Comments on: Rally For Health Care

By: TraumaDiva

TraumaDiva — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 00:43:45 +0000

Great Job!!! You look fabulous by the way!

By: trekfan

trekfan — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:58:14 +0000

As a point of fact it is a preexisting condition.

By: Pattie, RN

Pattie, RN — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:15:00 +0000

The WHO has a serious political agenda. Their rankings are based on a unicorn-inspired worldview of distribution of care, not of quality and effectiveness of said care.

And Trekfan, what horrible catastophe has kept you from purchasing insurance?? Because I have never been uninsured, even when I had to pay for private policies. Oh–and at the time four of us were living on$20K, so don’t tell me you “can’t afford it”.

By: tammy swofford

tammy swofford — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 11:33:09 +0000

I am not quite sure where the answer lies, as things are so complicated regarding these issues. It does seem that a large majority of the care goes to a minority demographic who are obese, deconditioned citizens who also smoke, have unhealthy lifestyles. And that demographic is growing, pardon the pun!

But there is that 20/80 ratio, where approximately twenty percent, use up eighty percent of the resources.

Tammy

By: Ken in Minnesota

Ken in Minnesota — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:49:45 +0000

Thanks for being at the rally and making the rounds in the reps’ office building.

By: trekfan

trekfan — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:42:29 +0000

I was in the military. I don’t have any complaints about the care. I would rather have heath care than not. I have been out for a few years and uninsured the whole time. I don’t think that the public option should be rejected based on predictions about the future. The public option is going to force insurance companies to be competitive, something that is not happening now. According to The World Health Organization, the USA is ranked 37th in terms of health care. 16 of the 36 countries above us are European, so their system must not be all that bad.

By: Pattie, RN

Pattie, RN — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:26:02 +0000

Trekfan, I don’t see private carriers lasting very long once the government gets involved. Federal funds tend to turn into the 900 lb gorilla in the room. I see this a prelude to one-payor socialized medicine. I am an Army vet and haved lived in Europe, and neither military medicine or government health care is very pretty up close/

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Change of Shift Begins Fourth Year: Volume Four, Number One // Emergiblog — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 05:16:09 +0000

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By: danielle

danielle — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:29:30 +0000

I grew up an Army brat. Made it thru the GOVERNMENT medical system of military hospitals. Like all hospitals, they have their pros and cons. But the only argument I hear against government run medical care is Medicare and Medicaid – maybe those are the examples to use on how NOT to run the system. But how can just about every other country in the world have a government run system except for this one???? Are we that arrogant that we will allow the private sector to bankrupt the health system as it is oh so quickly doing????? – without trying to find an alternative??? I dont know about the rest of you – but once I retire I will have no health care except medicare because jsut like so many other businesses – my employer’s retirement benefits SUCK and they dont take care of their own health care workers (yes, I work for a hospital) and I would like something in place that I can count on!

By: trekfan

trekfan — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:04:04 +0000

Well, Pattie, under this plan, if you don’t like the government’s insurance you, and your patients, are free to keep what ever insurance you want.