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Rev Katie Grace's avatar

I love that you both are dreaming new systems of wellcare into being by grounding them in practicality!

Keeping oneself healthy is definitely a DIY, out-of-pocket situation that can be confusing as well as wreck the budget. I only use allopathic medical practitioners for a physical trauma or life-threatening situation. Otherwise, it's off to my roundtable of holistic practitioners and a quick survey of my holistic-minded friends, one of whom is bound to guide me to my next step.

Health mentors would be such an amazing support for someone overwhelmed with a new diagnosis. I think it's wonderful to have a mentor who's traveled a similar path who can guide you specifically regarding your condition. I would also add that health mentors who are generalists would also add value.

As an intuitive spiritual counselor, I often pick up on important signals that lead me to educate a client about the systems that underpin so-called alternative treatments because they're related to energy. I may not be able to guide them specifically regarding their exact diagnosis, but I can usually educate them about how to think about wellness and dis-ease, and suggestions for how to find their own roundtable (some of whom must be local v. remote) to support their wellness going forward.

This is uplifting! I look forward to diving into more of your work when time allows. Katie

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Tereza Coraggio's avatar

So interesting that the incentive bonus for the last quarter either doubled or quintupled from earlier.

I love your idea of health mentors! I can think of so many applications off the top of my head, or the need for them.

I think that all insurances raise the cost of the service because people don't care, since they're not paying it, and it makes them feel like they 'cheated the system.' And then it makes people more dependent on insurance, so they can charge whatever they want for it.

My economic system in my book, How to Dismantle an Empire, has distributed dividends targeted for different local goods and services. One of these is wellcare, which is just about anything except life-or-death medical care. In order to accept the subsidies as payment, a provider can't exceed a maximum hourly rate. This prevents monopolies.

I've pictured wellness advocates, who can connect people to resources. And health mentors are a great idea!

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