that there is nobody left that can take the news seriously. I can be better informed watching sponge Bob Square Pants for.5 hours that I can watching the local news. The one shining light in the sea of trash journalism is the PBS TV News. Not the Radio, the radio program is just as biased and uninformative as Fox or CNN.
Actually the PBS TV programs are a real breath of fresh air. No fancy graphics. Just professionals talking about the news. It is kind of like the rest of the news outlets used to be 20-30 years ago. I can actually watch the program and not think everyone on the program is retarded.
The Major new outlets say they just cater to what the public is buying. Well, I guess they are not buying it anymore. Even if the argument was valid, it would kind of be like one of those faggety ass drug dealers saying, 'well i am just selling what the public wants'.
Fuck yea. It is about time someone had some common sense. Where I live, I can smoke a cigarette while pumping gas at the gas station, while the passengers drink from cans of open beer in the back seat. Yes sure this is freedom, but I want to know what happens if the laws of physics suddenly stop working. I mean what happens if the flash point of gasoline spontaneously lowers to that of a lit cigarette, and the gas station goes up in a giant explosion. It happens on TV all the time. Clearly the freedom I enjoy isn't worth the potential death due to an explosion if the laws of physics suddenly change.
Also I demand people stop being born until liberals and Government can perfect a way for people to live a life of perfect safety, harmony and never die. The risk from death (near certainty) is not worth the slight enjoyment one might receive from actually living for some short period. (say 60 years). It is about time government stepped in and made some laws to keep me from dieing.
This is exactly what beleaguered trial lawyers, hit hard by the recession need. In the past lawyers had to make due with suing major corporations and state entities for acts of human stupidity. Now they can friggin sue God. How great is that? Think of all the innocent flood victims who finally can be re-compensated for their deaths. Think of all the victims of cancer, who can finally be made right for having been given a compromised immune system. Yes sireee, this is the best think since lawn gnomes.
-The writer of the post is a fagot, and doesn't know who to spel.
WoW! I never realized people like you existed. You are perfect. Everyone who disagrees with you is a Moron. If only more people thought exactly like you we could solve the world's problems. Yes, everyone associated with Sarah Palin really is a complete fricking moron who can barely put on a pair of non matching shoes, let alone type. Yes, editing wikipedia is an extremely hard task, that only the most enlightened liberals such as yourself are able to carry out. I am guessing from your rightfully condensending tone that you are a graduate of some Ivory league university someplace in the Northeast. (if not it is Harvard's loss).
You pretty much have the world figured out. Are you going to be writing any books explaining your philosophy for the benefit of people-kind (don't want to be sexist) anytime soon. I hope so, and can't wait to get my copy.
Are tyrants and warlords really worse than the current situation? At least with warlords there is a meritocracy of sorts. (The strongest are in charge). In the current situation the most duplicitous make the laws for their own benefit, while enriching their pockets, and claiming to serve society. The most conniving are the alpha dogs. Give me a meritocracy based on steel and might any day over a meritocracy based on duplicity and lies.
I would rather have an outcome based on an old fashioned gun battle, than being decided by a team of overpriced lawyers hired to stretch the truth beyond recognition to a jury. At least with a gun fight you are not lying to yourself and saying your cause has any moral high ground. This is what the current legal / governmental climate in the USA, has led me to believe.
-When the laws become criminal, only criminals obey the laws.
Actually having the name of el-Masri is a crime. The authoraties make the laws, they make the crimes. If the man with the gun says you committed a crime, you committed a crime.
A socialized system is based on the idea that people get treatment according to medical need, not their ability to pay for it. Doctors are not financially linked to the treatments they prescribe, so they have no incentive to do excessive tests or consultations nor to turn away poor patients in need, they get no kickbacks from references to specialists and so on. The focus is on effective allocation and use of resources, not what brings in the highest margins. For example there are typically waiting lists for surgery and you only want the patients there who need it, in the order they need it the most. Cost control is often benchmarking and per-patient refunds, that your hospital will deliver as effective as other hospitals. and you benchmark yourself against other countries. The bill is paid directly by the government from taxes, typically hospitals are public and they only hire private companies to deliver systems and services, not manage the hospital. That is, they may take bids for an x-ray system capable of taking 1000 x-rays/day, but the private company doesn't have any say in those gets x-rayed. The government may send patients to private clinics, but the government pays equally regardless of who the patient is and there will be a good medical reason for it.
I consider our current system to be a defacto socialized medical system, because unlike in capitalism, the patient is not the customer, The HMO is. Also like a 'true socialized' system, a patient is guaranteed some right to medical care through the emergency rooms and free clinics regardless of her or his ability to pay. Obviously your medical care will probably be better if you have the means to pay, but isn't that always the case? At any rate it really is just a matter of semantics, and is not worth arguing about.
A few years ago as a member of the military, I was in a real honest to goodness actual Socialized medical system. In some cases the system worked as you described. In those instances (actually instance), I received much better care that I would have received in the market system. The PA who was unencumbered by costs, and could give me the time and care that I needed. However, the majority of the time, it sucked. You had to show up at the clinic during specific hours (sick call) or you would not be seen. You had wait to see a specialist, etc. I would have been better off with an HMO, or just going to the emergency room, as much as I hate to admit it.
If socialized medicine works, why are there so many horror stories about medical care in the UK. Admittedly sometimes socialism does work as you describe, but there seems to be a lot of problems (wait lists, etc) I just feel the U.S. should fix the current system without going to a fully socialized system. I mean didn't we fight a cold war against the communists. 8-). We are taking a step backwards.
The US has picked the worst of both worlds.
I could not agree with you more. Rather than going to a fully socialized system, we are buying into a system where the state is guaranteeing funds to a corporation who's only motivation is to maximize profit. I see a disaster coming.
No wonder people called you names. Which pre-twentieth century turnip truck did you fall from? Are you serious? You mean indentured servitude for medical bills? Or maybe wage garnishment? How about debtors prison? Or should I take the hospital a few of the chickens from my yard? You obviously have no family to provide for.
When you describe taking 'chickens from my yard' that is exactly what I mean. As funny as it may seem to you. The system we have now is one in which family's are put into indentured servitude for years trying to pay for hospital bills (financially not literally). How can a family of modest means hope to afford a heart transplant? It can't. Rather that try to socialize the system and bring into it all the problems that socialized medicine entails, we should address the fundamental problem, in that Health care has become too expensive. Back in the 50's the cost of a 1 day stay in a hospital was about what an average working man would have made in a day. You really could pay for the cost of your health care with a few chickens or maybe a month 'helping out'. We need to get back to what we had then.
You obviously have no real-world experience either. A modern ambulance isn't just a shiny car, you know. Its a highly specialized machine that's expensive to manufacture. It has to be stocked with very specialized supplies. It has to be manned 24/7 by very specialized staff (who have to train, eat, provide, etc). The ambulance has to be maintained. It has to be insured. And it probably gets horrible mileage; so yeah, it probably costs about $1k or better per ride.
Uhh OK. This is exactly the kind of expensive one size fits all solution that we could get rid of if we had real competition and people were really paying directly for their own care and had a choice in the matter. Where I currently live, the ambulances are not the 'modern high tech fully insured variety' you describe. They are literally straight out of the 50's. I live in a poorer country, and that is what they can afford. But I bet they do 90% of the job the mega expensive kinds do. Sometimes you do not need all the frills, you just need to get to the hospital fast. If people in the USA can not longer afford $1000 hospital rides (in most cases they cant), it is about time you went to the cheaper alternative.
Obligatory example: my mom used to work in a geriatric home affiliated with a hospital that was across the parking lot. Every time a patient coded, they were required for legal reasons to call 911. The fire dept would arrive first. (bear in mind the hospital is not more than 5 minutes away). They could offer oxygen, but that was it. Then the ambulance would arrive and take the patient to the hospital (it was only a $400 ride at the time). Cost savings could have been made by just plopping the patient into one of the nurses cars and taking her or he to the hospital. The patient would have arrived at the hospital a lot quicker also. These common sense approaches are no longer considered due to the legal considerations, and the fact that patients really are not given choices in the matter.
Health care is a right, not a privledge or a product. Maybe later we can work out something better if we're not all trampled by the completly ignorant.
Really? Health care is a right? I have been very grateful for any health care I received, even the type I paid for out of my own pocket. I am double grateful for any health care I receive and I do not have to pay for. 8-). People have been spoon fed this idea that everyone has a right to live disease free, totally impervious to any accident or injury that may befall them. They should also have a beneficent team of lawyers and public servants looking out for them at all times, ensuring they paths they walk are are free of any tripping hazards, and clearly lit at all times. The real world does not work that way. EVERYTHING has a price, even health care. I just feel that
I've another citizenship besides USA in a country that doesn't try to shoehorn capitalism into medicine.
You make the mistake common mistake in believing that business wants capitalism. Nothing could be further from the truth. Capitalism is a system where ruthless competition between suppliers creates a system where the best quality goods and services are delivered for the best possible cost to the consumer. What business (what medicine has become) wants is protectionism. They want a monopoly and a guaranteed source of income without having to compete.
In the USA, between the lawyers, and HMOs and AMA, we have a defacto socialized system. The consumers no longer pay for their bill, and hence Adam Smith's invisible hand has not worked in many a year. You are not paying your doctor directly. It has to go through a handful of billing professionals first. e.g. Medical data entry clerks, HMO, Malpractice, etc. before it gets to the doctor. You are no longer the customer; the HMO is.
I have said it before, but was called a fagot for saying it, but I will saying it again. The only hope for the USian medical system would be to abolish the AMA, Malpractice, and the HMOs. Let patients pay for their own medical care out of their pocket. If they can't afford it, the hospitals can work with the families to work off the medical bill, or some other arrangements could be made. This is how it used to be done.
It is totally incomprehensible that a trip to the hospital in an ambulance will cost you over 1000USD. The current system can not continue to work much longer.
No Obama care (as much as I respect our president) will not fix the problem, it will only make it worse, and legally guarantee a monopoly for the HMOs.
I've stopped going to my doctor altogether
At least you have taken a sensible coarse of action. If you do not like your doctor go to another. That is real capitalism at work.
I have been living without medical insurance for a couple years now. It is possible. I tend to watch what I eat more closely, and try to live healthier because I do not have the socialized safety net of my HMO. Sure if I get in an accident, or get a heart attack, I will die, but hasn't it always been the case?
On Second thought, maybe your are right. I would not want to give any reason for any more oppression of Mongolia / Tibet / Fulong Gong. The CCP can do that on their own.
To the Thought Police in the PRC;
I am not Mongolian, Tibetan, or a member of any religious organization that you have deemed illegal and highly dangerous to the peace and harmony of society. The above comments are my own and meant as a joke, and are not representative of the opinions of any of the above mentioned groups.
Mongolians and Tibetans are for the most part peaceful and just trying to get along in the world. They are nice people, and do not want to overthrow your government.
-Sincerely -Harry
Wheh, No I can sleep easy.
-But then again You Tube says I am a fagot, so you should probably just ignore what I said.
Yes, I am sure that if the oppressed minority groups would just be quite, China would just leave them alone. I can't think of an instance in history where that philosophy has worked out.
-But then again You Tube says I am a fagot, so you should probably just ignore what I say.
The U.S. Government has sold out to the highest bidder and no longer has the interest of the citizen at heart. In your example the highest bidder is Big pharma. In times it was the Chines Government. (Clinton and the bags of cash from PRC). Tomorrow, it will be the Mexican government.
-A country destroys itself from within long before the enemies can do so from without. -But then again according to You-tube I am a faggot, so you should not listen to anything I say.
-None of us are going to get out of this life alive, so we might as well sit back and enjoy the ride. -But then again I am a faggot according to you-tube, so you should ignore anything I say.
" Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing."
I blame put the blame squarely on God. He is the comedian that made us live such short lives. The way I figure it he made a bunch of defective products, that all keep dying. I am going to get a class action law suite together on the behalf of everyone who has ever died, and hold him accountable their deaths.
Then I am going to hold him accountable for the rape of the virgin Marry (she was only 14 at the time, and in no way could have given consent).
It is about time we started using the court system to hold our deities responsible.
-None of us are going to get out of this life alive, so we might as well just enjoy the ride and stop suing everyone.
-but then again i am a Faggot, (according to the experts on utube) so you shouldn't listen to me.
Walked into an electronics mall in Korea today. Found someone that was doing component level repair on an old tube type TV. Other shops had huge assortments of components in draws, on reels, lying on the floor, wherever. They had other stores that were selling old cameras. (the type that used actual film). In short it was a trip back to what I imagine the United States must of looked like in the 70's. God I miss the days when my country wasn't so faggy, and could actually do something other that lip-sync the latest J-Lo song. Now I have to go chase those pesky kids of my lawn.
Duhh. That makes you stupid and gay, but not as stupid as someone who is not from Australia, but still on/. . At least you figured out the news story before./ did.
-There is no such think as intelligence, just varying degrees of stupidity.
I saw this on the fricking Australian channel before it showed up here. Everyone knows Australians are stupid. (just ask a random Russian on the U-Tube channel). Therefore since Australians figured out that there was such a thing as a Square Kilometer Array radio telescope before slashdot did, it logically means that Slashdotians are even stupdier than Australians. Stupidity is gay, therefore this story is gay. QED.
For every Richard Feynman, you have a Jerry Springer. It is just that Jews are overly represented by the Entertainment, Legal, and Banking professions. There is a great deal of hatred toward the latter professions. Needless to say, this is why some people 'hate Jews'. Sure Jews are also overly represented by the respected science and medicine professions, but nobody knows who the surgeon general is, and everyone knows who Jerry Springer is.
Jerry Springer has done more for anti-Jewish sentiment Adolf Hitler ever could have.
So where are all the intermediate stages of evolution. I want to see the half man half monkeys that I evolved from (Que the jokes). Sure evolution is evident with bacteria, and other small creatures, but with larger organisms there is a gap in my knowledge of evolution. Could someone please fill me in. Were millions of tiny genetic mutations that selectively transformed me from a monkey to the pale sickly creature that I am today, and these intermediate stages of evolution were so unsuccessful that they did not leave a fossil record? Or was there one giant mutation that a that transformed people from apes. Unless the mutation took place in both male and female at the same time, It would seem that you have to have the ability of the mutated organisms to mate with the pure strains of the organisms if evolution were to work. That would seem to mean that you would have to have half men half apes mating with apes / people. Wouldn't that leave a record?
I think one reason people still believe in intelligent design, is due to questions like this that seem to get short thrift in the mainstream press.
-Also is the Shih Tzu (an animal much to stupid to have ever survived on it's own and in the wild) an example of evolution or intelligent design. Meaning is it evidence that evolution works because people are breeding dogs essentially for cuteness, and hence you have a really cute, but really stupid dog, or is it evidence of intelligent design? People essentially designed these white and black balls of fluffiness through a selective breeding program.
So what are the media faggots going to call the next generation. Gen NEXT has already been taken and trademarked (by pepsi i think). They could double up on the number and call it Gen AA, or something. Personally, I think we should move over to the Arabic alphabet. The next generation should henceforth be called gen Alif.
-The question of faggotry is the most important question, and deserves the utmost attention from society. Is something gay, or is it not gay. This needs to be decided.
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Fucking faggot. Real men use Ed.
Obligatory joke for fagots who have not read it yet
that there is nobody left that can take the news seriously. I can be better informed watching sponge Bob Square Pants for .5 hours that I can watching the local news. The one shining light in the sea of trash journalism is the PBS TV News. Not the Radio, the radio program is just as biased and uninformative as Fox or CNN.
Actually the PBS TV programs are a real breath of fresh air. No fancy graphics. Just professionals talking about the news. It is kind of like the rest of the news outlets used to be 20-30 years ago. I can actually watch the program and not think everyone on the program is retarded.
The Major new outlets say they just cater to what the public is buying. Well, I guess they are not buying it anymore. Even if the argument was valid, it would kind of be like one of those faggety ass drug dealers saying, 'well i am just selling what the public wants'.
-The owner of this post is a fagot
-Nancy Grace.
What about 'International' did you not understand?
Fuck yea. It is about time someone had some common sense. Where I live, I can smoke a cigarette while pumping gas at the gas station, while the passengers drink from cans of open beer in the back seat. Yes sure this is freedom, but I want to know what happens if the laws of physics suddenly stop working. I mean what happens if the flash point of gasoline spontaneously lowers to that of a lit cigarette, and the gas station goes up in a giant explosion. It happens on TV all the time. Clearly the freedom I enjoy isn't worth the potential death due to an explosion if the laws of physics suddenly change.
Also I demand people stop being born until liberals and Government can perfect a way for people to live a life of perfect safety, harmony and never die. The risk from death (near certainty) is not worth the slight enjoyment one might receive from actually living for some short period. (say 60 years). It is about time government stepped in and made some laws to keep me from dieing.
This is exactly what beleaguered trial lawyers, hit hard by the recession need. In the past lawyers had to make due with suing major corporations and state entities for acts of human stupidity. Now they can friggin sue God. How great is that? Think of all the innocent flood victims who finally can be re-compensated for their deaths. Think of all the victims of cancer, who can finally be made right for having been given a compromised immune system. Yes sireee, this is the best think since lawn gnomes.
-The writer of the post is a fagot, and doesn't know who to spel.
-American Trial Lawyer association.
Thank You! You are great. Now I know. Ivy is better that Ivory, which probably better than gold.
-Thanks
-Now I am going to catch some gators
WoW! I never realized people like you existed. You are perfect. Everyone who disagrees with you is a Moron. If only more people thought exactly like you we could solve the world's problems. Yes, everyone associated with Sarah Palin really is a complete fricking moron who can barely put on a pair of non matching shoes, let alone type. Yes, editing wikipedia is an extremely hard task, that only the most enlightened liberals such as yourself are able to carry out. I am guessing from your rightfully condensending tone that you are a graduate of some Ivory league university someplace in the Northeast. (if not it is Harvard's loss).
You pretty much have the world figured out. Are you going to be writing any books explaining your philosophy for the benefit of people-kind (don't want to be sexist) anytime soon. I hope so, and can't wait to get my copy.
Are tyrants and warlords really worse than the current situation? At least with warlords there is a meritocracy of sorts. (The strongest are in charge). In the current situation the most duplicitous make the laws for their own benefit, while enriching their pockets, and claiming to serve society. The most conniving are the alpha dogs. Give me a meritocracy based on steel and might any day over a meritocracy based on duplicity and lies.
I would rather have an outcome based on an old fashioned gun battle, than being decided by a team of overpriced lawyers hired to stretch the truth beyond recognition to a jury. At least with a gun fight you are not lying to yourself and saying your cause has any moral high ground. This is what the current legal / governmental climate in the USA, has led me to believe.
-When the laws become criminal, only criminals obey the laws.
Actually having the name of el-Masri is a crime. The authoraties make the laws, they make the crimes. If the man with the gun says you committed a crime, you committed a crime.
A socialized system is based on the idea that people get treatment according to medical need, not their ability to pay for it. Doctors are not financially linked to the treatments they prescribe, so they have no incentive to do excessive tests or consultations nor to turn away poor patients in need, they get no kickbacks from references to specialists and so on. The focus is on effective allocation and use of resources, not what brings in the highest margins. For example there are typically waiting lists for surgery and you only want the patients there who need it, in the order they need it the most. Cost control is often benchmarking and per-patient refunds, that your hospital will deliver as effective as other hospitals. and you benchmark yourself against other countries. The bill is paid directly by the government from taxes, typically hospitals are public and they only hire private companies to deliver systems and services, not manage the hospital. That is, they may take bids for an x-ray system capable of taking 1000 x-rays/day, but the private company doesn't have any say in those gets x-rayed. The government may send patients to private clinics, but the government pays equally regardless of who the patient is and there will be a good medical reason for it.
I consider our current system to be a defacto socialized medical system, because unlike in capitalism, the patient is not the customer, The HMO is. Also like a 'true socialized' system, a patient is guaranteed some right to medical care through the emergency rooms and free clinics regardless of her or his ability to pay. Obviously your medical care will probably be better if you have the means to pay, but isn't that always the case? At any rate it really is just a matter of semantics, and is not worth arguing about.
A few years ago as a member of the military, I was in a real honest to goodness actual Socialized medical system. In some cases the system worked as you described. In those instances (actually instance), I received much better care that I would have received in the market system. The PA who was unencumbered by costs, and could give me the time and care that I needed. However, the majority of the time, it sucked. You had to show up at the clinic during specific hours (sick call) or you would not be seen. You had wait to see a specialist, etc. I would have been better off with an HMO, or just going to the emergency room, as much as I hate to admit it.
If socialized medicine works, why are there so many horror stories about medical care in the UK. Admittedly sometimes socialism does work as you describe, but there seems to be a lot of problems (wait lists, etc) I just feel the U.S. should fix the current system without going to a fully socialized system. I mean didn't we fight a cold war against the communists. 8-). We are taking a step backwards.
The US has picked the worst of both worlds.
I could not agree with you more. Rather than going to a fully socialized system, we are buying into a system where the state is guaranteeing funds to a corporation who's only motivation is to maximize profit. I see a disaster coming.
No wonder people called you names. Which pre-twentieth century turnip truck did you fall from? Are you serious? You mean indentured servitude for medical bills? Or maybe wage garnishment? How about debtors prison? Or should I take the hospital a few of the chickens from my yard? You obviously have no family to provide for.
When you describe taking 'chickens from my yard' that is exactly what I mean. As funny as it may seem to you. The system we have now is one in which family's are put into indentured servitude for years trying to pay for hospital bills (financially not literally). How can a family of modest means hope to afford a heart transplant? It can't. Rather that try to socialize the system and bring into it all the problems that socialized medicine entails, we should address the fundamental problem, in that Health care has become too expensive. Back in the 50's the cost of a 1 day stay in a hospital was about what an average working man would have made in a day. You really could pay for the cost of your health care with a few chickens or maybe a month 'helping out'. We need to get back to what we had then.
You obviously have no real-world experience either. A modern ambulance isn't just a shiny car, you know. Its a highly specialized machine that's expensive to manufacture. It has to be stocked with very specialized supplies. It has to be manned 24/7 by very specialized staff (who have to train, eat, provide, etc). The ambulance has to be maintained. It has to be insured. And it probably gets horrible mileage; so yeah, it probably costs about $1k or better per ride.
Uhh OK. This is exactly the kind of expensive one size fits all solution that we could get rid of if we had real competition and people were really paying directly for their own care and had a choice in the matter. Where I currently live, the ambulances are not the 'modern high tech fully insured variety' you describe. They are literally straight out of the 50's. I live in a poorer country, and that is what they can afford. But I bet they do 90% of the job the mega expensive kinds do. Sometimes you do not need all the frills, you just need to get to the hospital fast. If people in the USA can not longer afford $1000 hospital rides (in most cases they cant), it is about time you went to the cheaper alternative.
Obligatory example: my mom used to work in a geriatric home affiliated with a hospital that was across the parking lot. Every time a patient coded, they were required for legal reasons to call 911. The fire dept would arrive first. (bear in mind the hospital is not more than 5 minutes away). They could offer oxygen, but that was it. Then the ambulance would arrive and take the patient to the hospital (it was only a $400 ride at the time). Cost savings could have been made by just plopping the patient into one of the nurses cars and taking her or he to the hospital. The patient would have arrived at the hospital a lot quicker also. These common sense approaches are no longer considered due to the legal considerations, and the fact that patients really are not given choices in the matter.
Health care is a right, not a privledge or a product. Maybe later we can work out something better if we're not all trampled by the completly ignorant.
Really? Health care is a right? I have been very grateful for any health care I received, even the type I paid for out of my own pocket. I am double grateful for any health care I receive and I do not have to pay for. 8-). People have been spoon fed this idea that everyone has a right to live disease free, totally impervious to any accident or injury that may befall them. They should also have a beneficent team of lawyers and public servants looking out for them at all times, ensuring they paths they walk are are free of any tripping hazards, and clearly lit at all times. The real world does not work that way. EVERYTHING has a price, even health care. I just feel that
Thanks!
I am curious if YOU paid the $120, and your insurance that paid the rest, or was it really only $120?
I've another citizenship besides USA in a country that doesn't try to shoehorn capitalism into medicine.
You make the mistake common mistake in believing that business wants capitalism. Nothing could be further from the truth. Capitalism is a system where ruthless competition between suppliers creates a system where the best quality goods and services are delivered for the best possible cost to the consumer. What business (what medicine has become) wants is protectionism. They want a monopoly and a guaranteed source of income without having to compete.
In the USA, between the lawyers, and HMOs and AMA, we have a defacto socialized system. The consumers no longer pay for their bill, and hence Adam Smith's invisible hand has not worked in many a year. You are not paying your doctor directly. It has to go through a handful of billing professionals first. e.g. Medical data entry clerks, HMO, Malpractice, etc. before it gets to the doctor. You are no longer the customer; the HMO is.
I have said it before, but was called a fagot for saying it, but I will saying it again. The only hope for the USian medical system would be to abolish the AMA, Malpractice, and the HMOs. Let patients pay for their own medical care out of their pocket. If they can't afford it, the hospitals can work with the families to work off the medical bill, or some other arrangements could be made. This is how it used to be done.
It is totally incomprehensible that a trip to the hospital in an ambulance will cost you over 1000USD. The current system can not continue to work much longer.
No Obama care (as much as I respect our president) will not fix the problem, it will only make it worse, and legally guarantee a monopoly for the HMOs.
I've stopped going to my doctor altogether
At least you have taken a sensible coarse of action. If you do not like your doctor go to another. That is real capitalism at work.
I have been living without medical insurance for a couple years now. It is possible. I tend to watch what I eat more closely, and try to live healthier because I do not have the socialized safety net of my HMO. Sure if I get in an accident, or get a heart attack, I will die, but hasn't it always been the case?
-The writer of this post is a fagot.
-Sincerely the AMA.
On Second thought, maybe your are right. I would not want to give any reason for any more oppression of Mongolia / Tibet / Fulong Gong. The CCP can do that on their own.
To the Thought Police in the PRC;
I am not Mongolian, Tibetan, or a member of any religious organization that you have deemed illegal and highly dangerous to the peace and harmony of society. The above comments are my own and meant as a joke, and are not representative of the opinions of any of the above mentioned groups.
Mongolians and Tibetans are for the most part peaceful and just trying to get along in the world. They are nice people, and do not want to overthrow your government.
-Sincerely
-Harry
Wheh, No I can sleep easy.
-But then again You Tube says I am a fagot, so you should probably just ignore what I said.
Yes, I am sure that if the oppressed minority groups would just be quite, China would just leave them alone. I can't think of an instance in history where that philosophy has worked out.
-But then again You Tube says I am a fagot, so you should probably just ignore what I say.
The U.S. Government has sold out to the highest bidder and no longer has the interest of the citizen at heart. In your example the highest bidder is Big pharma. In times it was the Chines Government. (Clinton and the bags of cash from PRC). Tomorrow, it will be the Mexican government.
-A country destroys itself from within long before the enemies can do so from without.
-But then again according to You-tube I am a faggot, so you should not listen to anything I say.
And bitch slaps the Chines again.
Obligatory link to Fulan Dafa:
-None of us are going to get out of this life alive, so we might as well sit back and enjoy the ride.
-But then again I am a faggot according to you-tube, so you should ignore anything I say.
Obligatory Red Fox quote.
" Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing."
I blame put the blame squarely on God. He is the comedian that made us live such short lives. The way I figure it he made a bunch of defective products, that all keep dying. I am going to get a class action law suite together on the behalf of everyone who has ever died, and hold him accountable their deaths.
Then I am going to hold him accountable for the rape of the virgin Marry (she was only 14 at the time, and in no way could have given consent).
It is about time we started using the court system to hold our deities responsible.
-None of us are going to get out of this life alive, so we might as well just enjoy the ride and stop suing everyone.
-but then again i am a Faggot, (according to the experts on utube) so you shouldn't listen to me.
Gee, if I just don't smoke, and am really skinny, I guess I will be free of disease and like forever like Steve Jobs.
Walked into an electronics mall in Korea today. Found someone that was doing component level repair on an old tube type TV. Other shops had huge assortments of components in draws, on reels, lying on the floor, wherever. They had other stores that were selling old cameras. (the type that used actual film). In short it was a trip back to what I imagine the United States must of looked like in the 70's. God I miss the days when my country wasn't so faggy, and could actually do something other that lip-sync the latest J-Lo song. Now I have to go chase those pesky kids of my lawn.
-God is dead except on Sunday's between 8-10 am.
Duhh. That makes you stupid and gay, but not as stupid as someone who is not from Australia, but still on /. . At least you figured out the news story before ./ did.
-There is no such think as intelligence, just varying degrees of stupidity.
I saw this on the fricking Australian channel before it showed up here. Everyone knows Australians are stupid. (just ask a random Russian on the U-Tube channel). Therefore since Australians figured out that there was such a thing as a Square Kilometer Array radio telescope before slashdot did, it logically means that Slashdotians are even stupdier than Australians. Stupidity is gay, therefore this story is gay. QED.
-You can't beat logic
For every Richard Feynman, you have a Jerry Springer. It is just that Jews are overly represented by the Entertainment, Legal, and Banking professions. There is a great deal of hatred toward the latter professions. Needless to say, this is why some people 'hate Jews'. Sure Jews are also overly represented by the respected science and medicine professions, but nobody knows who the surgeon general is, and everyone knows who Jerry Springer is.
Jerry Springer has done more for anti-Jewish sentiment Adolf Hitler ever could have.
So where are all the intermediate stages of evolution. I want to see the half man half monkeys that I evolved from (Que the jokes). Sure evolution is evident with bacteria, and other small creatures, but with larger organisms there is a gap in my knowledge of evolution. Could someone please fill me in. Were millions of tiny genetic mutations that selectively transformed me from a monkey to the pale sickly creature that I am today, and these intermediate stages of evolution were so unsuccessful that they did not leave a fossil record? Or was there one giant mutation that a that transformed people from apes. Unless the mutation took place in both male and female at the same time, It would seem that you have to have the ability of the mutated organisms to mate with the pure strains of the organisms if evolution were to work. That would seem to mean that you would have to have half men half apes mating with apes / people. Wouldn't that leave a record?
I think one reason people still believe in intelligent design, is due to questions like this that seem to get short thrift in the mainstream press.
-Also is the Shih Tzu (an animal much to stupid to have ever survived on it's own and in the wild) an example of evolution or intelligent design. Meaning is it evidence that evolution works because people are breeding dogs essentially for cuteness, and hence you have a really cute, but really stupid dog, or is it evidence of intelligent design? People essentially designed these white and black balls of fluffiness through a selective breeding program.
So what are the media faggots going to call the next generation. Gen NEXT has already been taken and trademarked (by pepsi i think). They could double up on the number and call it Gen AA, or something. Personally, I think we should move over to the Arabic alphabet. The next generation should henceforth be called gen Alif.
-The question of faggotry is the most important question, and deserves the utmost attention from society. Is something gay, or is it not gay. This needs to be decided.
-Nietzsche.