Comments on: The Healing of America http://www.midlifecrisisqueen.com/2009/08/29/the-healing-of-america/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:28:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: midlifecrisisqueen http://www.midlifecrisisqueen.com/2009/08/29/the-healing-of-america/comment-page-1/#comment-670 midlifecrisisqueen Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:05:04 +0000 http://midlifecrisisqueen.com/?p=4880#comment-670 Brad: Too late to ruin it! It's already ruined. If we continue exactly the way we are there will be no social security or Medicare for you or me, and the country will be in ruin from debt. Have to do SOMETHING SOON! Laura Lee Brad:

Too late to ruin it! It’s already ruined. If we continue exactly the way we are there will be no social security or Medicare for you or me, and the country will be in ruin from debt.

Have to do SOMETHING SOON!

Laura Lee

]]> By: smilin Brad http://www.midlifecrisisqueen.com/2009/08/29/the-healing-of-america/comment-page-1/#comment-671 smilin Brad Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:46:26 +0000 http://midlifecrisisqueen.com/?p=4880#comment-671 Do you deserve excellent health care? Yes. Are you "Entitled" to free health care? No. These foreign countries with universal health care seem to often be socialist oriented with frightening unemployment rates. Can we do better? I'm sure of it. Do we need to sign up everyone, beat the medical industry to it's knees while creating more massive debt for our children's generation, then figure it out from there? No. I don't think our current government is smart enough to figure it out without ruining it for every one. My 2 cents Brad Do you deserve excellent health care? Yes.
Are you “Entitled” to free health care? No.
These foreign countries with universal health care seem to often be socialist oriented with frightening unemployment rates.
Can we do better? I’m sure of it. Do we need to sign up everyone, beat the medical industry to it’s knees while creating more massive debt for our children’s generation, then figure it out from there? No. I don’t think our current government is smart enough to figure it out without ruining it for every one.
My 2 cents
Brad

]]> By: Patricia Stoltey http://www.midlifecrisisqueen.com/2009/08/29/the-healing-of-america/comment-page-1/#comment-672 Patricia Stoltey Sat, 29 Aug 2009 20:52:33 +0000 http://midlifecrisisqueen.com/?p=4880#comment-672 Hi Laura Lee, Couldn't help but comment today because I feel our executive and legislative branches are going a little wacky on health care/insurance reform. We have a lot to do in the U.S. to make health insurance more available at a decent cost to more folks, but I don't believe for a minute that our health care system is inferior to that of other countries. First of all, by law, all patients who seek emergency care at an emergency room or trauma center must receive treatment, regardless of whether they have insurance or not. Secondly, John Stoessel did a documentary report on ABC not long ago where he interviewed people and doctors in Canada to discover why Canadian patients continue to come to the U.S. for treatment. Seems patients, sometimes those who need a quick diagnosis and treatment protocol (as with breast or prostate cancer), must wait for weeks or sometimes months to get on the waiting list for a preliminary diagnosis. And although I can't cite the source or the exact statistics, I understand that the overall death rate in the U.S. is higher than in Canada and G.B., but the five year survival rate for breast cancer and prostate cancer is much better in the U.S. Makes me want to break down those statistics for a better understanding of the arguments being used in this debate. Here's my take on the cheapest and fastest route to aid for uninsured folks who need medical care -- take the existing Medicaid system and change the financial and social criteria for receiving free care. People who lose their insurance when they lose their jobs should receive this governmental help, even if taxes must be raised to cover the cost. There are other changes that can and should be made within our existing system, but overthrowing the part that's working to fix the part that's not working is silly and very expensive. Our economy is in so much trouble already that we must be fiscally responsible when we make these decisions. Hi Laura Lee,

Couldn’t help but comment today because I feel our executive and legislative branches are going a little wacky on health care/insurance reform.

We have a lot to do in the U.S. to make health insurance more available at a decent cost to more folks, but I don’t believe for a minute that our health care system is inferior to that of other countries.

First of all, by law, all patients who seek emergency care at an emergency room or trauma center must receive treatment, regardless of whether they have insurance or not.

Secondly, John Stoessel did a documentary report on ABC not long ago where he interviewed people and doctors in Canada to discover why Canadian patients continue to come to the U.S. for treatment. Seems patients, sometimes those who need a quick diagnosis and treatment protocol (as with breast or prostate cancer), must wait for weeks or sometimes months to get on the waiting list for a preliminary diagnosis.

And although I can’t cite the source or the exact statistics, I understand that the overall death rate in the U.S. is higher than in Canada and G.B., but the five year survival rate for breast cancer and prostate cancer is much better in the U.S. Makes me want to break down those statistics for a better understanding of the arguments being used in this debate.

Here’s my take on the cheapest and fastest route to aid for uninsured folks who need medical care — take the existing Medicaid system and change the financial and social criteria for receiving free care. People who lose their insurance when they lose their jobs should receive this governmental help, even if taxes must be raised to cover the cost.

There are other changes that can and should be made within our existing system, but overthrowing the part that’s working to fix the part that’s not working is silly and very expensive. Our economy is in so much trouble already that we must be fiscally responsible when we make these decisions.

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