DR CYWES:A DEVASTATINGLY HEARTBREAKING VIDEO
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ธ.ค. 2023
- This video BREAKS DR CYWES’S HEART….CHANGES TO OUR PRACTICE BECAUSE OF THE CHANGING ECONOMICS OF “HEALTHCARE”. THIS IS OUR PROGRAM AND HOW WE APPROACH METABOLIC HEALTH. NOT JUST WHAT YOU EAT, BUT CHANGING THE RELATIONSHIP AND YOUR BEHAVIOR PATTERNS. Please leave comments.
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We need a grass roots organization to fight what’s being done in healthcare! Anyone agree? I use to work for Humana & I saw the crap going in & the CEO’s compensations! Sickening!
I used to sell a non insurance alternative plan for health care many years ago. The organization got in on paying the same negotiated price on services and medication as the insurance companies pay. The drug prices and service payments the ins companies pay were ridiculous to what they want us to believe they are. The insurance companies had it shut down over the course of a few years. I do agree, yes we need a grass roots movement to fight for the future of our health care. Doctors can’t work for free any more than we shouldn’t throw our money into a system that doesn’t provide.
Listen to V.A. Shiva Ayyadural, on Facebook, Truth Freedom Health.
He has a good grassroots approach to the health care system
We need to flood Congress with outrage and perhaps they will change things.
Would we agree AARP is this grass roots organization we need? Should we support them in mass?
@@rodneyadamson1963 No, AARP is a liberal organization and will do whatever the left tells them to do. Research AMAC, which is a conservative organization.
You are the second doctor in my physician care team that has stopped taking Medicare. I totally agree with your position on this. I am VERY IMPRESSED with what you have done to guide me in management of my T2 diabetes, no other doctor in the past 25 years have helped me as you have. I will continue to see you as long as you keep your office in Jacksonville. For those that think it’s too much to pay cash. I just had a vehicle break down and had to pay the repair bill, over $1000.00. I paid it on a credit card. I’ll make payments. That’s a vehicle . What is your health worth? Dr. Cywes thank you for being so up front with this.
Who can pay $1000 car repair bills??
Charging on a card is really not paying upfront. @@YeshuaKingMessiah
Thanks Jerry
@@YeshuaKingMessiah If you need your car, you have no choice, you find the money from SOMEWHERE, whether that's by going into debt, or making enough cutbacks to cover it, you find it ! I'm in the UK so don't have to worry about medical bills, but if I suddenly had even a $2000 expense to sort my car, I'd have no choice but to find it from somewhere..
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I retired from Pediatrics in 2020 at 59yo. Couldn't keep busy enough to meet the 65% overhead in a large group Pediatrics practice. We had a designated person to take care of prior authorizations. I paid my debt to the group and walked away. I found keto in January 2022 and have improved my health greatly. Now like so many that start keto I am transitioning to carnivore. I appreciate your thoughts
Good for you
I get it. It was tuff when I retired a decade ago. It’s only gotten worse. I probably couldn’t practice pediatrics today I’d lose my license or certification by the ABP for all the nonsense they push and I can’t practice that way.
@@carolschriner4037 I agree with your assertions about the AAP and ABP
You deserve credit. I too am attempting carnivore. I say attempting because this whole addiction to the carb world has been shocking.
Well I understand doctors are now basing their treatment against the hippocratic oath by treating any race that’s not white FIRST regardless of crisis situations. Sad state.
Totally get it! I'm on Medicare, (original type) and just had a knee replacement, and am always shocked at the claims of what Medicare actually pays! The health insurance care system is horrific! But! on a positive side, I thought you were going to say you are retiring, and no more videos. You are one of the best drs. out there, I watch ALL your videos, etc. and am still happy you will be here for us who follow you and your health plan for a great life! Keep the faith!
Same!! Type 2 here and I love what you’ve done building this community! I rely on your videos so much to keep me on the straight and narrow to health. God Bless you for sharing your expertise!🙏
You are right on! This commercial capitalistic system owned by Satan, the devil, screws every one. I didn't know you took Medicare before this as I am also on it but have been butt of denials from Medicare Advantage plans which are a joke. Soon Jehovah will take action and destroy this system and replace it with his righteous kingdom ruled by his son, Christ Jesus. You will get w better job and truly be fulfilled and happy. ❤😊
I will retire after I die😊
You aren’t alone. I had great insurance then I turned 65 and have become a second class citizen. It is hard to get service so I have given up going to any doctor. The rules mess with all. Get the government out of my life.
You are a treasure, and I'm so sorry you have been put in this position. You deserve better. And I know you want better for your patients. We all see what's happening to our economy and healthcare system. No one will hold this against you. You are a gift and a blessing to so many, I'm just thankful you will continue to be so. Thank you for all you've done for everyone, as well as me personally. Big hugs Dr C 💗
He is a national treasure.
I m SO sorry this is such a shitty system. Wishing you and your family all the best .
Hugs back!
@@robertcywes2966 😂 LOL bless you SIr!
The economy is booming actually! But holding on to your flawed medical care system will see health care suffer more and more down the years. Look at every other advanced, and not-so-advanced, country in the world and you will see that these things are on no one's mind. Every person can seek the medical help they need without considering the expense. Vote out all those who are funded by the pharmaceutical and insurance companies and stop being indoctrinated into believing that free healthcare is 'socialist'. Anywhere else in the world, a person would never hold office if they even thought about removing universal healthcare.
I'm self pay with Samaritan Ministries, a Christian health care sharing group... this just confirms I'm doing the right thing... I'm 69 and have been keto/ carnivore for around 5 years... I lapse into a junk food binge occasionally and always regret it because of the ensuing fatigue and gut upset...You are a great inspiration and I applaud your decision!
Ridgeway - didn't samaritan go broke during covid and cancel their contract with United? I'm in Medi-Share and heard that it's the only one that didnt go belly up. Also- check your addendums and policy changes - you may not be covered during War (they know what's coming)
I was looking into Samaritan ministries but not sure exactly how it works. Do you pay your bill first? How does it work if most doctors require self paying patients to pay first. Do you get paid back from Samaritan.
I also have Samaritan…how does it work after age 65? Do you also have Medicare?
I am/was a patient of yours, so I am saddened by your having to be put in this position by a flawed medical system. Luckily, because I found keto 7 years ago, at 72 I am in excellent health and can continue on this journey with so much knowledge from your videos, becoming a coach and doing all the Low Carb USA Conferences on-line. This month will be my ninth one. You have been so incredibly kind and generous and will continue to be my doctor through your videos and through the conferences and the book Ketogenic of which you wrote several chapters. Thank you Dr. Cywes. If I get stuck you'll be the first I will contact and will happily pay the out-of-pocket cost. I will miss our time together, but just know that you have impacted my life in ways that I cannot repay you for. Be well, and thank you for your brilliant mind and huge heart.
Thank you. Glad I was able to be part of ur journey
I'm also 72 and have medicare but thanks to carnivore and the
Is community, I have not had to seek Any healthcare because I'm healthy now, not on any meds. Unless I have a true emergency, Ivwill never g
Use medicare I'm forced to get but can't actually use.
Unfortunately, we are in a situation where we are at the mercy of insurance companies, yet we are a nation of metabolically sick people. This wont change until people figure out how to improve their metabolic health on their own. This will be a long, hard road to travel. My recommendation is to tell your friends and family about the benefits of the keto and carnivore lifestyle so this information can be spread far and wide. The sooner this can happen the better for all of us.
I am 60 and went keto/carnivore and OMAD four years ago, in large part based on what I learned from Dr Cywes and his colleagues in the low carb community. I no longer have a dog in the fight. I am now watching from the financial sidelines as a spectator. I reversed all of my medical problems. Medical problems are all now in remission with no medications. Lab work and vitals are all very good. I only go to the doctor now for an annual checkup and blood work, which is free to me with no co-pay.
At the person level, the financial off-ramp to all this is to buffer and hedge your position by investing in a large freezer and purchasing grass-fed, grass-finished beef in bulk and otherwise enjoy life to its fullest eating beef, butter, bacon, and eggs.
The modern healthcare system is akin to a springing lien waiting to pounce. I choose to give it a wide berth and do what I can to place myself out of range.
Carni for the win! Good for u!
I still use spices, sometimes onions & olives tho n rarely salsa or avo.
If I could just buy steak and salmon I would be happy. Rarely can be afforded tho.
Fantastic - sounds like all you need to do now is wean yourself off the yearly 'check-up' 😂
@@YeshuaKingMessiah The Farm Transparency Project does undercover investigations into small family-owned local slaughterhouses all over the world, and their hidden cameras show the most unfathomable cruelty and abuse against animals. They all struggle desperately to live and it takes many violent attempts to subdue and finally kill them.
Humans were not meant to eat corpses of other sentient beings. You're nothing like a lion and there's nothing to "win" about "carni." God gave us gardens and 30,000 edible plants to eat.
Yeshua was an Essene, a strict vegan sect who respected ALL of God's creatures. Going plant-based will get you out of the pharma and disease care system while saving animals' lives.
@lyricsews just get the basic basic Medicare
I’m uninsured and went carnivore a year ago, I found the health care system so difficult to navigate especially with little actually no money.
I treat my autoimmune Hashimoto’s with OTC NDT. It helps but feeling crappy sucks.
I’ve felt so crappy i haven’t worked in years and couldn’t qualify for help via ssi. Thank goodness for TH-cam and carnivore diet because I was feeling way worse prior to carnivore. I was thinking if I got Medicare I’d get to see perhaps dr Cywes , but now I’m just hoping carnivore will help.
Dr Rob, I have been a RN for 27yrs ,worked in a functional medicine office 15 yrs ago...we went self pay then...medicare is a racket sad to say. I wish insurance respected practioners but they don't. Alot of nurses have left the field because of dissatisfaction and burnout. Thank you for your AWESOME content and fighting for your patients !!... Wishing you a blessed and Happy New Year !!!
This is terrifying. I retired in good health two years ago. I'm working to keep myself healthy, but I also assume I'll likely need healthcare at some point. If good doctors stop taking Medicare, it will be difficult to find a good one when I'll be most vulnerable.
Yes this bother me too
Stay healthy
Youll require some help ir you get injured, but if you eat the right way.. You are enyoing your life like a forever teenage. The old "degeneration" its just a lie.
I think that this is going to continue to cause doctors to pull out of participating in Medicare. I saw this coming a few years ago when it was predicted to come to this.
This is not a rant Doctor......its a discussion on how the health care works. Thank you for bringing this to the attention of many of us who do not work in this industry.
Practicing physician here. I really sympathize with the statements Dr. Cywes shared here. All insurance sucks. Different ones for different reasons. The administrative burdens combined with late and lower payments will be the reason why you won't be able to find a competent caring physician now and in the future. Most people on the outside have no idea the games they play to punish us, deny payments for work already done, or otherwise discourage us from even approaching them for help assisting our patients. Tragic
So sad. Physians and clinicians need to retake the lead in healthcare
Completely understandable, Dr. Cywes. We have the same challenge in my medical practice as well. Overhead has shot up dramatically over the past two years with decreasing reimbursements.
The math ain’t mathin’… we get it Doc. Keep on thriving. You have our full support ♥️🙏🏾!
I can honestly say the claims "mathin' " in BUNK...It is keep the premiums, DENY the claims.
Say hi to SA
It breaks my heart as well, completely understand. I am a Medicare patient as well and most of my doctors (23years) are in the same position. May God help us all. Thank you for your transparency, your heart and for caring. Many blessings to you and your family! Shalom 🙏
Here's something you might be interested in since you mentioned transparency and things that break your heart. The Farm Transparency Project does undercover investigations into small family-owned local slaughterhouses all over the world, and their hidden cameras show the most unfathomable cruelty and abuse against animals who struggle desperately to live.
God gave us gardens and 30,000 edible plants to eat. Going plant-based will get you out of the pharma and disease care system while saving animals' lives.
Totally understand! I work in the office of a large medical facility. Our nurse spends HOURS getting prior authorizations. Medicare already under pays for clinic visits and procedures.
Sadly, what you just described was predicted. Many doctors are following the same path. We have a doctor shortage for this very reason, something has to change. Thank you for continuing with the channel.
I totally understand Doc, I am one of your patients and was not entirely shocked that you had to do this for survival. It is EVERYWHERE!!!! Every aspect of our lives is controlled by the 1% elite. Their day is coming along with all the humongous conglomerates controlling every aspect of our lives. We have to step up and hold them accountable! Happy new year to you and your family! I love you and what you stand for!
You are right on the target! The elite want us to pass away but not until we give them every cent we have!
Back in 1995 my Doctor in Philadelphia did the same thing, way back then! He told me that his overhead was astronomical, he had to have six employees who sole job was to just deal with Medicare and the insurance companies. Then the insurance companies and Medicare would only pay, after months of paperwork and phone calls, what they felt that they wanted to pay. I totally understand your dilemma and I hope your practice does better without having to deal with the expense and headaches of Medicare and the insurance companies.
Yes, spot on about insurance companies. As someone who has worked with them for years, I can tell you that they're nothing but a crime sydicate, and they only look out to fatten their bottom like. They don't give a fig about you or I.
I have a small physical therapy practice and experience the same issues and understand his concerns. As a small practice we get reimbursed less then the large local county hospital despite providing the same service. The worst plans are the Medicare Advantage plans and trying to keep up with the different regulations. I’ve been doing therapy for 34 years and Medicare reimburses us about what they did in the late 1990s I can’t afford to hire a therapist with the current rates, patient cancellations or no shows.
I’m 76 and up to 2020 I’ve never spent a day in the hospital. Then I had a bleeding ulcer that damn near killed me. Then a doctor found a small blockage on an artery on the backside of the heart, didn’t slow me down though… then the wife was diagnosed with Parkinson’s and our medical bills got real.
Then my PCP died and I had to scramble to find a doc that would continue prescribing my thyroid meds, the only one I could find was not taking Medicare.
I get it, but for those of us who paid into the system and then have it jerked out from under us, it’s a bait and switch scam that hits us boomers hard. I get it. I don’t fault any doctors dumping Medicare. Lucky the specialists we see still take Medicare.
I have taken control of our health with the help of videos like yours. Keep up the good work god bless …
Yes, you make a very good point about paying into the system all our working days with the hope that it'll provide for us in our retirement. I'm also retired and wondering what the future holds. Whatever our politicians touch they make a total disaster out of.
Before I retired at the end of 2019, I worked for a hospital PHO. Most of my job involved making sure the dooctors were meeting the HMOs requirements for reimbursement. The PCPs made a decision in 2015 to stop taking Medicare patients because Medicare wasn't paying enough. They reversed this decision in 2018 and decided to participate in a Medicare ACO. Which provided me with a lot of extra work & didn't actually bring in any money.
TL;DR -- I completely understand and sympathise. The people making the $$ are the Pharma and Insurance company CEOs. Providers & patients are getting screwed.
as a Medicare/Medicaid insurance agent. I get it as I try to advocate for those FORCED into this broken system at a time when their health care needs skyrocket.
Don’t leave out the politicians who are benefitting from big pharma too.
Yep, many people have been so conditioned against "socialism" and regulation that we allow corporate greed to run barely restrained even though it always only hurts the poor and working class. It's vulgar to me that basic healthcare is so inaccessible to even those with employer provided insurance, like myself (out of pocket costs for needed services are prohibitive), even in the richest country on Earth. Until we wise up, it will only continue to get worse.
@@thepremierenoelle3362Heath insurance is Socialism. Socialism wipes out the middle class, tries to make everyone dependent on the politicians and creates an uber weathy ruling elite. We are getting what we asked for.
@@thepremierenoelle3362 Sounds like you are conditioned toward a falsely perceived socialist utopia. "One of the traditional methods of imposing statism or socialism on a people has been by way of medicine. It's very easy to disguise a medical program as a humanitarian project." ~ Ronald Reagan
Keep doing God’s work by bringing truth. I rank you at the very top for busting false narratives.
Your simple short video blaming sugar and not salt for bp/hypertension issues is life-changing.
You are at the forefront of true care for citizens.
Thanks
When my husband and I were both very sick and not being helped much by our covered doctors, I found a clinic (in WA near Seattle) that did not take insurance. We were close to disabled and decided if we could spend our savings to get well, we could go back to earning. I think the 4-hour first appointment cost about $1600 each, and produced 14-page lab results. Husband had chronic Lyme, I had CFS and we got properly treated. The doctor we saw eventually went into private practice and charges $400/ hr. We both got well, moved to CA, husband still working construction at 68, I'm still very active at 77 (jogging, mountain hiking, carry 50# feed sacks, trimming my horse's hooves, help with clearing our forest etc). We now eat mostly carnivore. The medical industry, with its standard of care, funnels us into being permanent patients taking prescriptions, having appointments, and never being actually healthy! We must focus on metabolic health, movement, outdoor activity, etc moving into old age - health is wealth!!
Your post made me think of this pic I found YEARS ago, and it rings more true than ever before!
(It won’t allow me to post the pic here, however.)
But it’s pills in the shape of a human w/the caption, “The pharmaceutical industry does not create cures; they create customers.”
You can pull it up from your search engine.
Congrats, btw on you/your hub’s magnificent journey back to health! 👏🏼
Happy New Year!💥⚡️
@@carolebillue357 I may have seen that picture and totally agree, sadly.
Thank you for taking the time to comment. God bless ❤️🙏❤️
The health cars system here in Canada is "free" but you get what you pay for. I found several doctors on TH-cam such as Dr's. Cywes and Lustig and Hyman and William Li who have made me way healthier than my family physician. The system is to blame, not the doc. The system only reimburses them when they give you a pill not when they tell you to stop drinking. One can't prescribe a healthy diet and get paid for it as a physician. So their actions follow the money sadly.
@@judymiller5154 The Farm Transparency Project does undercover investigations into small family-owned local slaughterhouses all over the world, and their hidden cameras show the most unfathomable cruelty and abuse against animals. They all struggle desperately to live and it takes many violent attempts to subdue and finally kill them. How do you kill someone who doesn't want to die?
Humans were not meant to eat corpses of other sentient beings. Stop with the carnivore diet, you're not a lion. God gave us 30,000 edible plants to eat. I've been plant based for 35 years, am now 72, and haven't been to a doctor in decades and boycott all pharma. Live Kindly for God's true blessings.
You are so right that the medical sick care system is funneling us into taking prescriptions, needing appointments, and then being in worse health. I am always happy to see that people are waking up to this fact. I was seeing a holistic medical doctor for a thyroid issue. Normally that requires a one time a year appointment. This doctor wanted me to go in to his office 4 times, or more, a year at $250 an appointment. He could have easily gotten me stabilized within a few months but he tried to drag it out for 3 years in order to line his wallet. He demanded that I get $1,000's of dollars worth of tests but he didn't know how to straighten anything out if he saw something that was not right. He was a bully too because he couldn't accept that I had some knowledge of how to manage myself---he wanted me completely dependent on him for every little choice or decision.
Bravo for your courage Dr. Cywes. Keep healing us all by doing what you do so well here. Our rewards and yours will be tenfold.
Ozempic should not be funded by any insurance company. What it does can be had for free. By going keto and carnivore. Let the makers sell it for cash to those who'd rather eat junk and pay for it. See what price the market will tolerate.
I am afraid of any drugs!
I have been your patient for 6 months (medicare) and I am so grateful for all you have done for me. I will continue to be a private pay patient with you because my health is so important to me. Ive lost 50 pounds and my A1C went from 5.9 to 5.1...still some issues to resolve and I cant think of anyone else who can do what you have done. Thank you so much.
Thanks Sandy
I wish I could become your patient, living in New York State won’t allow that. I follow you on FB and credit you with saving my life from your knowledge. I am 81 and in good health, started keto and now carnivore and God willing, that will keep my body strong. Thank you dear Dr. and I pray for you, wish you and your family peace and strength in the new year. I applaud you for this very heartfelt video and praise your loving commitment to your patients. Shalom 🇮🇱
You are the best doctor that I have ever had, Dr. Cywes. The fact that you give your patients the time that you do, and the attention that you give, speak volumes. I can tell that this was a painful decision for you. Please know how much you’ve helped everyone who watches you, and I hope that everyone will be kind regarding your decision.
Well wishes and prayers for a great New Year for you and your family.
Thanks Denise
I have thoroughly enjoyed being your patient for the last for years. The attention that you gave me speaks volumes. I know that this was a difficult decision for you. ❤
I sold my 37 year practice a few years back for the exact reasons you state. Struggling to keep up with the entirety of the overhead (taxes included) and making very little for myself at the end of the day. Not just Medicare, but the insurance industry through “managed care” with all the humiliating contracts and over utilization requests/reviews etc . The stress was overwhelming and it just wasn’t fun anymore. Good luck to the new doctors. I totally understand not taking insurances. Your patients will have to do their own billing after you’re out of network, but they at least have the option to stay with you.
Managed care is bunk. As a Medicare agent, I said watch out...Medicare Advantage isn't about your health it is about DENYING healthcare to you.
My husband was billed $17,000+ for radiation treatments because Medicare said he didn't get a referral 😆🤣😆-- as though a person would simply walk into an oncologist's office and ask for radiation treatments on their own. He had a preauthorization letter, but still, it took several hours of our time and the hospital's time to clear it up. I used to work in health insurance and my husband was a health provider himself, so we knew it was a mistake and that we should call and ask for them to look into it (and the error was resolved without us owing anything except the usual copays, etc.) -- but what if we hadn't known that? Having cancer is stressful enough without having to deal with that BS.
Thanks for sharing your story. Can you imagine the amount of money paid by those who do not have the knowledge you do to know it wasn’t right? SMH
Yes. It was an oversight, a mistake. And the stress going through treatment. But this goes on all the time in various ways in the health insurance industry market. GoFundMe events for non-covered treatments, denial notices.
Long story short. My PCP put me in for an MRI on my knee for pain not decreasing. My insurance declined and prescribed X-rays instead and eight PT treatments.
The X-rays turned up nothing. But unfortunately, I couldn't afford the deductible and was waiting to be transitioned back on to Medicaid from my Essential plan. (If I remember, the X-ray or MRI would be covered. But I would have had a deductible for the PT. Something like this). So I was walking around with my painful knee for about five more weeks till I fortunately became Medicare eligible.
I knew something was definitely wrong with my knee. Therefore I didn't want to do the PT. I got a referral from my PCP to an orthopedic Dr. (They wanted a referral) He said it's probably a torn meniscus and put me in for an MRI.
To make a short story longer:
Yep. Sure enough a bucket handle tear. It's a more extensive tear. It might have been a slighter tear but got worse walking around on it for that amount of time. Who knows... I'm just saying...
So here I was walking around all that time in pain because the insurance Dr/coding is trying to save money for the insurance company. My PCP listening to my story about my injury knew best.
Anyway I had the torn piece removed. AND I might have had a lot less removed if I had it MRId much sooner.
So far I don't have knee wear from the missing cushion support of my meniscus. But eventually I could.
Wow! Not one negative or neutral comment! We all love you, Doc. And we love what you stand for!!
I live in Australia, ozempic costs me, as a pensioner $6.80 per month. A non pensioner pays $30 per month. This is our medical care, it’s brilliant! When my meds amount to $ 375, I pay $375 , I go onto freeness for the rest of the year. I get it all free. We have a fair system here.
Nothing is free. Someone pays the price
I come from a hospital healthcare setting (direct patient contact running full steam x 12-16 hours a day) and was incredibly underpaid for what I did. I have insurance coverage thru my husband's work and can never understand how the negotiated rate can be so low....it's horrible. And Medicare is 1000x worse. I applaud you for taking this step for your livelihood.
What will we do without Dr like you.Please don’t stop doing this great work.I have been following your advice for a few years now .I can’t speak for everyone else but I am convinced your followers all will agree that you are honest and doing gods work in helping people to change their life for the better.So thanks so much Dr Cywas God bless .
Thanks Liz
My grandfather was a doctor and his belief was that insurance companies ruled the world and would eventually ruin it. He had thought of discontinuing taking Medicare because of the abysmal amount he was paid to take care of his patients. He died in 1999 at age 89 and had been fully retired for only four years.
A patient's perspective: two years ago I made the decision to take our health insurance from high premiums low deductibles to low premiums high deductibles and the reason was quite simple. A lot of our health care was being denied by the insurance company and it was a continual fight with each side doctors and insurance companies saying it was the other party's fault. I said; "I quit!". I am now paying a low premium for basic medical taking the money saved from premiums and paying my doctors directly. No more fighting and I find with the Ketovore diet that I am healthier and am off all meds except my antihistamines. I got sick and tired of being sick, tired, and broke as a joke!! I'm off the Broken Merry-Go-Round that is our modern healthcare system.
Dr., I just appreciate the info and encouragement you give us! Thank you. I am working from keto towards carnivore with health improvements as I go. As a 64yr old, and former LVN, I am so ashamed of the whole sickcare model. I try to lead others into our healthy eating and living model, but older people seem stuck, afraid to change and plain just like their sweets. I think some just like the attention the sickcare model gives them. I dont blame you for your stance. I would pay cash to you, before I would go to a sickcare model institution.
The worst part of all this is that the medical field will no longer appeal as a career, driving out the best and the brightest. It's time to take your health into your own hands.
I am very grateful you are bringing this issue out in the open. Healthcare has become un-accessable even when you have insurance. The insurance companies seem to be making behind the scenes deals that limit your access to healthcare or make it unaffordable for you to access the services your Dr is suggesting. I have seen pharmacist that state that the insurances copay for meds, cost you more than if you were paying cash, and then a large part of that copay is returned to the insurance companies. The free market can work, when the players arent rigging the game to largely benefit them only.
So sad but true. I wish you success. Glad you're still putting out informative videos. Thank you!
At 62 I decided to take my health into my own hands and become the best I can be for this very reason. I saw the way Medicare didn’t work for my parents and I have no intention of ending up in the same boat!
Isn’t everyone of a certain age required to enroll in Medicare?? Like you, I want to be the best I can be and not at the mercy of the govt.
@@janetrobinson2699 There are late enrollment penalties to your premiums if you don’t enroll, but other than that, not really. I’ll probably enroll in part A because there is no premium for me. I’ve never been on a prescription med in my life so definitely not part D. If you have coverage outside of Medicare you aren’t required to have various parts. With so many industries starting what would be considered parallel economies, we may have more options by then.
@@janetrobinson2699 Mandatory at 65 to enroll in Medicare UNLESS you keep working AND have coverage thru employer
So sad to hear this… Our healthcare system really needs to change. The best (And maybe only) thing we can do is be proactive with our own health/diet. Thanks for all you do Dr. Cywes.
Thank you for sharing this tragic information, Dr. Cywes. It’s important for us to understand what is happening to doctors.
I’m enraged by insurance and pharmaceutical companies. They are bedfellows, indeed.
My heart breaks knowing they take so much time from physicians and actually get in the way of a doctor helping people.
I understand your decision completely. Thank you for all you do to educate us here on social media.
I’m grateful to have insurance, and grateful I rarely need it. But, when I use it there are always many phone calls and wasted time on the phone with the insurance company.
Devastating indeed.😢
I’m sure you’re not the only one, and this will likely become an increasing trend. Apparently, the medical system needs to be completely broken before we turn things around. Hopefully the people affected by this will vote for people who actually want to fix the system!
I was in the ER last fall and Medicare refused to pay for one expensive test they ran because they claimed the doctor didn’t have the authorization to order it! Too bad for the patients who have zero control over ER tests.
Sorry you are put in this position. I'm in Canada, and although our Healthcare is paid, it's struggling too, so I can understand where you are coming from. I thank you for taking your time to provide very important information to allow us to do better for our own Healthcare ourselves. My daughter an I just spent almost 2 years being juggled, gaslit, treated rudely by people in Healthcare including doctors (my daughter was told to eat like a dog on all 4s, by a general surgeon we saw) had wrong tests, tests read incorrectly, and we were told to give up looking for what was wrong, meanwhile my daughter could not function, was in pain almost 24/7 and on pain medication constantly. All this and almost 2 years to find out she had a vascular compression called Nutcracker (left renal vein compression). It's a mess all over.
Thank You for sharing your reasons why you decided to not take Medicare any longer .
You are a very dedicated doctor who goes above and beyond to help people .
God Bless You , wishing you the very best .
Gary I .
Over the past few years it has become evident that insurance companies are dictating medical care. I have personally experienced how this profit driven MO is crippling medical practices and interfering with my good doctor’s efforts to manage my care. I am deeply concerned for my doctor and by extension, for my ability to continue getting quality medical care. It has taken years to establish the trust and good rapport that I have with my doctor. If she is forced out of practice, I’m screwed. Some of the specialists I have been referred to seem like dimwits. It makes me angry that my doctor must refer me to a specialist even though she is quite knowledgeable and capable. She is helping me manage a very complex terminal disease through lifestyle since there is currently no treatment that is appropriate for me. Part of that management involves closely monitoring my blood sugar with a CGM. My insurance company resisted, but her staff spent hours doing what was necessary to get them to cover it. And the amount she received for her services? Paltry! It’s utterly disgusting.
Understandable. My PCP just gave up her practice because of the same reason. Terrible state of affairs.
Non-healthcare professionals took over the healthcare industry which has raised the cost of non-patient care. In other words there are too many middle men (administrators/investors) and litigators (personal injury lawyers) and this has been going on for decades. Now they are telling healthcare professionals how to do their jobs.
Thank you, Dr Cywes, for giving us the truth. you are such a blessing to so many. Joe Rogan had a interview this week with Brigham Buhler on some of the problems with the healthcare model. It was very enlightening.
Joe does great work
Hi Doc. I’m an MD myself and did exactly the same 10 years ago. Not looking back and standing by my point. All of the best 👍
I thank you for your concern for your TH-cam channel followers like me. It’s all about global greed, power struggles, and inequality. Thank you for all you do as a doctor. God bless you, doc Cywes!
Excellent episode and important information. Personally, I choose to adjust my so-called standard of living i.e. recreational spending, to save such money to be spent on genuine health-care consultations with doctors like yourself.
Don’t blame you one bit. You are better sharing what you know about carb addiction. As a foot-dragging Medicare recipient, I am on the path of finding my own health through low carb. I’ve chosen the least expensive plan I can get away with, take zero drugs and am experiencing weekly improvements in health; mental clarity, great hair and nails, no more tinnitus, scoliosis fixing itself, joyful days.
It’s time we all start taking our health into our own hands.
PS. Reason I take the scam that is Medicare is that at 67 I ride motorcycles. In case some knucklehead runs me off the road, we will not lose our retirement.
Thankyou for all you do, Dr. Cyves. Cheer up! We will find our way with the online help from physicians such as yourself.
Beautiful comment, Marian.
Enjoy the ride😊
I totally get it. I was doing more paperwork than the work I love. Emotional and financial survival is impacted, and we have to step back and do some self-care. God bless you for your dedication and diligence in helping us.
So very grateful you are continuing to practice, thank you for taking measures to be able to manage. It’s a terrible thing to experience the power of the federal government against its citizens-I hope people will take action this voting cycle.
Thank you for always being truthful and sharing your expertise with your followers❤ If we can’t see good doctors like you, at least we can learn to take better care of ourselves😊 Happy New Year to you and your family🎉
You have helped me so much! You've been amazingly generous, inviting any and all of your viewers to call you for a consultation. I've had four (maybe five), and your brilliant guidance with my epilepsy, treated with keto, has been invaluable, far more useful than any advice I've gotten from my neurologist at Cleveland Clinic. I am grateful for what you've given me. I totally understand! You must care for yourself and your family. Bless you, and thank you.
I am new to your channel and have plenty of health stories to tell but I don't think anyone wants to read a book in the comments. From what I can see in these comments, you are beloved by all! That means you are the real deal and passionate about what you do! It is so unfortunate but, you are not alone. So many Doctors all over the country are doing this and they should. I am 63 and self pay. This is not my first time being self pay and as sad as it is, it taught me to research and find alternatives to stay healthy. With Doctors like you telling us the truth, you are definitely saving lives.
Dr. Cywes, I thank you so much for your honesty. I have seen that coming considering the incompetent people who are supposed to be working for us. I was just told recently that my Dentist will no longer accept Delta Dental insurance because they can’t make anything with that insurance. They said they are practically working for nothing. I am afraid this will be common for all of us, unfortunately. It’s bad now but it will get worse.
RESPECT! Family first. I went I to medicine with lofty ideals and (delusional) hopes of helping the masses. I too will be transitioning to "private", self-pay practice as soon as im able. My therapist helped me realise that I cannot, and will not, be "institutionalised" into fighting a system that's bigger than one lowly doctor. So I'll be creating my OWN system. Hopefully if I build it they will come. Pt autonomy is also important to me; I want them to choose to come to me not be forced because I take their insurance.
Agreed Doc
It’s great that you made it work this far And thank you. Good/ Sad example of a broken and unsustainable medical care system. Do what you must to continue the fight Until this system is replaced! Take Care David
I made it work by sacrificing my family....no more. They're too important
I was always surprised that Dr Cywes took Medicare insurance when I know that Medicare paid pittance for his services. I was wondering how he can keep his practice going? So my take on this announcement is “ what took you so long?” I have Medicare but I have no problem to pay out of my pocket for the consultation with such expert as Dr Cywes is. I consider myself lucky to be his patient. Thank you.
Fully agree. It was a gift to get a consultation with such a brilliant doctor. Hoping he will continue sharing his knowledge on youtube and sending him gratitude. Best wishes for Dr Cywes and family ❤
Agree as well with above. I feel grateful for his consultation and advice. Best wishes to him and his family.
My doc went to conceirge practice years ago for the same reason. I pay an annual fee for access and care. The current medical model is a sick care management one. I am thankful there is a transition for younger docs to understand functional/patient specific care. Your videos help in this regard. I hope you can continue to produce them. Consider doing a video on nebulizing food grade h2O2. It is curative for URIs.
Our healthcare system is terribly broken! We are Medicare age, but also go to a concierge doctor and happily pay for the healthcare wellness and focus we receive. I bet your practice will still boom because you care and are helping people seek wellness not just write scripts!
We are a fee for service physicians group with a hospital contract and could not make ends meet. We finally forced the hospital to pay us a stipend in 2023, otherwise, we could not survive (we will see how long it will take for the hospital to cancel our contract, lol). Long hours, 24/7/364 coverage, physician burn-out, unable to recruit new physicians and poor reimbursement exacerbated by significant FREE care via uninsured ER services. This is not sustainable.
Thank you Dr. for all of your help to us through these videos. We can all improve our health just by the information you give us here❤️🙏
Wow...totally understandable. makes me never want to retire and be cast into medicare. Stay strong!!!
Hi David
I understand not accepting Medicare Advantage Plans but Medicare with a supplement plan should not require prior approval.
Back end denials....then appeals....then more denials....then audits
Understanding is what people need to give you. I know there are medications I have found natural cheaper ways to handle my issues. I can't do that for everything but changing my diet and doing what I can just seems prudent. I found the information now I need to act on it.😊 From Angola Indiana. Best Wishes for the New Year 🎉🎊
Again😊
If only 2% of doctors were like this gentlemen
I completely understand. I have been disappointed in my healthcare since entering Medicare. I don’t get. Yearly physical anymore. I get an interview yearly. I don’t get the basic care of checking my ears, eyes, throat, etc. The medical system is broken
The whole medical/pharm. industry is such a racket. Dealing with the pain medication end is obscene. They aren't there to help anyone but themselves. They go after patients and drs w/o regard to their situation. Thank you for all that you do! Eating healthy helps keep us out of their talons.
I am heartbroken too. My appointment was cancelled. 😢I get it though.
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I totally understand. Our overhead as a veterinary practice is crazy expensive. God bless you and I will be praying that your situation turns around! 🙏
Thank you for this rant. It was necesssary for people to understand what is happening. Your honesty and frank discussion blows the lid off what is happening. We healthcare providers are always getting kicked.
Just wish there were more doctors telling it like it is.
I understand your decision. My own health care provider dropped Medicare last fall. Thankfully his office visits are not expensive and I have the fortitude to take care of my own health.
We don't have this problem in the UK (yet) where healthcare is free unless you want to pay to go private.
The US system is insane. In no other developed country do you have to worry about bankruptcy in order to access essential treatment.
I live in the UK which has the NHS. It's struggling/ failing because no one except the workers on the front line taking the chronic illnesses such as obesity, diabetes and associated conditions seriously. Which means the system is swamped with sick people. This has been warned about for decades. I was a health worker for 40years in an acute setting and a senior cardiologist talked about this situation back in the 1990's. Like the insurance companies they are trying to cut costs hence it becomes difficult to initiate good advice and follow up. I am lucky I discovered you on you tube and have lost 133lbs but I worry for those that need help to make that change. These channels are a life saver for us who need advice with nowhere else to go.
Oh that's terrible! Thanks for the heads up. Gonna be hard on us older people across the board very soon 🙏🙏🙏🙏
I’m thinking this reduction in Medicare reimbursements, in part, also stems from our government’s generosity toward illegals and foreign countries.
that is just a small part of the massive problem they have created with open borders and taking away free speech
Im not an actual patient, but rather a virtual one. You have helped me more than any doctor I've ever had. I completely understand your position and decision, and if I were fortunate enough to have an in-person consultation, I would have no qualms writing you a personal check!
In fact, I admire your decision. Insurance in this country is out of control, and because theyre self-regulating, they wont change until it would help theyre bottom line.
More doctors should take this approach!
Happy New Year!
I work at a hospital and I see the dramatic change happening, so you're not the only one. Do what you need to do to stay open. God Bless 🌷🌷
I've seen the burn out going on here in our local doctors since C19 started. The medical industry never returned to how it was prior to C19. We pay higher ins rates and get less service. I think more doctors will stop taking insurance as time goes on.
my podiatrist is no longer taking any insurance- all cash now
I totally understand!! Wishing you the best!!
Sorry to hear this Dr. Cywes. Great video explaining the nightmare that is our "sick care/government health insurance system" People need to hear and know that truth. It is the only way we can fight for change.
My rheumatologist and I just had a conversation about this….it’s outrageous that Medicare and Big insurance is paying so poorly, yet their CEO’s make fortunes.😡
It’s past time to return to the doctor-patient relationship model. Thank you for what you do!
I guess we shouldn't really be surprised. It always feels to me like insurance is a scam. It never seems to be there when you really need it and they always find some loop-hole in their favour that allows them to deny your benefits....
Thank you for your honesty doctor. I’m 76 years old and have known for a long time how the government treats doctors. I always feel like apologizing to them. Our country is in serious trouble and it’s largely because of government interference in everything. It’s so true what President Reagan said are the most terrifying words in the English language. “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.“ They’re a bunch of thugs and out to destroy us all. I feel sorry for the genuinely good law makers who actually want to help. God bless you and all of us.
Yes, most of our elected officials could never survive in the "real world". They live in an imaginary place where the answer to everything is 'spend more money'.
Thanks for informing us no matter what the message must be.
The system needs to be torn down and started over.
This is true of politics, nutrition, insurance of all kinds, education, and medicine. It’s hard to see it ever happening, quite frankly. I think that why people just end up abandoning it all.
This is why I'll be working until I'm dead.
That’s truly the sad truth. I can remember my doctor yelling on the phone in the hallway outside my room while waiting to see him. He immediately started apologizing to me when he came in to see me. He said he was so frustrated with having to fight with the insurance companies for every little thing that his patients needed and spend far too much of his day doing so. That was several years ago. It’s so much more corrupt now. You’re doing the right thing.
Oh, Dr. Cywes. This breaks my heart too. I've had so much success with you as my actual doctor. I will miss you and your entire team. Thank you for all you've done for me. I'm very sad.
65 and older are always thrown under the bus
Gotta do what you gotta do Doc..I'm 65 with only Medicare.. Bottom line is if I can self pay I do because the govt beauracracy behind govt services is an absolute joke.
The system is so broken. You have helped so many get healthy and given us the tools to not need the medical system to live. My employer pays insurance costs of $20,000 a year for my family and the insurance will deny coverage. I believe insurance providers have no interest in getting people healthy and off meds. If they did they would approve CGMs for everyone regardless of diabetes status. I wish you all the best Dr. Cywes.
I totally get it. I am fed up with the so called health care system in the country. It is broken beyond repair. Some things should never be a profit driven industry and health care is one of them.