A soon-to-be released documentary called "Doctored" (originally titled "Medical, Inc.") takes a hard look at our health care system and how the medical / pharmaceutical "monopoly" has controlled health care for far too long. The film also suggests that alternatives - first and foremost, chiropractic care - should be getting much more attention while drugs and surgery should be getting much less. Here are a few soundbites from Jeff Hays, executive producer of this exciting documentary:
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"The fundamental theme [of the documentary] is that you have to be in charge of your own health – even if you don't want to. ... Once you decide you have to take care of yourself, the question becomes, OK, how do I do that? ... That's where the story comes in – Is there a way of being healthier? Why isn't it more popular? Why don't we know more about it?"
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"The way it's presented in the film is to consider chiropractic first, drugs second, surgery third. What happens with most people is drugs first, surgery second and if everything fails, then I might go to the chiropractor. [We need to get] chiropractic as a consideration."
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"On a personal level, what I didn't know (and what I hope we can communicate to viewers) is that chiropractors have a philosophy of health that is uniquely needed today. We have just completely given ourselves over to the drug model, to the point that it's not even questioned; it's what you do."
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"We premiere the film Sept. 21 in New York at the Village East theater and then our L.A. premiere is a week later in Santa Monica, on the Promenade. Also on the 28th we will open in Dallas, Chicago, Atlanta, Austin [Texas] and Detroit. ... If we can then have a successful box office in New York and then follow it with strong box offices in those other seven cities, then we'll be a nationwide release."
Your doctor of chiropractic can tell you more about the medical monopoly, the dangers of prescription and over-the-counter drugs, and the benefits of chiropractic and other forms of natural, drug-free health care.
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