tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296380.post2818962647289524404..comments2024-01-15T18:37:16.075-05:00Comments on Sticky Crows: Cuz I get fired up sometimestornwordohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16581361982939423598noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296380.post-88893732335727605122007-10-10T08:31:00.000-04:002007-10-10T08:31:00.000-04:00I'm not sure I agree with your overall argument. ...I'm not sure I agree with your overall argument. Medical care has been in existence for centuries and I can't believe in all that time doctors have been motivated by greed. It's like saying it's in the best interest of a restaurant to keep you hungry, so they really don't feed you a full meal.<BR/><BR/>I'll agree that insurance companies have their priorities wildly skewed, but a doctor who dpastehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10813652943621759603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296380.post-41987568289016449482007-10-09T17:42:00.000-04:002007-10-09T17:42:00.000-04:00I agree with you. When my spouse applied for priv...I agree with you. When my spouse applied for private health insurance when self-employed, he was also turned down... by 3 different insurance companies. This is a man who truly doesn't smoke, drink, or do anything else unhealthy. He's never needed or had surgery and never goes to the doctor, save for a physical every few years. The reason for the denials? His height/weight ratio. ApparentlyMark in DEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12478832787656152843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296380.post-60706603683015688342007-10-09T14:40:00.000-04:002007-10-09T14:40:00.000-04:00years ago, people were up in arms at a report that...years ago, people were up in arms at a report that listed things like the cost of a screwdriver at $300. and yet, if itemized, i'm sure that's what we end up paying for a cotton swab. it's disgusting and vile and immoral. <BR/><BR/>but then, i get fired up sometimes.Patriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05556535711209804501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296380.post-13277644282718934112007-10-07T16:11:00.000-04:002007-10-07T16:11:00.000-04:00Excellent post. I've noticed that many Canadians ...Excellent post. I've noticed that many Canadians are becoming inexplicably enamoured of private health-care, which is being implemented in trickles and drabs here in Quebec. It is, as you note, a fundamentally flawed approach, and we need to be reminded of it as often and loudly as possible.Vila H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10093005776815414741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296380.post-25768535243902368982007-10-07T03:22:00.000-04:002007-10-07T03:22:00.000-04:00European health care models far surpass what we ca...European health care models far surpass what we call American health care. <BR/>Generally speaking, Americans are intellectually lazy, we think what we're told to think, and believe what our overlords tell us to believe.A Bear in the Woodshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11013721650938158869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296380.post-67053769741067629472007-10-06T23:31:00.000-04:002007-10-06T23:31:00.000-04:00In the U.S. we have multiple layers of greed, from...In the U.S. we have multiple layers of greed, from the hospitals, to the doctors, to the billing companies and finally the insurance companies. Everybody gets their fingers in the pie. <BR/><BR/>I happened to be part of the investigating team against a doctor who was committing Medicare fraud. We got his billing data and figured out that for the number of patients he was seeing each day, there Truthspewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12673401221088654232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296380.post-6309398595825788182007-10-06T19:44:00.000-04:002007-10-06T19:44:00.000-04:00I lectured 3 of my classes yesterday on why we don...I lectured 3 of my classes yesterday on why we don't give out free drugs to people in Africa. I said that the health care lobby was the second most powerful one in the US, next to the NRA--irony is inescapable. The prescription companies could give out free or even at cost cocktails for HIV/AIDs instead of letting a continent die. They would barely note the profit dip if one happened because of Enemy of the Republichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17342253341470198835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296380.post-4162907596560592382007-10-06T16:43:00.000-04:002007-10-06T16:43:00.000-04:00The theory of capitalism is well and good, but in ...The theory of capitalism is well and good, but in practice it turns out that the person who corners the market and then provides shitty service makes the most money. And since the US is engaged in a class war, you need money or you are Totally Fucked. So there's no incentive to have compassion or to share. <BR/><BR/>But we are all yoked to a carrot on a stick that we might make enough money or Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296380.post-37973257382337990862007-10-06T13:24:00.000-04:002007-10-06T13:24:00.000-04:00As much as I agree with you, and get angry over th...As much as I agree with you, and get angry over the same sorts of thought patterns and injustice, I must add...how wonderful our insurance coverage is. We pay nothing out of pocket except our monthly cost...which I think is quite reasonable. We have dual coverage so whatever mine doesn't pay, his does. Nothing out of pocket. And our Dr. is a great man. He works very hard for us and get us inA Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05066992019067893513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296380.post-90962754920686887042007-10-06T12:10:00.000-04:002007-10-06T12:10:00.000-04:00It is sad that those of us who don't have health c...It is sad that those of us who don't have health care insurance try to not get sick until we become eligible for Medicare at age 65. I have ten years to go and have been told I need certain tests that I can't afford. I have an enlarged Protstate gland, a hypothroid condition and a gnawing pain in my side that I fear is the big C word. By the time I get 65 I'll be dead. Thanks President Bush!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296380.post-14341497021349678712007-10-06T11:15:00.000-04:002007-10-06T11:15:00.000-04:00It still amazes me that in 2007 people don't imagi...It still amazes me that in 2007 people don't imagine access to health care as a basic human right.GayProfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11289510184782252498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296380.post-39903597104886850892007-10-06T11:03:00.000-04:002007-10-06T11:03:00.000-04:00The whole health care issue in the US makes me nau...The whole health care issue in the US makes me nauseous. That the government chooses to deny basic health care rights for children shows you right there that their system is corrupt and unjust.<BR/><BR/>Or in Chunks' speak: It's fucked.Chunkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14795176756081966512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296380.post-82590154515956884822007-10-06T10:25:00.000-04:002007-10-06T10:25:00.000-04:00I think the fact that the cost of providing it has...I think the fact that the cost of providing it has spiraled so far beyond anything previously imagined is cause of the debate now. I prefer to not see it go private as that is clearly not a solution, looking at the US health care crisis. I also know that when our system had a lot of money in it about fifteen years ago, there was rampant abuse of it and a lot of waste so there needs to be a Devohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04880385007774321798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296380.post-70808067672087414762007-10-06T08:22:00.000-04:002007-10-06T08:22:00.000-04:00I think every thing has pro and cons. If healthcar...I think every thing has pro and cons. If healthcare is universal, do you have a choice of doctors or is is choosen for you?<BR/><BR/>How much tax is taken off? I know that my family of seven pays about 620USD a month for health, dental and eye coverage. Is is cheaper somwhere else?Shoshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10268573561821187971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296380.post-7170064513778522692007-10-06T08:09:00.000-04:002007-10-06T08:09:00.000-04:00Medicine is an industry (or more than one industry...Medicine is an industry (or more than one industry), not a profession. Greed has driven the industry to try to milk every dollar it can from us, rather than being content with a modest amount of our money.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14065042871216479832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296380.post-19026548449650297182007-10-06T08:01:00.000-04:002007-10-06T08:01:00.000-04:00Your last sentence sums up the argument perfectly....Your last sentence sums up the argument perfectly. Of course, when you have greedy insurance companies, and truthfully, some greedy doctors as well, it's gonna be very hard for them to see it that way.<BR/><BR/>Man, I gotta move to Canada...<BR/><BR/>HUGS...Polthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16480544010972209436noreply@blogger.com