tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320013296710872204.post8449339511638207401..comments2023-10-04T12:24:26.214-04:00Comments on BarknKnit: SiCKO...RANT!!!!Natalie Rushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18387944099923242141noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320013296710872204.post-35702524501436278542008-01-16T18:07:00.000-05:002008-01-16T18:07:00.000-05:00The one problem I have with the Canada plan is tho...The one problem I have with the Canada plan is though it may look like an answer, I have read wait lists to see specialists is quite long. We do have a good medical care system here, it could be much better. I think insurance companies make it rough for everyone because its been reported they are in it to make a profit. I think the whole system of disability is a big crock. I spent the better part of my "sick time" due to my back issues/surgery just fighting with the disability people when I should of been taking it easy. I had to do all the work...while in pain. Which naturally made me 100xs more "cranky". It stinks I agree.Andihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10139221581153434327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320013296710872204.post-66013229761593903992008-01-15T23:07:00.000-05:002008-01-15T23:07:00.000-05:00RANT ON! That is your blog(ative) prerogative!Let...RANT ON! That is your blog(ative) prerogative!<BR/><BR/>Let's just say I went without health insurance for five years...and was scared every moment for the day when I would get hit by a car riding my bicycle or end up with a sinus infection I couldn't afford to treat (which nearly happened once, when I ran out of antibiotic treatments that I COULD AFFORD--the next one up would have cost me $800 dollars for a two week prescription. Furthermore, I was told that my sinus infection would likely pass the brain barrier if not treated. But luckily the last round before the $800 round worked!)<BR/><BR/>IT IS RIDICULOUS that people in the US have to choose between paying rent (or buying food) and taking care of their health.<BR/><BR/>I am lucky now to have good insurance paid by a foreign government (I work for a school owned by a foreign government that believes in paying for its employees health insurance). I count my blessings for this job--just in health insurance alone!<BR/><BR/>Good luck with your dealings with the health insurance company!Hollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10151871332966700229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320013296710872204.post-40814213388643608182008-01-15T13:27:00.000-05:002008-01-15T13:27:00.000-05:00The state of health care in this country is a disg...The state of health care in this country is a disgrace. It's not the best care in the world. Infant mortality is WAY higher than it should be. Lots of procedures are done that aren't needed, but at the same time, poor folks can't get anything like adequate care. And you hear rich talk show hosts and politicians talking about the rest of us shouldering more of the cost. <BR/><BR/>Cripes, can you tell I feel strongly about this? It shouldn't be this hard to get affordable care. I live in terror of getting sick.Janice in GAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05642298460152468319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320013296710872204.post-62635538158000411582008-01-15T12:31:00.000-05:002008-01-15T12:31:00.000-05:00It's your blog, so you get to post what you want! ...It's your blog, so you get to post what you want! :-)<BR/><BR/>Science Friday through "Talk of the Nation" (?) on 12/14/07 had a really good discussion about what is wrong with our health care system, what would need to be done for a repair, and in some ways, how to look at political candidates. It's worth checking out...Pet Guilthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03638050876959175637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320013296710872204.post-88692449810853952982008-01-15T07:35:00.000-05:002008-01-15T07:35:00.000-05:00Note to the PP: Michael Moore is a polemicist. Hi...Note to the PP: Michael Moore is a polemicist. His work is polemic. It is not trying to be impartial, it is deliberately political. The objective is to cause audiences to realise that the stuff spouted by the right-wing politicians he takes on is *also* polemic. This isn't a battle for who's got the facts right, it's about Moore making people realise that things they may formerly have relied on as facts are nothing more than political and social constructions. Because that's all there is. This isn't a truth game, it's a politics game. Hope that made sense. If not, look up what Moore himself has to say about polemic and what he's trying to achieve: he explains it better than I do.Beelzebubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11044570958072820329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320013296710872204.post-72051224826275936672008-01-15T07:31:00.000-05:002008-01-15T07:31:00.000-05:00Yeah, sister. Michael Moore rocks. Can't you guy...Yeah, sister. Michael Moore rocks. Can't you guys in the US do something to get him instated as President?Beelzebubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11044570958072820329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320013296710872204.post-27952394605041622532008-01-14T18:41:00.000-05:002008-01-14T18:41:00.000-05:00I wouldn't apologize for posting about something o...I wouldn't apologize for posting about something other than knitting...if folks don't want to read a rant, then they can skip the post (it is YOUR blog!). I haven't seen Sicko yet...I will, but Michael Moore frustrates me at times...I have a lot of respect for him trying to bring these topics to light. However, in the society we live in, even the most minor factual errors allows 'them' to jump all over him. In the end, it seems his movies are more harmful to the cause than not...because by not getting 100% of every fact correct, and crossing every t, his whole cause is written off as having no credit--even the parts that are completely correct. <BR/><BR/>Otherwise, I hear you about insurance in this country.Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16478839034249164862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320013296710872204.post-55156472476498129222008-01-14T13:13:00.000-05:002008-01-14T13:13:00.000-05:00Of course I will read your blog. I went a period ...Of course I will read your blog. I went a period of time without health insurance--and if you don't have insurance--they don't want to see you unless you pay now. and the poor cannot do that. So sad.Years ago the insurance companies went to court claiming that Dr.'s shouldn't be allowed to charge pts. without insurance less--and they won. Now so many of them have an "allowed amt." and the Dr. has to accept that--yet the pt. without insurance has to pay the full amt. Where is the justice. And the pt. without insurance is usually lower income. Crazy!! well enough of my blathering.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04831355918259254702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320013296710872204.post-43387617111307501942008-01-14T12:59:00.000-05:002008-01-14T12:59:00.000-05:00Sicko made me sick too. I cried almost the whole ...Sicko made me sick too. I cried almost the whole way through it! It is ridiculous that we could be one of the richest nations on Earth but cannot take care of our own citizens. I don't think it should be a polititcal issue but a humane issue. It sickens me to no end that huge corporations can take your money month after month and then when you really need the help they are supposed to give, can make life or death decisions based on greed. I don't know what the answer to our system should be, but I know it's messed up and needs to change in a big way.Laurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14893386257560399748noreply@blogger.com