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On Sun, 24 Dec 2000 09:54:13 -0800 "Theodor Parada, MD"
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>Kelly wrote:
>> There are problems with health care to be sure. However, if you are
>sick and need attention, you get it. A friend of mine told me that when
>his wife had baby in the USA, it cost them $37,000. That's outrageous.
>The crux of the matter is in perceived concept that health care is a
'right', it is
>not. Until people realize that a health insurance plan (card) should
>not be like a bus pass and that the health insurance, should be there
>to cover major illnesses and resultant hospitalizations (ie. along
>the lines of auto accident insurance coverage). Regardless, whether
>your in Canada or the U.S., costs are going to skyrocket mostly due
>to government intervention.
>Theodor S.Parada, MD
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UUUMMMM!!! Maybe you could be a little more specific about exactly which
governmental regulations are causing the problem in health care costs.
As to whether we have a "right" to health care, let me tell you about a
friend of mine. At 60 he had a heart problem. It cost him all his
savings for retirement to fix it. Now what? Was it his "right" to
choose between dying or spending his life savings?
Right now I can not get affordable health insurance, nor can I afford
health care at current prices. The January, 2001 Scientific American
article (page 19) points to the growing problem of people who are being
refused health insurance (and hence their jobs) because genetic testing
(which was susposed to identify future problems so they could be treated
in time) showed a problem. A lot of people (women in particular) are
refusing to be genetically tested for fear they may become unemployed and
uninsured because of the findings. It is the insureance industry that is
the prime mover (with full governmental backing) in the current Drug
Testing mania. So exactly what "rights" regarding health care do we
have, should we have?
I have yet to meet a doctor who is economically poor. Don't, please,
tell me that you go through all the training so, Of Course, you should be
economically rewarded for it. I, as a mature Ph.D. candidate in
Archaeology, will not be paid for the years I spend learning my trade.
Do you know what a Ph.D. in Archaeology will earn? A Ph.D. in History?
Is a doctor more valuable than an Archaeologist? a Historian?
Jayson R. Jones
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