By Dr. Sherri Tenpenny, DO, AOBNMM, ABIHM
Dear President Trump:
I am a big fan and worked diligently to support your election. Not only did I financially contribute to your campaign, we promoted your work and actively campaigned against your competitor. We grew my Facebook page to more than 200,000 followers, most of whom support your agenda to Make America Great Again, especially your willingness to question vaccine safety.
But to Make America Great Again, we have to Make America Healthy Again.
What is happening now – with the Repeal and Replace of the Affordable Healthcare Act – will not move the needle to help Americans be healthy, meaning to be robust, productive and active without swallowing a handful of daily pharmaceuticals.
Something has to change.
For all other industries—automotive, energy, financial—you met with the CEOs, industry leaders, and experts to listen to their suggestions on how to solve their industry’s problems. Before a new ACA Platform can be finalized, you need take on this behemoth medical delivery system. It is very complex to understand being outside looking in. After 32 years as a practicing physician, and about half of those years as the Director of an Emergency Department, I know first hand the problems of what we collectively refer to as Healthcare.
Mr. President, please consider these ideas. I am asking you to put them at the top of your priority list. Change the system for the betterment of all Americans:
1. Save Medicare by eliminating the billions lost through fraud.
Medicare and the Vaccine Industry.
Does Zostavax save the healthcare system money?
Medicare and the Vaccine Industry.
Does Zostavax save the healthcare system money?
In fiscal year 2015, Medicare paid out $568.9 billion for medical services. It is anticipated that total