Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise

Healthy living truly is economical.  When I hear of the price of prescriptions and the cost of an office call, I have a visceral reaction.  If health care was truly about caring for people, wouldn't it somehow be more affordable?  We all know this Affordable Care Act is anything but affordable.  As for mandated health care, I'm so thankful to just be paying the tax, rather than the insurance premium.  Health care in America is expensive.  Medical expenses are the leading cause of bankruptcy in this country.  So it may indeed follow that unpaid medical expenses and health care provision have certainly contributed to the national debt.

Just a word about the Affordable Care Act before actually addressing the topic of this article.  The Affordable Care Act does three things, none of which are for the betterment of the health of Americans.  First, it gives control of health care to insurance companies.  More Big Biz and Big Pharma control.  Second, it has merely camouflaged a tax with a mandate.  Make no mistake, this will raise taxes for many low and middle income families.  Third, it now makes it illegal to seek medical care without this mandated insurance.  To add to the mix, there is a fourth thing, as well.  All "us" health care radicals will be accounted for by our tax penalty.  I've been completely out of the health care system since before 9/11.  Now, with ACA, I'm a statistic of dissidence.  With all that being said, let's get to the heart of healthy living.

A lifestyle of health comes with Instructions.  These Instructions are far superior to the AMA.  These Instructions were given by our Creator!  It doesn't get any more direct or personal than that!  A healthy lifestyle according to Scripture means a personal consultation at any time of the night or day.  This Bible lifestyle also comes with a great many promises and no long term negative side effects.  Oh, there's been the occasional imprisonment or even martyrdom, but there are many accounts of amazing deliverances and healing.

Meanwhile, we will find, healthy living may seem a bit more expensive when it comes to good food, and maybe even a bit inconvenient at first when it comes to Torah instruction, but it is drastically less expensive when that good food and blessed obedience results in a lifestyle that doesn't require medical care and prescriptions.