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Please use the link (above) to report any shortages that you notice in your area, regardless of the categories listed. This includes foods, fuels, candles, ammunition, tools, parts, services - anything you went looking for and couldn't find.

SSRsi understands that many people NEED help finding and affording health care. What few people seem to understand is that the current crisis was CREATED by government intervention and the creation of welfare, Medicare/Medicaid and social security.

Prior to these institutions, nearly anyone could "afford" a visit from the Doc (one way or another) and the Doc actually visited YOU in your home. Only seriously critical or surgical emergencies required hospitals.

Granted, the population explosion made it more practical for the ill and injured to visit the Docs in a centralized location (hospital or clinic) - but it also desensitized Health Care professionals by the sheer numbers of unending patients. The time it used to take a Doc to travel from patient home to patient home gave them time to 'decompress' and gain perspective. Now they are enclosed in castles of medical marvels, but think about how YOU feel upon entering one of these places. Now think about putting in shifts of 12, 24, or 36 hours at a time in there.

I really don't know how we can possibly reverse the trend. It's been manipulated to FORCE people who can afford insurance into the programs and those who can't into dependence upon the government. Make no mistake about it. This wasn't done out of charity - it was done to ensure dependence [government] and assure profits [hospitals and insurance companies].

Personally, I [MEG] joined the Army as a Combat Medic precisely for this reason. I may not be able to fix everything myself, but at least I'll know what's killing me. I have no insurance (can't afford it) and probably wouldn't get it if I could afford it. I don't like being 'forced' into anything - least of all doing business with what I think is a sham.

ALL survivalists, however should have a working knowledge of first aid and lifesaving techniques including CPR, Heimlich, Rescue Breathing, splinting, bandaging and stabilizing/transporting the sick and/or injured. It's not as hard as you think and the information in our "Emergencies" section is more than most folks will need.

If you can afford it, I urge you to get professional training and certification through either the Red Cross or local schools.

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