Ep. 027 - Health Care Unity: Why Can’t We Be Friends?

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It's time to escape the health monopoly and end the government's stranglehold on wellness.

I'm your host, Jamie Belz - - - and THIS is the Nutritional Therapy and Wellness Podcast.

Today’s episode is a rallying cry—a call to action to break the chains holding back holistic wellness practitioners and, most importantly, to give YOU the freedom to choose your bio-individual path to optimal wellness. 

The Nutritional Therapy Association is on a mission to reverse the trend of preventable poor health. Right now, we’re living in a nation plagued by chronic illness, obesity, and skyrocketing healthcare costs. Meanwhile, millions of people are searching for solutions—but instead of finding freedom, they’re stuck navigating a failing system that prioritizes government-controlled insurance dollars, surgeries, and pharmaceuticals over personalized care pathways that promote sustainable change and truly transformative healthful outcomes.

It’s an absurd contradiction we face. We're mandated to pay sky-high insurance premiums and hefty deductibles to maintain a safety net for catastrophic health issues—which most of us - THANKFULLY - never need. - - - That money - ((thousands and thousands of dollars for my family each year)) - is just gone. It's a carnival game we're forced to play, and the insurance companies win every year. Yet, at the same time, we’re paying out of pocket for the wellness modalities and practitioners we truly value. These professionals offer personalized, preventive care that keeps us healthy and helps us avoid those catastrophic situations altogether. It’s a frustrating system that forces us to invest in reactive care while actively limiting our ability to choose proactive, holistic approaches that align with our values and promote lasting wellness.

Here’s the kicker: the very professionals who can help—highly trained, deeply passionate practitioners—have been targeted, silenced, and even prosecuted in some states simply for doing what they do best: helping people live healthier lives. 

Today, we’re breaking this down - - -

We desperately need an overhaul of how we do things.

What we've been doing - our current "health care" system - IS NOT WORKING.

The health of our nation is absolutely unacceptable.

- **42% of U.S. adults are obese.** 

- **6 in 10 adults** have at least one chronic illness, and **4 in 10 have two or more.** 

In the U.S. alone - $400 BILLION dollars are spent on prescriptions each year - - - and we're getting sicker and sicker.

We spend $4.1 trillion on healthcare in the U.S. each year - if that $4.1 was making us the healthiest humans have ever been - I'd be all for it!! - - - but 90% of that 4.1 trillion dollars is going toward managing chronic diseases.

Here’s the hard truth: most of these conditions are preventable. They don’t need another prescription—they need a personalized, holistic approach that addresses the root causes of dysfunction.

People are desperate for solutions tailored to their unique needs—their bio-individual path to wellness—but they’re stuck in a system that’s failing them. And that’s where Nutritional Therapy Practitioners and holistic practitioners step in to fill the gap. 

As Nutritional Therapy Practitioners (NTPs), we undergo rigorous, science-based training to support individuals on their wellness journey. We specialize in: 

• Anatomy, physiology, and the body’s interconnected systems.
• Root cause analysis—not just managing symptoms but understanding and addressing the foundational imbalances that cause dysfunction.