tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3213960489026233473.post5604372528079545155..comments2023-10-18T04:57:09.569-04:00Comments on Why are all the good blog names taken?: Brother, can you spare a CAT Scan?Random Thinkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07424966921651648450noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3213960489026233473.post-61632858581167011802009-07-08T05:49:10.299-04:002009-07-08T05:49:10.299-04:00Have a look at Michael Moore's "Sicko&quo...Have a look at Michael Moore's "Sicko"...the rest of the 1st world had FREE health care...FREE... the biggest cause of homelessness in the U.S is chronic illness...that is awfulMiddle Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09962830669606760640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3213960489026233473.post-14749267179303817302009-07-04T16:30:09.308-04:002009-07-04T16:30:09.308-04:00Kate - any type of guaranteed coverage is better t...Kate - any type of guaranteed coverage is better than what we have now. The cost increases every year. Employers have three choices, cancel, change the plan to lower the coverage or pass the cost onto employees. Instead of focusing on the bad points of other countries' systems, we should be learning from them to implement an even better system here. <br /><br />Al - They can and do pull the plug on anybody who actually uses the coverage. What they do is raise the price so high that you can't afford the coverage. They aren't technically denying you but they know you can't afford it. Isn't it ironic that the only people who can get private coverage are those that really don't need it.<br /><br />MHP - I haven't seen Sicko but heard it was very good. So many people only become concerned about an issue if it affects them. Truth is it does, even if they have coverage.Random Thinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07424966921651648450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3213960489026233473.post-69593040483156718522009-07-03T12:45:10.980-04:002009-07-03T12:45:10.980-04:00Amen, sistah!!
Did you see the movie "Sicko&...Amen, sistah!!<br /><br />Did you see the movie "Sicko" yet? It's excellent--but it made me VERY angry. Right after seeing it, I was all ready to move to Canada or France or somewhere besides here. It is so sad to really realize that this "great" nation just ain't so great in some ways.Miss Healthypantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02388211920649065327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3213960489026233473.post-51049636001374159012009-07-03T06:26:02.196-04:002009-07-03T06:26:02.196-04:00Private insurance is overly expensive and doesn...Private insurance is overly expensive and doesn't cover anything beyond the basics (more than once, anyway). And they spend most of their time trying <i>not</i> to pay claims.<br /><br />That is, if they will even cover you, and as someone with a "chronic illness" (meaning I need medication for, well, ever), I can't get any coverage unless its through a group plan.<br /><br />The people are there. The politicians aren't. The only way to get them there is constant pressure -- especially on the Democrats, sadly, who seem to be afraid of their own shadow still.Al In The Countyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15125356518107742922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3213960489026233473.post-37342298635980550582009-07-03T05:04:25.150-04:002009-07-03T05:04:25.150-04:00you said it all very well. on a recent trip to the...you said it all very well. on a recent trip to the UK we figured out our family pays the same percentage of our income in taxes as a friend in Glasgow, and yet he has health coverage no matter what. I have insurance and I still paid $3,000 one bad year for copays and uncovered procedures like acupuncture. <br /><br />And you know what, I also STILL wait in line here, it took me FIVE months to get in with a specialist once. I got so sick while waiting I almost went to the ER for treatment, which would cost thousands more. And that's the solution to so many people's problems now....wait until it's a crisis and then get the most expensive care you can find. dumb dumb dumb. I hope this is solved fast, or I'm applying for that awesome job I saw posted in Cornwall!katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07177977094835269643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3213960489026233473.post-79432084044195063972009-07-02T23:43:00.460-04:002009-07-02T23:43:00.460-04:00Sling - Those damned insurance companies. The ins...Sling - Those damned insurance companies. The insurance executives spend all their time trying to figure out how to insure people that bear them no risk. Too many claims come in and they just write an exclusion. In many ways I think they are worse than the bankers. But they certainly know how to lobby. You gotta give them that. <br /><br />Rae - If only that would work. Unfortunately they are not only clueless, they are also motivated to take a firm stand against anything proposed by Obama. I hope I'm wrong but this will be a long hard battle.Random Thinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07424966921651648450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3213960489026233473.post-54858101227467303582009-07-02T22:51:23.854-04:002009-07-02T22:51:23.854-04:00You did a good job summing the situation up. Some...You did a good job summing the situation up. Some people just don't get it even when you smack them in the face with it. Possibly it needs to be shoved up another direction.Raehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04858158707328118375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3213960489026233473.post-49256824860973076862009-07-02T20:29:15.151-04:002009-07-02T20:29:15.151-04:00Well done Thinker!
Did you hear Newt Gingrich'...Well done Thinker!<br />Did you hear Newt Gingrich's argument against public health care?<br />'If you aren't satisfied with your private insurer,you can always get another one'..Lord he'p me.<br />Of course,if you have a condition that your current provider doesn't cover,(which is basically anything that involves them shelling out money),no other provider is going to take you on.<br />Must be nice to sit up there in your ivory tower with guaranteed medical benefits for life,.eh Newt?Slinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12156315627331213427noreply@blogger.com