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How many die because of access to medical treatment?
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sick people.
BillR
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I
LarryT wrote:
You wrote turning away a very sick person because
of insurance issues is not a mistake it's capitalism at it's worst
Actually, it's illegal - signs are posted openly throughout the hospital
- near ER, REception, on every floor in hallways - etc - only a blind
person would
How many die because of access to medical treatment?
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I don't remember the numbers, and Don;t know if they are true, but
there is the story going around the Internet that states that X number
of people are killed by guns each year, and Y number are killed by
doctors, where XY, so doctors are more dangerous than guns.
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I don't remember the numbers
In my limited, non-scientific experience, I'd rate the number of
doctors and hand gun owners about equal in those that I do NOT feel
safe around. There a re good an bad examples of each. Some people just
can't be trusted, regardless of whether they have a SW or an MD.
On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 6:10
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] Buying freeze is back on, just don't get hypothermia
In my limited, non-scientific experience, I'd rate the number of
doctors and hand gun owners about equal in those that I do NOT feel
safe around. There a re good an bad examples of each. Some people just
Yes - if he couldn't pay, they are required to provide care. The guy I
knew who stitched up his own cuts did it because he didn't want to
waste time going to the doctor or hospital I can do it as well as
they can.
On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 11:10 PM, Hendrik Fay heni...@ozemail.com.au wrote:
Yes
Hendrik Fay heni...@ozemail.com.au writes:
Well that's what I thought but Moore claims that is what happened to
one little kid, who was refused and the mother had to drive the kid to
the another hospital.
Does Moore have this incident on film, or just the mother's claim that
she was turned
OK Don wrote:
Yes - if he couldn't pay, they are required to provide care. The guy I
knew who stitched up his own cuts did it because he didn't want to
waste time going to the doctor or hospital I can do it as well as
they can.
That's why I cleaned and butterflied my own hand this summer. I
Michael Moore's claim, and the mother's, was legit.
The mother was turned away with her dying child because she was Kaiser
HMO and the nearest hospital was out of network. She begged for them to
take care of her baby and they called the cops. By the time the child
was transported to an in network
Superglue works great, leaves very little scarring it you get the
sides all lined up properly. Not a good idea on very deep cuts
though, as you may need more than just sticking the skin back together.
Often works better if someone else does the gluing though.
Peter
On Dec 13, 2008, at
Insurance companies exist to produce profits for their stockholders,
and in the new Ayn Randism world, this is all they are supposed to do.
Peter
On Dec 13, 2008, at 1:47 PM, Lee Einer wrote:
Michael Moore's claim, and the mother's, was legit.
The mother was turned away with her dying
I've heard, not sure if true, Superglue is used during some surgeries. A
good doc friend of mine tells me, the knack to a good stitch is not to get
the two cut bits butted up together, but to get the two edges kinda upright,
and pulled together. I'm told, if they are butted up and stitched,
Cyanoacrylate glue was originally developed for wound closure, and only
later became a household fixit material.
Lee
E M wrote:
I've heard, not sure if true, Superglue is used during some surgeries. A
good doc friend of mine tells me, the knack to a good stitch is not to get
the two cut
Yes - that is true, though I don't know exactly where and for what
they use it. Might be gluing the cut ends of arteries together?
On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 3:45 PM, E M pokieba...@gmail.com wrote:
I've heard, not sure if true, Superglue is used during some surgeries.
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OK Don, KD5NRO
Norman,
I punched a small hole in a turn signal with a flying pebble. I was lucky,
in that the broken piece of lens was lodged inside, so using superglue, I
was able to make a near perfect fix. Ok, so I broke the retaining tangs
getting the lens out (amazing how many parts on a Benz are similar to those
Peter Frederick wrote:
Often works better if someone else does the gluing though.
Especially when the hole is in the back of your dominant hand.
I felt lucky to get it taped up and straight without wasting any more
butterflies than I did. With glue, it's got to be right the first time.
You can buy that stuff at the drug store for patching up your bod, it is
somehow different from the superglue at Home Depot (someone told me and
I forgot how), but does the same thing. Just make sure it is only
sticking together what you want stuck together.
--R
OK Don wrote:
Yes - that is
This post applies equally to broken turn signals as it does fingers. lol
Ed
300E
2008/12/13 Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net
Peter Frederick wrote:
Often works better if someone else does the gluing though.
Especially when the hole is in the back of your dominant hand.
I felt lucky to get
If it happened as described, it sounds like the hospital did the wrong
thing. There are a lot of unanswered questions in my mind but I'll
leave it at that.
However, I'd wager than in any government-operated heath care plan, such
horror stories also can be found, and in greater numbers. Look at
Peter Frederick psf...@earthlink.net writes:
Insurance companies exist to produce profits for their stockholders,
and in the new Ayn Randism world, this is all they are supposed to
do.
Yes. They are businesses. They provide a service their customers want,
and generate a profit for
I punched a small hole in a turn signal with a flying pebble. I was
lucky,
in that the broken piece of lens was lodged inside, so using
superglue, I
was able to make a near perfect fix.
I've never had cyanoacrylate glue hold up on turn signal lenses.
It gets white and powdery in the sun.
Rich Thomas wrote:
You can buy that stuff at the drug store for patching up your bod, it is
somehow different from the superglue at Home Depot
The way I heard it, the medical grade stuff is pure CA, without any thickeners
or preservatives.
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Maybe you were the one who reported that previously.
--R
Mitch Haley wrote:
Rich Thomas wrote:
You can buy that stuff at the drug store for patching up your bod, it
is somehow different from the superglue at Home Depot
The way I heard it, the medical grade stuff is pure CA, without any
I found a big difference when between using Superglue with, and without
pressure for the first minute when it's setting up on plastic. I also
found, it works equally well with, or without pressure on fingers. I didn't
really need that bit of flesh anyway.
Ed
300E
2008/12/13 Rich Thomas
Rich Thomas wrote:
Maybe you were the one who reported that previously.
I may have said that here. It's what a friend who used to work in a medical
research lab told me. He carried the medical stuff in his first aid kit, either
swiped from the university or purchased from the university
Well, I guess if Moore defamed the hospital (and possibly Kaiser) that
turned the child away they would have sued and made him cut that scene
from the movie.
Hendrik
Lee Einer wrote:
Michael Moore's claim, and the mother's, was legit.
The mother was turned away with her dying child because
Of course mistakes are made but turning away a very sick person because
of insurance issues is not a mistake, it's capitalism at it's worst.
Perhaps that is one thing I am trying to understand, does pure
capitalism turn society into a cold and uncaring machine that ONLY
worships money and
Here is pure capitalism. Fortunately, the US isn't really capitalistic
these days.
http://www.raken.com/American_wealth/Gilded_age_index4.asp
If you can get it down there rent Blazing Saddles. It is a comedy but
somehow gives a true flavor of the great days of the railroad barons.
On Sat, Dec
Hendrik Fay heni...@ozemail.com.au writes:
Of course mistakes are made but turning away a very sick person
because of insurance issues is not a mistake, it's capitalism at it's
worst.
It's likely just someone without a very good brain following policy.
Allan
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From: Hendrik Fay heni...@ozemail.com.au
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2008 8:44 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Buying freeze is back on, just don't get hypothermia
Of course mistakes are made but turning
Good brain or not if the policy is in place..
This leads on to the question of litigation, if that woman can prove
that due to the inaction of Hospital A her child died, would she have
recourse to seek compensation?
Then there is the question of the hypocratic oath that Doctors must
Just like in college,. my buddy was a pharmacy major and would grab a
bottle of the med grade grain alcohol on a Friday afternoon. Much
better for the cabeza on Saturday morning.
--R
Mitch Haley wrote:
Rich Thomas wrote:
Maybe you were the one who reported that previously.
I may have
So perhaps we can surmise that they did not think the child was in need
of emergency medical treatment, oooh it's only a slight temperature,
she'll be fine.
Hendrik
LarryT wrote:
You wrote turning away a very sick person because
of insurance issues is not a mistake it's capitalism at it's
E wrote:
I found a big difference when between using Superglue with,
and without pressure for the first minute when it's setting up
on plastic. I also found, it works equally well with, or
without pressure on fingers. I didn't really need that bit of
flesh anyway.
I believe moisture
I watched that Michael Moore movie Sicko last night and was quite
shocked by the state of the health system in the US, I remember when
Kaleb told us he was gonna get the boot, that health insurance was big
worry and I thought to myself then how bizarre this is. Over here if you
lose your job,
Hendrik Fay heni...@ozemail.com.au writes:
I watched that Michael Moore movie Sicko last night and was quite
shocked by the state of the health system in the US
Michael Moore is a radical left wing loon. Don't base any opionions on
what you saw there, he is definitely presenting only
Nothing Michael Moore says is of any interest to me---the guy is a
self-promoting blowhard who makes the American left look even dumber
than it manages to do itself---but, Hendrik, you may not realize that
health care is a real political hot potato in the USA. Is the ban on
politics on the list
There is no such thing as free health care, anywhere.
Ed
300E
2008/12/12 Hendrik Fay heni...@ozemail.com.au
I watched that Michael Moore movie Sicko last night and was quite shocked
by the state of the health system in the US, I remember when Kaleb told us
he was gonna get the boot, that
Hendrik Fay wrote:
I watched that Michael Moore movie Sicko last night and was quite
shocked by the state of the health system in the US,
Don't make the mistake of thinking that Michael Whore creates documentaries
based upon facts.
Mitch.
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] Buying freeze is back on, just don't get hypothermia
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Date: Friday, December 12, 2008, 6:38 PM
I watched that Michael Moore movie Sicko last night and was
quite shocked by the state
This is not about Michael Moore and whatever he may or may not be but it
is about health care and whether you are happy that it is a political
thing, instead of being a fundamental right of every citizen.
Are you happy to pay 120 bucks for an inhaler which is sold in Cuba for
5 cents?
Are you
No there is not but the user pays system does not appear to be working,
as promised.
Hendrik
who got the family health care card in the mail yesterday, when did you
get yours?
E M wrote:
There is no such thing as free health care, anywhere.
Ed
300E
Hendrik Fay wrote:
Are you happy to pay 120 bucks for an inhaler which is sold in Cuba for
5 cents?
Are you happy to see your child die in front of your eyes because the
nearest hospital refuses treatment due to not being part of your health
care insurance?
Are you happy to repeat lies as
It's a delicate balance for the drug companies. For every successful
drug, many formulas are developed and tested, and fail to achieve the
hoped-for results. If they could not make a profit from the successful
ones, they would not be in business and then the drug would never be
developed.
My
Hendrik Fay wrote:
Are you happy to see your child die in front of your eyes because the
nearest hospital refuses treatment due to not being part of your
health care insurance?
I'm all for free health care, but hospitals aren't allowed to refuse
emergency treatment to anyone. As soon as
And you're saying that Moore made these people lie?
So why has he not been sued for slander by the companies he attacked?
Some of them come off looking pretty evil.
So if I was living in the states and had insurance with health provider
XYZ, I can take my very sick kid to the nearest hospital
In spite of what the others are telling you, Michael Moore is the Moses of
America 2008.
On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 5:38 PM, Hendrik Fay heni...@ozemail.com.auwrote:
I watched that Michael Moore movie Sicko last night and was quite shocked
by the state of the health system in the US, I remember
Ok, joking aside, Hendrik, here's the deal as I see it. The health care
industry has the Legislative Branch in their hip pockets due to lobbying and
campaign contributions. In fact, drug companies were the #1 contributer to
re-election coffers in the US last year.
I am a retired military officer,
Ahh right now I understand, in the movie Moore makes mention of people
getting dumped outside welfare shelters in hospital gowns.
So the poor get the most basic of care and then get dumped, once the
hospital figures out they got no way of paying the bill.
What I mean by best is the ability of
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Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 8:34 PM
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Ok, joking aside, Hendrik, here's the deal as I see it. The health care
industry has the Legislative Branch in their hip pockets due to lobbying
and
campaign contributions
One of the basic differences is whether health care is a right or a
privilege. Many believe it is a privilege - I know very good doctors,
who even do free work sometimes, who believe it's a privilege, not a
right.
Another issue is our belief in our individual right to choose - a
doctor, a
Yes - the current administrations treatment of our military is
despicable. We'll see if the new one does any better.
On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 8:59 PM, Wilton Strickland wilt...@nc.rr.com wrote:
Wonko, at 65, you'll go on Medicare with everybody else, but
Tricare-for-life (retired military ins)
John Robbins je...@msstate.edu writes:
Someone who has no health insurance goes to the ER to get medicine for
their cold... how much cheaper would it be to send them to a standard
doctor?
I'd like to know why I can't get a cheap catastrophic insurance policy
with a $10K deductible and pay the
Hendrik Fay heni...@ozemail.com.au writes:
So if I was living in the states and had insurance with health
provider XYZ, I can take my very sick kid to the nearest hospital run
by the ABC health insurance company and they will treat my child and
bill XYZ for the treatment?
Most likely. If
Wonko the Sane don.b...@gmail.com writes:
In spite of what the others are telling you, Michael Moore is the Moses of
America 2008.
Michael Moore is a big fat idiot. (To turn a phrase by Al Franken).
Allan
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OK Don okd...@gmail.com writes:
One of the basic differences is whether health care is a right or a
privilege. Many believe it is a privilege - I know very good doctors,
who even do free work sometimes, who believe it's a privilege, not a
right.
I need to eat on a regular basis or I will
Allan Streib wrote:
I'd like to know why I can't get a cheap catastrophic insurance policy
with a $10K deductible and pay the nickle and dime stuff cash.
Who said you can't?
esurance.com
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It's called food stamps ---
I need to eat on a regular basis or I will certainly die. Yet nobody
seems to think that there should be a single payer government run system
for providing food (yet).
Allan
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Norman, OK
There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing,
Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net writes:
Allan Streib wrote:
I'd like to know why I can't get a cheap catastrophic insurance policy
with a $10K deductible and pay the nickle and dime stuff cash.
Who said you can't?
esurance.com
Prices are fixed by law
$319 a month is not what I'd call cheap.
If only the US were going down the capitalist, private
road. ... We have a semi-socialist system where the druggies and
the insuransies get the big bucks. We get charged $10 for a bandaid,
and it costs the clinic $12 or $15 to process the paperwork for a
nickel bandaid. and for this, the
That does not really happen. To think it would is an insult to some
very caring people.
--R
Hendrik Fay wrote:
Are you happy to see your child die in front of your eyes because the
nearest hospital refuses treatment due to not being part of your
health care insurance?
Now we understand.
--R
Wonko the Sane wrote:
I only see a doctor if I am bleeding profusely or have a
sinus infection that threatens to attack my brain tissue (has happened only
once).
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Allan Streib wrote:
I need to eat on a regular basis or I will certainly die. Yet nobody
seems to think that there should be a single payer government run system
for providing food (yet).
Food stamps.
John
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Allan Streib wrote:
I'd like to know why I can't get a cheap catastrophic insurance policy
with a $10K deductible and pay the nickle and dime stuff cash.
Must be a reason.
Dunno, makes sense that it should be cheap.
Would the nickel and dime stuff include prescriptions? If I didn't have
a
Yes but a Government is charged with looking after ALL it's citizens.
Sure if you want to choose doctor, hospital and stuff then take out
health insurance (which I have and they pay about half the bill of my
twice annual teeth cleaning bill because if I get my teeth checked twice
a year they
I do believe there is a system in place called unemployment benefits
which enable those with no means to buy food, although if they do or not
is questionable.
Then there where the soup kitchens of the depression era but I am too
young to remember that.
Hendrik
Allan Streib wrote:
OK Don
Well they would probably get together and fix the price of a band aid at
50 bucks.
Hendrik
Loren Faeth wrote:
If only the US were going down the capitalist, private road. ... We
have a semi-socialist system where the druggies and the insuransies
get the big bucks. We get charged $10 for
Well that's what I thought but Moore claims that is what happened to one
little kid, who was refused and the mother had to drive the kid to the
another hospital.
You'd have to be some kind of monster to not care for a sick child,
whether she had the right cover or not.
Hendrik
Rich Thomas
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