If I may, as a (retired) RN, seeing what has happened to healthcare, I suggest your teen consider naturopathy instead. There is a greater ability to help people, using natural remedies instead of doctors' prescriptions. ND (naturopathic doctors) are going to be in great demand. A nursing license will always be subject to governing authorities and employment contingent on employers' rules.
If I may, as a (retired) RN, seeing what has happened to healthcare, I suggest your teen consider naturopathy instead. There is a greater ability to help people, using natural remedies instead of doctors' prescriptions. ND (naturopathic doctors) are going to be in great demand. A nursing license will always be subject to governing authorities and employment contingent on employers' rules.
I go to a DO whose practice is very naturopathic. Maybe it’s just him, because his dad was a chiropractor and he grew up with the naturopathic influence. But ask people in your community.
I just wish these docs took regular health insurance. I looked into a popular (just about only) facility last year and the beginning consult was around $400. Then they had some sort of "membership" that was far outside my budget. We have paid health insurance through our retirement system but it's not really a benefit if they will only pay allopathic doctors.
It's a shame people have been forced into health insurance plans through their employer. Do they even allow workers to opt out? I believe prior to WWII, people could purchase health insurance, or any other kind of insurance, without outside influence. Once employers began offering it as "a benefit" to attract workers, it started going downhill and here we are now.
I made the decision to cancel health insurance after the "UnAffordable Care Act" increased my monthly premium x3 and more than doubled the deductible to $8000. I did the math and chose to bank that money instead and pay for care as needed. (It's amazing how little I actually needed to see a doctor - outside of the rare emergency.) I did join Liberty Healthshare for the catastrophic possibility (low monthly fee and I chose a deductible I could afford).
Now I don't have any coverage. I don't ever intend to go to a hospital of my own volition, ever again. (Refusing to ever be injected, I wouldn't expect them to help me anyway.) I pay as I go and it's proven to be a lot less than health insurance with no managed care hoops or governmental entanglements. So, while the "out of pocket" fees seem high at first glance, they are a lot less in the long-run and you don't have your records being scoured by insurers and the federal government.
It's definitely worth it. The hard part is breaking free of the system which has intentionally scared us to pieces with the fear of a potential catastrophic illness. Should that day come, I'm prepared to leave this life post haste and any debts can be paid with all I leave behind. And good riddance.
If I may, as a (retired) RN, seeing what has happened to healthcare, I suggest your teen consider naturopathy instead. There is a greater ability to help people, using natural remedies instead of doctors' prescriptions. ND (naturopathic doctors) are going to be in great demand. A nursing license will always be subject to governing authorities and employment contingent on employers' rules.
Asking for a friend who is pretty much fed up with their PCP. How can a person find an ND?
Me too. Just turned 60, haven't wasted much time or money on doctors and the med establishment (wife is a RN, so I see it purely as a revenue stream.)
But I am strongly averse to going anywhere near the medical industry after what we've seen.
I go to a DO whose practice is very naturopathic. Maybe it’s just him, because his dad was a chiropractor and he grew up with the naturopathic influence. But ask people in your community.
Start at naturopathic.org or https://naturemed.org/find-an-nd/ I found mine through church.
I just wish these docs took regular health insurance. I looked into a popular (just about only) facility last year and the beginning consult was around $400. Then they had some sort of "membership" that was far outside my budget. We have paid health insurance through our retirement system but it's not really a benefit if they will only pay allopathic doctors.
It's a shame people have been forced into health insurance plans through their employer. Do they even allow workers to opt out? I believe prior to WWII, people could purchase health insurance, or any other kind of insurance, without outside influence. Once employers began offering it as "a benefit" to attract workers, it started going downhill and here we are now.
I made the decision to cancel health insurance after the "UnAffordable Care Act" increased my monthly premium x3 and more than doubled the deductible to $8000. I did the math and chose to bank that money instead and pay for care as needed. (It's amazing how little I actually needed to see a doctor - outside of the rare emergency.) I did join Liberty Healthshare for the catastrophic possibility (low monthly fee and I chose a deductible I could afford).
Now I don't have any coverage. I don't ever intend to go to a hospital of my own volition, ever again. (Refusing to ever be injected, I wouldn't expect them to help me anyway.) I pay as I go and it's proven to be a lot less than health insurance with no managed care hoops or governmental entanglements. So, while the "out of pocket" fees seem high at first glance, they are a lot less in the long-run and you don't have your records being scoured by insurers and the federal government.
It's definitely worth it. The hard part is breaking free of the system which has intentionally scared us to pieces with the fear of a potential catastrophic illness. Should that day come, I'm prepared to leave this life post haste and any debts can be paid with all I leave behind. And good riddance.
Thank you so much. I will look into it.
You might ask the staff at a local natural foods store or vitamin type place.
The future of health care has two choices: sustainable suppression of chronic illnesses often caused by the system and naturopathic treatments.
People that want experts to tell them what to do will stay out. People that want to feel better will seek the alternative.
The govt and big pharma will attempt to AGAIN discredit naturopathic doctors.