand of humans in laboratories. we don't know what is happening in secret but a believe that sientists are experimenting alot and calculating the advantages of spreading various diseases to reduce the population . Then there is farmaceutical business . they want people to be sick in the mind of bying medicine. I visit the doctor when i'm already ill but sometimes i check if everything is alright. I do not lead a healthy lifestyle and i don't know why, maybe because of time and money ...