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Podcast #037 - Healthcare, U.S. vs Peru - Jan Irvin with Richard Grove and Lisa Arbercheski
August 03, 2009 10:46 AM PDT
Today instead of the usual interview format, I'll be speaking with Richard Andrew Grove and Lisa Arbercheski of 8thestate media and Tragedy and Hope magazine about my trip to Peru, my experience with the medical system there, and some brief, and sometimes not as in depth as they could be, comparisons regarding our two cultures. Those of you out there who are seeking good and affordable health care, dental, etc, I think you'll appreciate this show, at least I hope so. (Photo: Jan Irvin with Dr. Carlos Ortiz - Peru) The costs for the medical care I received in Peru would have cost somewhere between $60,000 to $80,000 in the US. But how much did these Harvard University trained doctors in Peru charge me? Less than $2000 - and that's without insurance, and includes the prescriptions, consultations, hospital stay and other expenses. Exactly what are we paying for when we pay for American medical insurance? In my case they didn't resolve the problem and misdiagnosed me for 13 years. We'll also discuss the Peruvian dental system, the American diet and obesity, cultural differences, and the similarities between Catholic and Inca religions and a few other items. Some of you will be shocked to discover that the Inca and Catholic beliefs are not so different after all. |
Podcast SummaryGnostic Media Research & Publishing's podcast with host Jan Irvin.A show that takes you far beyond the commonly understood concepts of religious practice, history, philosophy, the ancient mysteries, and politics, into the heart of cognizance itself. My focus is to bring together the leading independent and academic scholars from their respective fields of study to discuss shamanism, entheogens / psychedelics, religion, fertility cults, archaeoastronomy, direct religious experience, politics, and much more. My hope is that by providing a forum where both academic and independent scholars can present their ideas and research in a complete format, I will help to facilitate further understanding in these related fields - not only for the listening audience, but also for the researchers and everyone involved. Here the word 'gnostic' pertains to knowledge, and not necessarily dogmatic "Gnostic" teachings. The word gnostic has it's origins in the word 'knowledge' or to know [Greek gnosis, knowledge, from gignoskein, to know]. This is a one of a kind show, so sit back and relax as I take you on journey through time to deepest recesses of your mind. Jan Irvin of GnosticMedia.com is an independent researcher, author and lecturer in ancient and modern religious practices. He's the author of The Holy Mushroom: Evidence of Mushrooms in Judeo-Christianity; A critical re-evaluation of the schism between John M. Allegro and R. Gordon Wasson over the theory on the entheogenic origins of Christianity presented in The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross, © 2008. For more information, please see TheHolyMushroom.com  Jan is the co-author of Astrotheology & Shamanism: Christianity's Pagan Roots, © 2006/2009, and co-producer of The Pharmacratic Inquisition DVD, 2007, with Andrew Rutajit. See www.gnosticmedia.com and Pharmacratic-Inquisition.com   He is the publisher of the upcoming 40th anniversary edition of John Marco Allegro's The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross and is also the curator of the official John Allegro website and has contributed much to the re-examination of many of Allegro’s theories. See JohnAllegro.org   Stumble It!
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