tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post6186797273815218871..comments2024-03-27T13:32:06.780-02:30Comments on The Other Side of Eighty: Healthcare Math 101Wisewebwomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-45233310567409605362009-11-03T01:38:17.394-03:302009-11-03T01:38:17.394-03:30"Medical exiles"? That makes me dream, d..."Medical exiles"? That makes me dream, dream of escaping the ruin my next illness will bring = = I quietly approach an unsuspecting Canadian up north somewhere close to the border. I reach out to touch her very lightly on the shoulder. I get her attention, and then I whisper, " Asylum, please. Asylum. " Of course, it's only a dream. Such a thing cannot be offered, cannot even be earned. But how many, I wonder, would not die prematurely if it could?<br /><br />-- dreamingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-71320219078752641282009-10-28T23:51:38.148-02:302009-10-28T23:51:38.148-02:30that's our senator! he's funny, yes, but h...that's our senator! he's funny, yes, but he's also a very serious policy wonk. deeply concerned. and finally seated after the longest senate recount in history.lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18055442432266567561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-87966530957858959252009-10-28T12:02:08.312-02:302009-10-28T12:02:08.312-02:30RJA:
Good comedians are gifted with above average ...RJA:<br />Good comedians are gifted with above average awareness and intelligence. I think Jon Stewart would be an amazing asset to congress or senate.<br />Franken is a light in a remarkably dark era for the US.<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-22465201750089756092009-10-26T23:01:17.264-02:302009-10-26T23:01:17.264-02:30Anyone who reads Sparrow Chat is well aware of my ...Anyone who reads Sparrow Chat is well aware of my views on this subject. Like Twilight, I mourn my NHS. The artery stent operation I had last year cost me nearly four thousand dollars - after BlueCross BlueShield had paid "their share". In Britain it would not have cost me a penny.<br />It would seem America needs more professional comedians like Franken in Congress, and less of the amateur sort, who masquerade as politicians - and "institute fellows" with fancy double-barreled names.R J Adamshttp://sparrowchat.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-51756791058649436542009-10-26T14:33:10.317-02:302009-10-26T14:33:10.317-02:30Nick:
The ugly truth of course is that the profita...Nick:<br />The ugly truth of course is that the profitable insurance companies have bought and paid for so many legislators in the US. Including Obama.<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-25776986109922857092009-10-26T14:31:53.946-02:302009-10-26T14:31:53.946-02:30It is a crime, T, I totally sympathize with the pl...It is a crime, T, I totally sympathize with the plights of so many US citizens. it should be their <b>right</b> to have health care, it should not be up for debate. <br />it is evil to profit off the despair of another human being. Not to mention the 1 million dying every year in the US because of the lack of something so basic.<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-22280146533903756752009-10-26T06:19:13.009-02:302009-10-26T06:19:13.009-02:30Good for Kerry Burns and Al Franken. I hope their ...Good for Kerry Burns and Al Franken. I hope their arguments manage to percolate some of the obtuse brains in the no-change camp. If you ask me, Diana Furchtgott-Roth is the one with the pre-existing medical condition. A severely disabling one....nickhttp://nickhereandnow.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-15631464399595010542009-10-25T16:46:24.262-02:302009-10-25T16:46:24.262-02:30Excellent piece, WWW!
I mourn my lost NHS, and fe...Excellent piece, WWW!<br /><br />I mourn my lost NHS, and feel my blood pressure rise every time those ignorant of socialised medical care dare to criticise it.<br /><br />I can't guess which way the thing is going to go in the USA when it comes to the final vote in congress. Whichever way, though, even at best it'll be nowhere near as good as Canada's, Britain's or France's system. A small improvement will help though.<br /><br />I just hope they don't decide for a states' option, giving states the choice of opting out of any public option (similar to Medicare).<br />The idiocy of that would be the red states, such as ours, would opt out, when they have so many, many poor people who badly need this help.<br /><br />Why should states be allowed to opt out of something like this, for feck's sake?Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.com