Philip Borkholder wrote: > I did read the article about the private insurance companies, and I do > know that is happening and is true. > I was referring to your absurd, unfounded statement below:
> "So the national health care person would herd you into the > slaughterhouse just as surely as the insurance companies are now doing." Hi Phillip, The phrase "herd you into the slaughterhouse" is a figure of speech as I use it here. It refers to not trying to fix your injury or illness and instead drugging you into insensibility because that is far cheaper. They wanted to do that to me several years ago after a series of car accidents. I refused their death wish for me but then I had to pay for my own care , a *lot $$$*, and it left me bankrupt. However, now my health is much better - after they left me for dead and didn't pay. I had insurance, both the drivers who hit me had insurance. The cheap way saves the insurance companies money, for CEO salaries and perks, but results in an unfixed and by now dead (from the side effects of the pain drugs) me. I call that "herd me into the slaughterhouse". What would you call it if it were you being given dangerous (eventually fatal) pain drugs instead of restorative care? The national health care proposals all follow the insurance "industry" "cost containment" model which *amounts to* selecting the sickest patients for death. Saying anything else about it is just putting lipstick on a pig. What has been missing in all the proposals has been a commitment to life, if life is at all possible. They want to commit to "saving money" and are prepared to "accept" some deaths (of other people) to realize the savings. The breakpoint is selected not by medical possibility, but by budgetary goals. -- Regards, Pete http://pete-theisen.com/ http://elect-pete-theisen.com/ _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
