License to Ill
“License to Ill” by Russell T. Wright, published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform on December 4, 2017, spans 422 pages in English. This narrative follows Jerry Riggs, the Chief Counsel to the Republican Speaker of the House, as he navigates the complexities of a constitutional challenge to Obamacare initiated by his law school acquaintance, Brad Vogel. As Jerry grapples with his own health issues and the political ramifications of Vogel’s case, he is drawn into a deeper conflict that questions the very foundations of the healthcare industry.
Readers will encounter a blend of political intrigue and personal struggle as the story unfolds against the backdrop of Kentucky’s whiskey-brewing and thoroughbred-racing culture. The book delves into themes of spirituality and health, challenging modern medical practices and advocating for alternative approaches to healthcare. Through Jerry’s journey, the narrative explores the intersection of personal beliefs and systemic issues within the healthcare system, prompting readers to reconsider their perspectives on health and medicine.
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Hard-drinking, “Seinfeld”-quoting, wife-cheating, blue-pill-taking Chief Counsel to the Republican Speaker of the House Jerry Riggs has feared doctors ever since his father died on the operating table, but now he has “a heart condition” of his own. Meanwhile, the legislative session has just begun and the boss wants to take down Obamacare at any cost.
When obsessive (but no longer compulsive) Kentucky lawyer Brad Vogel, an acquaintance from law school, files a constitutional challenge to the controversial new healthcare law under the free exercise of religion clause, Jerry high-tails it back to heart of Republican establishment politics, the whiskey-brewing, thoroughbred-racing rolling hills of the Bluegrass, to find out what he can do to help.
According to Vogel, former counsel to the biggest health insurer in the nation-its headquarters located in Louisville-we’re being systematically brainwashed for corporate profit by the healthcare industry. Not only does his petition call out science as a religion-even the state religion-it also denounces modern medicine as misguided barbarism that’s now state supported, and advocates for a far more elegant approach to healthcare.
In Jerry’s considered legal opinion, Vogel’s case has real potential to put an end to Obamacare, a feather in his cap as far as his boss is concerned. But when he receives warnings from Kentucky Senator and Republican Minority Leader Mack McCormick that “Big Healthcare” will stop at nothing to see the petition withdrawn-and Vogel’s home is subsequently firebombed-Jerry realizes that the issue goes far deeper than just Obamacare. The lawsuit represents a threat to the very philosophical underpinnings of the healthcare industry itself . . . and they know it.
Problem is, it’s a threat to Jerry’s philosophy too, and it just might put an end to his own personal healthcare program along with Mr. Obama’s.
“License to Ill” is a wide-ranging exploration of what has been called New Age philosophy-although there’s nothing new about it-with particular emphasis on the nexus between spirituality and health, largely ignored by modern medicine, and the potential methods and processes of self-healing.
After reading “License to Ill” you will never look at your body (or your doctor) the same way again.
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