tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post6702312994157523816..comments2024-03-28T14:52:13.218-05:00Comments on Stonekettle Station: Healthcare Reform, Part 4: The Screwfly SolutionJim Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-40282102676098741632009-09-01T19:47:11.600-05:002009-09-01T19:47:11.600-05:00YES. Thank you.YES. Thank you.Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17013847036123410760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-56341346402560403212009-08-25T11:49:50.491-05:002009-08-25T11:49:50.491-05:00Sadly, I have zero hope that whatever comes out wi...Sadly, I have zero hope that whatever comes out will make any real change. The systems are too entrenched and there will simply be endless churn and turmoil over implementation which will result in massive amounts of new bureaucracy and rules and limits and whathaveyou as the systems will be required to "work together" - hah!<br /><br />Look at how well medicare is run for a view of the future. It hands out medicine but many things are so messed up that there are companies out there thriving just by being the middlemen between the medicare bureaucracy and ordinary people.<br /><br />I sure hope with a fresh start something truly useful will emerge but quite frankly I am not holding my breath.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12341711121542863377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-32264232308401171122009-08-24T20:59:00.072-05:002009-08-24T20:59:00.072-05:00Nunavut? Not quite what I was thinking. Internet a...Nunavut? Not <i>quite</i> what I was thinking. Internet access is an absolute requirement, you see...Phialahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05604909119508288912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-22303937302478687462009-08-24T19:09:50.295-05:002009-08-24T19:09:50.295-05:00Phiala said...Part 5? You mean I have to wait???
...Phiala said...Part 5? You mean I have to wait???<br /><br />The answer is obvious: Move to Canada. The population of Nunavut is only 1 person/23sq miles. Lots of room for you. Bring a nice warm blanket though.TimBohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128235274340905534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-20844526137182685742009-08-24T14:35:02.024-05:002009-08-24T14:35:02.024-05:00I am still twitching after visiting my father and ...I am still twitching after visiting my father and his wife this weekend. It was exactly what you say in this post -- I listened to Karl Rove come out of his mouth (and to a lesser degree) hers. No matter what I said, I heard Karl back.neurondochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12155027993661209263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-57773167332248008932009-08-24T14:34:46.101-05:002009-08-24T14:34:46.101-05:00What I most think about on the topic of health car...What I most think about on the topic of health care, is a tow truck driver whose mother had died a few days before I met him. <br /><br />He once had a son. The son racked up a hospital bill of $100k before dying a week after he was born. That was several years ago, he still hadn't finished paying for it, and probably never would. And now he couldn't afford to go to his own mother's funeral.MWThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09446603415730525882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-41856604467625252372009-08-24T13:28:13.324-05:002009-08-24T13:28:13.324-05:00Ok, the estimated deficit without Obamacare is 2 t...Ok, the estimated deficit without Obamacare is 2 trillion dollars next year.<br /><br />How are you going to pay for another 1 trillion on top of that?<br /><br />CassieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-60056498438161011462009-08-24T12:51:54.951-05:002009-08-24T12:51:54.951-05:00Painfully obvious that none of these neocon pundit...Painfully obvious that none of these neocon pundits have ever tried to get health insurance on their own without the benefit of an employer or the gub'ment picking up all or part of the tab. <br /><br />Let me educate them. I have been without insurance since 2001. I am a middle-aged woman, in relatively decent health, with the normal issues that come with this time in life. The only times I have been to a doc since 2000 are for really nasty sinus infections and emergency dental work. The rest of the time the plan was "don't get sick..."<br /><br />I have worked as an independent contractor or small business employee for most that period, provding I was employed at all. There is very little support for small business owners to provide insurance plans either at present. <br /><br />Insurance for me from the average carrier would run me between $350-400 per month, just to have a plan with a $1,000-$4,000/year deductible. Dental? don't get me started. <br /><br />On <i>MY</i> pay? Yeah, right. <br /><br />More later. Lunch is over.<br /><br />WendyB_09WendyB_09https://www.blogger.com/profile/03788918629240949526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-14288164697799771062009-08-24T12:28:15.494-05:002009-08-24T12:28:15.494-05:00Part 5? You mean I have to wait???
Mark - "w...Part 5? You mean I have to <i>wait</i>???<br /><br />Mark - "worked up about it"? We should <i>all</i> be worked up about something that puts such tremendous control over our lives, careers, relationships in the hands of corporations interested only in the bottom line.Phialahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05604909119508288912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-85143044195928647572009-08-24T12:19:50.708-05:002009-08-24T12:19:50.708-05:00well written - you sound kinda worked up about thi...well written - you sound kinda worked up about thisMarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12341711121542863377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-49005873456658346702009-08-24T11:48:30.495-05:002009-08-24T11:48:30.495-05:00Karl Rove is evil and must be destroyed.
That is ...Karl Rove is evil and must be destroyed.<br /><br />That is all.Janiecehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14190655869710465713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-64742879568944031162009-08-24T10:00:01.269-05:002009-08-24T10:00:01.269-05:00Jim, you keep knocking these out of the park. Dam...Jim, you keep knocking these out of the park. Damn your eyes.<br /><br />Seriously, though, well-said.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18275812152895151542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-33426816097732612082009-08-24T09:13:56.484-05:002009-08-24T09:13:56.484-05:00yea and verily. The Public Option is the compromis...yea and verily. The Public Option is the compromise. The good thing is that, other than the Blue Dogs, much of the Democratic Party has finally found a clue and became very upset when the president floated the idea that maybe the Public Option could be negotiated. To take a page from the opposition, you can't negotiate with terrorists or dictators.Steve Buchheithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12999709767641212586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-62053735944037737992009-08-24T09:13:30.903-05:002009-08-24T09:13:30.903-05:00what do we do?
that's part 5.<i>what do we do?</i><br /><br />that's part 5.Jim Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-14455420862680176982009-08-24T06:41:26.414-05:002009-08-24T06:41:26.414-05:00I probably shouldn't read this with breakfast,...I probably shouldn't read this with breakfast, as unlike the previous commenter I haven't yet had any coffee.<br /><br />I agree with much of what you've said over this four-parter, but you haven't gotten to the important bit: what do we <i>do</i>?<br /><br />Rational discourse seems right out. Shooting people is attractive, but probably not a good idea. Moving to a socialist, I mean civilized, country sounds appealing. But I kind of like a lot of things about this one - how do we <i>fix</i> it?Phialahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05604909119508288912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-4145621050326935622009-08-24T06:10:54.453-05:002009-08-24T06:10:54.453-05:00FYI the first place I check is e-mail to see if I ...FYI the first place I check is e-mail to see if I have a job offer.<br /><br />(actually I feed the cat)<br /><br />I lost my job of 34 years last September, but am one of the lucky ones as my package included health insurance, my best friend at work is a few years junior in both age and time in job and got zip. He has two high school aged kids.ntschttp://blog.charcuteire.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-53396687589452599902009-08-24T06:06:51.790-05:002009-08-24T06:06:51.790-05:00Reid needs to get off his ass, put the original pl...Reid needs to get off his ass, put the original plan back on the Senate floor and let the Republicans filibuster.<br /><br />Obama has made a honest attempt to reach a bi-partisan agreement, and every time something is droped now the Republicans want more.<br /><br />Several errors in my opinon in your post, although they don't amount to much. <br /><br />The Conservative controlers, who had Reagan and Bush II firmly under thumb, are not afraid of either terrorists or Liberals. They stand a much higher chance of getting killed by a drunk than a terrorist.<br /><br />Their fear related to liberals has only to do with more of their money might be taken in taxes, you know returning to the 91% top rate of that arch liberal Eisenhower.<br /><br />'When the head of the AFL-CIO sits down with President Nixon for lunch, the little guy in this country is in trouble' I've no idea who said it and I'm certain it isn't a correct quote but the idea is there. <br /><br />The Conservative goal, and it has been stated as such, is to remove all government progams for the citizen since Hoover. Including getting regulation off the back of industry so it can work right. <br /><br />Anyway, you are one of the first places I turn in morning, usually with my second cup of coffee.ntschttp://blog.charcuteire.comnoreply@blogger.com