tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36797291.post5013036459694234770..comments2023-10-30T05:22:51.485-04:00Comments on Preserve, Protect and Defend: A Novel Idea: Health Care for the Massestwo crowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14289442473441279230noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36797291.post-74319994918625558452009-06-28T21:27:01.762-04:002009-06-28T21:27:01.762-04:00Great post. I am always constantly amazed by the f...Great post. I am always constantly amazed by the fact that there are so many in this country who do not have access to basic care. <br /><br />I have an aunt who started going blind in her early 40s. She received disability and Medicare, but did not qualify for a supplement until she turned 65, by which time she had health issues and could not qualify for a supplemant. Craziness.<br /><br />One of the reasons I voted for Obama was because of his promise for health care for all. We will see.LeftLeaningLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04359577019343211327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36797291.post-61000511758601671412009-06-27T23:30:36.139-04:002009-06-27T23:30:36.139-04:00ain't that the truth, libhom--
how I wish the...ain't that the truth, libhom--<br /><br />how I wish the O were passing ONE plan for all people including Congress. but I have to be realistic, here. such a plan would never get past Congress.two crowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14289442473441279230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36797291.post-45835901847441939592009-06-27T23:24:08.160-04:002009-06-27T23:24:08.160-04:00If politicians weren't subject to purchase und...If politicians weren't subject to purchase under our current campaign financing system, we would have had single payer decades ago.libhomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05537213558568338561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36797291.post-1864167413909331182009-06-27T17:58:45.270-04:002009-06-27T17:58:45.270-04:00"Too bad there aren't more like him."..."Too bad there aren't more like him."<br />xxx<br />agreed, Ramona--<br />more specifically, too bad there aren't more _in_Congress_ like him.<br /><br />EVERY year, for years and years, Ted Kennedy brought up health care. And every year it failed. <br /><br />they have THEIR excellent health care package. the rest of us can go f*** ourselves, I guess.<br /><br />I hadn't known Kinsley had MS. no wonder it's so dear to his heart.two crowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14289442473441279230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36797291.post-46424377622955339582009-06-27T10:27:59.827-04:002009-06-27T10:27:59.827-04:00Great article by Michael Kinsley. Loved this:
&...Great article by Michael Kinsley. Loved this: <br />"Here is a handy-dandy way to determine whether the failure to order some exam or treatment constitutes rationing: If the patient were the president, would he get it? If he'd get it and you wouldn't, it's rationing."<br /><br />Interesting that he doesn't mention his own health issues:<br /><br />http://www.mult-sclerosis.org/news/Dec2001/AHealthyStateOfDenial.html<br /><br />I remember when he first came out with the news, and later he became very frail, but he's back in action again and I'm happy to see it. I suspect his own excellent, expensive care made him more sensitive to the needs of those who don't have that kind of access. Too bad there aren't more like him.Ramona Grigghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07160614050077886238noreply@blogger.com