tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32199165.post8958690118808588229..comments2024-03-28T15:26:12.621-04:00Comments on Blue Country Magic: Why Isn't This Fraud?CountryDewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03243893531509380824noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32199165.post-83289474409228070232014-06-19T17:35:00.504-04:002014-06-19T17:35:00.504-04:00It is definitely fraud, and there should -- needs ...It is definitely fraud, and there should -- needs to be -- more regulation here. We should not be paying 3 or even 10 times more for routine procedures than people in other countries. There's a reason so many Americans are flocking to South America for medical procedures. Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17700809709293636333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32199165.post-6224540774138935332014-06-18T16:57:58.228-04:002014-06-18T16:57:58.228-04:00What confusing and awful lengths to have to go to....What confusing and awful lengths to have to go to. Money over health is an awful prospect for anyone to have to face. I feel quite guilty now knowing I'm covered by the NHS in Scotland! Seriously, though, I recently was under hospital care and got nothing but first class treatment from all the medical team involved. It's something every human being should be entitled to. Helenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13447013188405986054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32199165.post-39667210941548197632014-06-18T07:40:57.280-04:002014-06-18T07:40:57.280-04:00F**k capitalism? Well, I don't think I'd ...F**k capitalism? Well, I don't think I'd want to, thank you! However, I do think it is past time for people to start looking very hard at capitalism as an economic system. It cannot continue to exist, because it is destroying the world that we live in. For some more information on anti-capitalism, visit my blog.Contrarianhttp://reclus.iomaire.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32199165.post-36360154320989706602014-06-18T04:34:15.288-04:002014-06-18T04:34:15.288-04:00Coincidentally, there's another report:
NHS i...Coincidentally, there's another report:<br /><br />NHS is the world's best healthcare system, report says<br /><br />Study by Washington-based foundation says healthcare provision in the US is the worst in the world<br /><br />http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jun/17/nhs-healthBriarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06242731014996459484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32199165.post-10688195030345235712014-06-17T19:28:29.011-04:002014-06-17T19:28:29.011-04:00I already have someone I don't know telling me...I already have someone I don't know telling me what to do - the high school students at my insurance company who override my doctor's orders. I don't really see any difference between that and the government. A middleman is a middleman regardless of whether it's insurance or government. And as far as the VA, they serve a vast number of servicemen, and we hear about the bad, but not the good. I know a number of military men locally who are very happy with the care they've received at the VA; in fact, I've not heard a complaint though I am sure that there are some, just as there are complaints about every non-profit and private hospital in existence. These institutions, including government and insurance companies, are made up of people and people are prone to make mistakes. Nationwide, the VA hasn't done anything that any other hospital setting hasn't done - hospitals toss people out and send them into the streets to die in some parts of this country practically every day. It's a fact of life in capitalism. That's the devil our society has bargained for and with and thus we are now a hell on earth for many: a place where those who the means get what they need, and the rest - that would be most of everyone I know - do not. I am in favor of Medicare for all. No one should die because they don't have the money to pay a bill. The current system is badly broken, even with the Affordable Health Care Act (which did not go far enough), and anyone who disputes that the system needs reform either has not been paying attention or has been watching too much FAUX news.<br />CountryDewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03243893531509380824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32199165.post-39942085936545969622014-06-17T18:25:14.745-04:002014-06-17T18:25:14.745-04:00You would have somebody you don't know telling...You would have somebody you don't know telling you what care you will get with more regulation, the government regulates the VA how about that!Sunnybrook Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18135224259672444423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32199165.post-70487152900643476102014-06-17T11:57:37.493-04:002014-06-17T11:57:37.493-04:00It's not too much regulation. The problems beg...It's not too much regulation. The problems began when Reagan deregulated. That is why we have monopolies. If we had better regs, monopolies wouldn't exist and the would be competition. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32199165.post-28662735197208893612014-06-17T10:33:09.679-04:002014-06-17T10:33:09.679-04:00oh i completely agree! back in georgia i made an a...oh i completely agree! back in georgia i made an appointment for my yearly. i was a new patient so the dr's requirement, before my actual appointment was a kind of get to know you appointment. i had to go to that before she'd book my real appointment. so at my "get to know you" appointment she asked if i was experiencing any health issues currently. i said no i wasn't and she said she needed to have something to submit to my insurance company for my reason being there. i was like "you're the one making this bogus appointment for me, not me"...crazy...they really need to regulate this rather than lamo obama-care. perhaps if there were regulations we wouldn't be getting ripped off and the cost of health care ridiculous.Tanya Breesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01949602989774270159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32199165.post-32543209417927499172014-06-17T06:37:38.753-04:002014-06-17T06:37:38.753-04:00The problem is that there isn't a free market,...The problem is that there isn't a free market, the government regulates in such a way that we end up with no competition in hospitals or insurance. We are told what we will pay, there is nothing free about that, strange they won't allow insurance from other states to be sold here. The whole thing is rigged and government regulated.Sunnybrook Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18135224259672444423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32199165.post-23877644425245220592014-06-17T00:47:45.824-04:002014-06-17T00:47:45.824-04:00VERY well said. I agree with all of it. And we are...VERY well said. I agree with all of it. And we are also victims here. Big UGHHHHHHH!Smellyannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15019311515246926513noreply@blogger.com