Re: [CGUYS] Sicko -- discussion location

2007-08-17 Thread Paula Minor
That is not an argument for abolishing the PO (inadvisable) but for reforming politics (really hard, but what else are you going do) HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA,HOOHHOHOHOHOHOHWHAAH! That would require real effort on the part of the majority of americans and they are just too "busy" t

Re: [CGUYS] Sicko -- discussion location

2007-08-17 Thread Paula Minor
I have never had any problems with health care in the United States. NONE. My family has always received great care. We are not rich, and we live in a rural area in the midwest. Our EMT's are volunteers and our hospital is non-profit and operates in the black. Count yourself very very

Re: [CGUYS] Sicko -- discussion location (off topic)

2007-08-17 Thread Paula Minor
Can't answer that one Marcio. Not sure how it should be done. (I do know that Medicare has lengthened the life of our seniors and made it dramatically better than it once was.) Stewart At 09:19 PM 8/15/2007, you wrote: Stewart, something like Medicare (US) for all?... Frankly, I think we

Re: [CGUYS] Sicko -- discussion location

2007-08-17 Thread Jordman
Yea, sure Mike. It's just that simple. mike wrote: And they do the said siphoning by offering one thing the PO can't get right...getting a package where it's supposed to go, when it's supposed to go. The PO would not be losing any of the money making end of delivery if they could offer good pri

Re: [CGUYS] Sicko -- discussion location

2007-08-17 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Let me correct a misnotion on USPS. They have gotten much better over the years and a darn site better than most (I would venture to say) any postal service in the world. They handle by far the largest volume of mail of any nations postal service, and do so at a relatively low price (Compare

Re: [CGUYS] Sicko -- discussion location

2007-08-17 Thread mike
And they do the said siphoning by offering one thing the PO can't get right...getting a package where it's supposed to go, when it's supposed to go. The PO would not be losing any of the money making end of delivery if they could offer good prices, on time services and above all customer service.

Re: [CGUYS] Sicko -- discussion location

2007-08-17 Thread Jordman
Keep in mind, Fed-Ex and UPS syphon off the money making elements of delivering stuff, leaving the USPS to soldier on with what is left. Jeff Morris wrote: Socializing the health care industry would be biggest mistake this country has ever made. Post Office vs Fed Ex. Enough said. **

Re: [CGUYS] Sicko -- discussion location (off topic)

2007-08-17 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
In that area they are making progress. pretty much every Insurance company uses a standard form, with standard codes. It is what they do with it that makes heads spin. The Doctors offices have to deal with a myriad of companies and a variety of reimbursement types. In my own case, I have w

Re: [CGUYS] Sicko -- discussion location (off topic)

2007-08-17 Thread Paul Meyer
007 10:00:08 PM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Sicko -- discussion location (off topic) Paula I once heard it said that if we made Insurance mandatory and paid for every ones health insurance our premiums would actually go down due to less extraordinary procedures and other influences. It is possible to

Re: [CGUYS] Sicko -- discussion location (off topic)

2007-08-17 Thread Paul Meyer
:02 PM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Sicko -- discussion location (off topic) Most people do not understand that we have only one political party in this nation. It's the Corporation Party. It has two wings, the Democratic Wing and the Republican Wing. Each wing draws voter support from a different bas

Re: [CGUYS] Sicko -- discussion location

2007-08-17 Thread Paul Meyer
ect: [CGUYS] Sicko -- discussion location Here's a little different take on the Canadian Health Care System by someone who lived in Canada for years...worth reading. Socializing the health care industry would be biggest mistake this country has ever made. Post Office vs Fed Ex. Enough s

Re: [CGUYS] Sicko -- discussion location (off topic)

2007-08-16 Thread Jeff Miles
I have to mostly agree with this. Though those who can't afford it do get it, and this is what raises the cost for those who can afford it. In 2003 I was diagnosed with Congestive Heart Failure. At the time I had no health insurance and no job. I was treated anyway with several EKGs and Ec

Re: [CGUYS] Sicko -- discussion location (off topic)

2007-08-16 Thread Robert
I am not going to suggest how to improve health care in the United States. Instead, I am going to relate my recent experience with health care in Italy. Last summer my wife and I vacationed in France and Italy. After a minor accident in France (my wife slipped and fell to the ground), her le

Re: [CGUYS] Sicko -- discussion location (off topic)

2007-08-16 Thread Alvin Auerbach
Most people do not understand that we have only one political party in this nation. It's the Corporation Party. It has two wings, the Democratic Wing and the Republican Wing. Each wing draws voter support from a different base, but what counts is money support, and for each wing, that comes mai

Re: [CGUYS] Sicko -- discussion location (off topic)

2007-08-16 Thread Tom Piwowar
>It is possible to cover everyone for health insurance, we just have >to change the way we think, and as you said take the profit motive >out of the equation. Well Rev. the wing nuts believe that everything ought to be for profit. Even their mega churches are for-profit corporations paying big

Re: [CGUYS] Sicko -- discussion location

2007-08-16 Thread Tom Piwowar
>I have never had any problems with health care in the United States. >NONE. My family has always received great care. We are not rich, and we >live in a rural area in the midwest. Our EMT's are volunteers and our >hospital is non-profit and operates in the black. You have just been fortuna

Re: [CGUYS] Sicko -- discussion location

2007-08-16 Thread Marcio V. Pinheiro
Good for you Jeff, but does that prove anything? How about the 45.000.000 without insurance? The ones who fall into the crack between insurance and medicaid. DonĀ“t they count?... Marcio At 08:41 AM 8/16/2007, Jeff Morris wrote: I have never had any problems with health care in the United Stat

Re: [CGUYS] Sicko -- discussion location

2007-08-16 Thread Jeff Morris
I have never had any problems with health care in the United States. NONE. My family has always received great care. We are not rich, and we live in a rural area in the midwest. Our EMT's are volunteers and our hospital is non-profit and operates in the black. ***

Re: [CGUYS] Sicko -- discussion location (off topic)

2007-08-15 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Can't answer that one Marcio. Not sure how it should be done. (I do know that Medicare has lengthened the life of our seniors and made it dramatically better than it once was.) Stewart At 09:19 PM 8/15/2007, you wrote: Stewart, something like Medicare (US) for all?... Marcio At 23:00 15/

Re: [CGUYS] Sicko -- discussion location (off topic)

2007-08-15 Thread Marcio V. Pinheiro
Stewart, something like Medicare (US) for all?... Marcio At 23:00 15/8/2007, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: Paula I once heard it said that if we made Insurance mandatory and paid for every ones health insurance our premiums would actually go down due to less extraordinary procedures and other i

Re: [CGUYS] Sicko -- discussion location (off topic)

2007-08-15 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Paula I once heard it said that if we made Insurance mandatory and paid for every ones health insurance our premiums would actually go down due to less extraordinary procedures and other influences. It is possible to cover everyone for health insurance, we just have to change the way we think,

Re: [CGUYS] Sicko -- discussion location (off topic)

2007-08-15 Thread Paula Minor
alance things out. We do not like rationing and we will fight rationing at every turn. My wife's grandmother died of an aortic aneurysm. Diagnosed, but not treated, she was over 80. My grandmother died due to a failed hip operation, her third in two months and she was over 90! OK which

Re: [CGUYS] Sicko -- discussion location

2007-08-15 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Marcio income and insurance does not guarantee you good care in the US. Ask the wife of John Ritter who died of a dissected Aorta. They misdiagnosed his condition and he died. My brother had the same problem and 10 years later is still living. He was properly diagnosed. And my brother is no

Re: [CGUYS] Sicko -- discussion location

2007-08-15 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Marcio I think you have me pegged wrong. I lived in Canada and my first two children were born there. My first child died of congenital heart problems but got extremely good care and treatment, he died because of the congenital problems, not care. After he died the doctor ordered, and my wi

Re: [CGUYS] Sicko -- discussion location

2007-08-15 Thread Marcio V. Pinheiro
At 21:49 15/8/2007, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: What I said is reinforced by what he said. The Canadian system uses rationing to balance things out. We do not like rationing and we will fight rationing at every turn. My wife's grandmother died of an aortic aneurysm. Diagnosed, but not tre

Re: [CGUYS] Sicko -- discussion location

2007-08-15 Thread Marcio V. Pinheiro
Yes, the Canadian System has indeed some powerful enemies. Not difficult to figure why. Marcio At 21:37 15/8/2007, Jeff Morris wrote: Here's a little different take on the Canadian Health Care System by someone who lived in Canada for years...worth reading. Socializing the health care indust

Re: [CGUYS] Sicko -- discussion location

2007-08-15 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
What I said is reinforced by what he said. The Canadian system uses rationing to balance things out. We do not like rationing and we will fight rationing at every turn. My wife's grandmother died of an aortic aneurysm. Diagnosed, but not treated, she was over 80. My grandmother died due to

[CGUYS] Sicko -- discussion location

2007-08-15 Thread Jeff Morris
Here's a little different take on the Canadian Health Care System by someone who lived in Canada for years...worth reading. Socializing the health care industry would be biggest mistake this country has ever made. Post Office vs Fed Ex. Enough said. Follow the link below to read the truth abo

Re: [CGUYS] Sicko -- discussion location

2007-08-14 Thread mike
Bert, I didn't write the article so point your petulance somewhere else. Mike On 8/14/07, Bert Brehm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > And the United States has a higher infant mortality rate than > Cuba. So much for your "opinion". > > https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/r >

Re: [CGUYS] Sicko -- discussion location

2007-08-14 Thread Ralph
By the way, the U.S. already has a single-payer health plan that works fairly well - it's called Medicare. It is not perfect, but it provides a huge amount of healthcare, in America, with the least value coming from the Republican-mandated free-market portion called Medicare-Advantage (Republicans

Re: [CGUYS] Sicko -- discussion location

2007-08-14 Thread Paul Meyer
egate health outcomes in industrialized countries are essentially the same. - Original Message From: Jeff Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 12:07:19 AM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Sicko -- discussion location http://www.huma

Re: [CGUYS] Sicko -- discussion location

2007-08-14 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
I lived in Canada for 4.5 years and all my in-laws live there still. Canada's health system is different than ours. They have mandatory health insurance, but the province administrates the health insurance so it makes sure everyone can afford it. I do not know how much it is but it is less e

Re: [CGUYS] Sicko -- discussion location

2007-08-14 Thread Marcio V. Pinheiro
Not so... not every system that differ from the USA is " socialist". In Canada, France and England there is universal coverage and the people love the system. The majority I would say, not the businessmen. Marcio At 01:07 AM 8/14/2007, Jeff Morris wrote: http://www.humanevents.com/article.ph

Re: [CGUYS] Sicko -- discussion location

2007-08-14 Thread Bert Brehm
And the United States has a higher infant mortality rate than Cuba. So much for your "opinion". https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/r ankorder/2091rank.html BTW, the quote is Sir Winston Churchill. -Original Message- From: mike A second opinion. http://news.bbc

Re: [CGUYS] Sicko -- discussion location

2007-08-14 Thread Melissa Bell
So we're a for-profit nation and the countries/continents without any form of universal health care are the African continent (yes, the entire thing sans South Africa), China, several Middle Eastern countries, and a few South American countries. Gee, I feel so good being with such company.

Re: [CGUYS] Sicko -- discussion location

2007-08-13 Thread mike
A second opinion. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/272078.stm A graph of cancer rates/survival/costs. Not sure who said it, but sometimes it's true...our system is the worst in the world, except for everything else. I believe it was said about our government system but it seems to hold true f

Re: [CGUYS] Sicko -- discussion location

2007-08-13 Thread Jeff Morris
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=20148 Not trying to start a war here...but if people can post their links, so can I. Not everybody agrees with Michael Moore's health care ideas. Above is a link to an article about one noted physician with some facts that may make you rethink sociali

Re: [CGUYS] Sicko -- discussion location

2007-08-13 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
I hate to say this but until you get the FOR PROFIT out of the hospital system it will go absolutely no where!!! Stewart At 10:32 PM 8/13/2007, you wrote: There's a group of 14,000+ physicians who have been working toward creating a national health care system since 1987. Find some helpful

Re: [CGUYS] Sicko -- discussion location

2007-08-13 Thread b_s-wilk
There's a group of 14,000+ physicians who have been working toward creating a national health care system since 1987. Find some helpful discussions on their web site: Physicians for a National Health Program http://www.pnhp.org/ Betty Here is a link to a discussion group on Yahoogroups that

Re: [CGUYS] Sicko -- discussion location

2007-08-12 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Here is a link to a discussion group on Yahoogroups that is doing exactly what you asked for. http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Sicko-Healthcare-Reform/ Stewart At 09:14 PM 8/12/2007, you wrote: I saw Sicko a couple of weeks ago and felt something was missing. I felt that I was seeing o

Re: [CGUYS] Sicko -- discussion location

2007-08-12 Thread Marcio V. Pinheiro
This wouold be quite interesting. Marcio At 20:35 12/8/2007, Wayne Dernoncourt wrote: I saw Sicko a couple of weeks ago and felt something was missing. I felt that I was seeing one side of a many sided argument over this nations health care system. Being the card carrying skeptic I am I'm l

Re: [CGUYS] Sicko -- discussion location

2007-08-12 Thread Paula Minor
I saw Sicko a couple of weeks ago and felt something was missing. I felt that I was seeing one side of a many sided argument over this nations health care system. Being Wayne, I'd be happy to discuss it with you off list. My husband is a physician here in the US but we are completely in favor

Re: [CGUYS] Sicko -- discussion location

2007-08-12 Thread mike
Considering what we do with windows/mac, i'd say NOT HERE! heh Mike On 8/12/07, Wayne Dernoncourt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I saw Sicko a couple of weeks ago and felt something > was missing. I felt that I was seeing one side of a > many sided argument over this nations health care > syste

[CGUYS] Sicko -- discussion location

2007-08-12 Thread Wayne Dernoncourt
I saw Sicko a couple of weeks ago and felt something was missing. I felt that I was seeing one side of a many sided argument over this nations health care system. Being the card carrying skeptic I am I'm looking for someplace to discuss this -- preferably keeping things on a civil tone and not de