Wraps Up How I Feel About the Health Care Issue

[rgcraig]

A letter to the Editor in Jackson, MS

Dear Sirs:

During my last night's shift in the ER, I had the pleasure of evaluating a patient with a shiny new gold tooth, multiple elaborate tattoos, a very expensive brand of tennis shoes and a new cellular telephone equipped with her favorite R&B tune for a ringtone. Glancing over the chart, one could not help noticing her payer status: Medicaid.

She smokes more than one costly pack of cigarettes every day and, somehow, still has money to buy beer.

And our Congress expects me to pay for this woman's health care? Our nation's health care crisis is not a shortage of quality hospitals, doctors or nurses.

It is a crisis of culture — a culture in which it is perfectly acceptable to spend money on vices while refusing to take care of one's self or, heaven forbid, purchase health insurance.

A culture that thinks "I can do whatever I want to because someone else will always take care of me".

Life is really not that hard. Most of us reap what we sow.

Don't you agree?

STARNER JONES, MD
Jackson , MS

[Jermyn Davidson]

There are so many people for which the above is not the case, who would be helped tremendously for a healthcare overhaul.

[SOUNWORTHY]

Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson

There are so many people for which the above is not the case, who would be helped tremendously for a healthcare overhaul.

You're breaking my heart. On my business route I have to drive by the WICK office. Sometimes it is diffecult to get around the late model Jags (I can't afford one) and the Cadillac Escalade double parked in the street with their sterios blaring, while the lazy jerk sits behind the wheel waiting for the woman (possibly not his wife) goes in to collect the coupons for the groceries I paid for. Then I stand behind someone in line while they buy junk food with food stamps. I wouldn't be afraid to guess that they have big screen TV's in their living room. Yes there are many who need help but too many take advantage of the system. That is why we are in the condition we are in. My wife spent a lot of time in the hospital before she passed away. She almost always had a nut case in the room with her. We asked why and one of the nurses said they were in there because they didn't have insurance and we did and that helped to cover the expenses of the room.

[Aquila]

Originally Posted by SOUNWORTHY

You're breaking my heart. On my business route I have to drive by the WICK office. Sometimes it is diffecult to get around the late model Jags (I can't afford one) and the Cadillac Escalade double parked in the street with their sterios blaring, while the lazy jerk sits behind the wheel waiting for the woman (possibly not his wife) goes in to collect the coupons for the groceries I paid for. Then I stand behind someone in line while they buy junk food with food stamps. I wouldn't be afraid to guess that they have big screen TV's in their living room. Yes there are many who need help but too many take advantage of the system. That is why we are in the condition we are in. My wife spent a lot of time in the hospital before she passed away. She almost always had a nut case in the room with her. We asked why and one of the nurses said they were in there because they didn't have insurance and we did and that helped to cover the expenses of the room.

I know a woman on welfare who has a Cadillac. It looks great. But she bought it used and the transmission is going out. lol

I think most of you are seriously exaggerating. I spent last weekend in a hotel with overflow people from St. Vincent de Paul's. These people are dirt poor with real needs guys.

But you're just jealous because a few creeps have late model Jags? Please.

When it comes to health care you can't see it as a commodity like others. You see, if you went to buy a car or something and didn't have the money or credit they'd turn you away. Not so in medicine. So the system is social rather it's government or private... rather you like it or not.

[oletime]

Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson

There are so many people for which the above is not the case, who would be helped tremendously for a healthcare overhaul.

the question jd is , how do we pay for it? the answer is we probably cant ! this from a recent business aquaintance, who moved here to get a job, from canada. he is an ER trauma nurse , and they wanted him to wait 3 years for a full time job." taxes in canada are 45 to 55 percent of their income" ! he should know! he said he much prefers our system . too much abuse, and we have an even greater abuse system in place already over here ,

[rgcraig]

I realize there are real needs, but how do you sift through the ones that abuse it to get to those?

We needs a healer!

[SOUNWORTHY]

Originally Posted by rgcraig

I realize there are real needs, but how do you sift through the ones that abuse it to get to those?

We needs a healer!

It isn't Obama!!

[Jermyn Davidson]

Originally Posted by rgcraig

I realize there are real needs, but how do you sift through the ones that abuse it to get to those?

We needs a healer!

We should simply let everyone die. This is, indeed, the easy way out.

And the most economical way, I might add.

[Sam]

Originally Posted by rgcraig

I realize there are real needs, but how do you sift through the ones that abuse it to get to those?
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I don't think we ever will.
To help those that really need it and can't help themselves, we will carry a lot of others along who could do better if they would but don't because of a sense of entitlement.

I know of people who work but don't make enough to afford insurance but they make too much for Medicaid. How do we fix that? How do they get coverage?

[Hoovie]

Originally Posted by Sam

I don't think we ever will.
To help those that really need it and can't help themselves, we will carry a lot of others along who could do better if they would but don't because of a sense of entitlement.

I know of people who work but don't make enough to afford insurance but they make too much for Medicaid. How do we fix that? How do they get coverage?

Not ideal is they don't have coverage, but it's not a huge issue unless they are are denied emergency healthcare.