Earlier this week there was a Dr. Oz show where the topic was health care secrets to save you money. The doctors basically stated they were there for us as our ally and that so many of us have this misconception that it’s all about the business. Then they went through a litany of things we can ask for as patients that will save us money. These things are basically ‘secrets’ as the shows title topic demonstrates. There was one question I just couldn’t help but ask over and over again while watching this show.  If it’s not all about the business of health care and these doctors are really our ally’s for health, then why are all these discount tips a secret and why do we have to ask for them in order to get the discounts? Why don’t we just get them anyway?

Are we beginning to see why people feel it’s all about the business and our health care system is ranked 38th in the world?

I heard a statistic this morning that shocked me. 100,000 people die every year from hospital mistakes. That’s approximately 274 people every day. I was scared to go into a hospital before knowing this statistic. That fear just multiplied by 10.

To CNN, please stop showing me detailed information about Roman Polanski and his past crimes and films about his crimes or whatever – I just don’t care. Please take a poll as to how many people watching your programming actually care about this guy. If I want info on Roman Polanski Ill go watch entertainment tonight or read US magazine or whatever other hollywood rag its being covered in. I don’t watch CNN for this – I want relevant world news or I change the channel. Stick with Health Care. Stick with the wars in the middle east. Stick with issues affecting all Americans. Make sure your advertisers know how many viewers you are losing for them when you decide to cover this kind of useless information.