Improving our health care system

For the past 20 years I have nurtured the idea that Canada would become a world leader in medical care by making alternative health and fitness services tax deductible or, covered by our medical system. The project to socialize our health care is aimed at not only improving the health of our population, but also to aid in a better economy for this sector of business.

Nowadays, most political debates are about how to pay for health care, and do not address the other problem that is rising, which is the need to redefine the fundamentals of health care. The world has the belief that health requires outside attention only, which it does, when the body or the mind are ill.

For centuries, other cultures have included in their health care system the concept that good health is partly the result of living in harmony with the universal laws. Healing occurred inside the body, and most outside intervention will not make you healthier in the long run if your own self healing mechanism (immune system) is not conditioned to respond, or doesn’t adapt fast enough to an illness.

Conventional treatments do have a positive impact on the body, however they would be more effective if people with special considerations would be given as a complementary service, "customized health prevention programs" geared to reinforce their vitality.  

These would include, lifestyle changing habits such as diet- exercises-  and stress control methods...

One of the key work  of Traditional Chinese medicine is to explore ways to increase internal resistance, so the body could resist harmful influences more effectively. ( Yang shen fa)

By embracing this principle, funding educational programs would be fundamental and essential to our health care system which could emphasis "practical" health prevention.

Canada has already moved forward in this direction and has stated to provide programs based upon this principle. These programs need to be more available to the people who need them the most (our children- our elderly, the sick people and specially the low income population).  Re: Social health care system.

My belief is that the role of the integrated health and fitness industry is to search for more health alternatives to insure Canadians a healthier lifestyle.

The most cost effective option would be a health care system that teaches us how to remain in good health until we are elderly and how to prevent illness. Integrated health and fitness services with an emphasis on strengthening our healing system should be a part of the medical care system. This, in the long run will save our population money because in many cases the body can heal itself, or, at the very least, improve its health.  

Empowering the people and giving them the tools they need to be in charge of their own health is our ultimate goal. What they know about their own health now, is what will keep them healthier in the future.