If you were to believe the propaganda, the United States has the best "health" care system in the world, but this is a pack of deceptive lies. The real truth is that we have the best disease-care system in the world designed to extract the maximum amount from consumers and taxpayers with the illusion of getting "miracle" quick and easy pill solutions for our illnesses.

In another of an interesting series of articles from USA Today on the sick state of America's hobbled health care system, a new poll has identified growing concerns about the soaring costs of medicine and how it happened, as well as the quality of care across the nation. And, no surprise, even though Americans want major health care reform, they won't give anything up to achieve it.

According to one expert, health care costs won't slow down without consumers making "trade-offs," a big problem considering few patients feel they are responsible for this dramatic lift.

The first and most important way to come to grips with this crisis that has emptied bank accounts and done nothing to protect and improve the overall health of Americans:

Taking responsibility for your own health through simpler, gentler, but no less effective, solutions.

The real way to drop medical costs is to look at pragmatic steps emphasizing care, not treatment, and personal responsibility. Drugs, surgery and hospitals rarely solve chronic health problems. However, taking control of your own personal health -- by eating healthier and incorporating exercise into your daily routine for starters -- will go a long way toward solving them.

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