Comments on: Did someone say something about health care? http://www.karenchatters.com/2009/08/did-someone-say-something-about-health-care/ My Journey Through Life Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:01:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Karen http://www.karenchatters.com/2009/08/did-someone-say-something-about-health-care/#comment-538 Karen Fri, 14 Aug 2009 21:35:23 +0000 http://www.karenchatters.com/?p=409#comment-538 It's sad that the entire debate seems to be about who makes the most noise, says the most offensive thing or has the most inappropriate sign. What's wrong with intelligent debate? It's so frustrating! It’s sad that the entire debate seems to be about who makes the most noise, says the most offensive thing or has the most inappropriate sign. What’s wrong with intelligent debate? It’s so frustrating!

]]> By: JAR http://www.karenchatters.com/2009/08/did-someone-say-something-about-health-care/#comment-526 JAR Thu, 13 Aug 2009 01:04:55 +0000 http://www.karenchatters.com/?p=409#comment-526 I don't know your politics but I can certainly agree with you here. Intelligent debate is great... really great! Violence, bullying and jockeying to say the worst possible things about someone just to garner air time does not constitute intelligent debate. I think there are a lot of people who, medically speaking, have led very sheltered lives and don't have a clue about how it really works now. I recently had to take a bloodied/ bruised/ broken friend to the ER. As we waited in the lobby for several hours (yep, you read that right) I thought "here is your socialized medicine... in the most expensive place possible in terms of money and human toll". Not that it matters but my friend had good health insurance. She still had to wait behind the people who needed treatments for bad colds because the ER is the only place that will see them. I don't know what the solution is, either, but I know the current model isn't perfect and needs to be improved. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I don’t know your politics but I can certainly agree with you here. Intelligent debate is great… really great! Violence, bullying and jockeying to say the worst possible things about someone just to garner air time does not constitute intelligent debate.

I think there are a lot of people who, medically speaking, have led very sheltered lives and don’t have a clue about how it really works now. I recently had to take a bloodied/ bruised/ broken friend to the ER. As we waited in the lobby for several hours (yep, you read that right) I thought “here is your socialized medicine… in the most expensive place possible in terms of money and human toll”. Not that it matters but my friend had good health insurance. She still had to wait behind the people who needed treatments for bad colds because the ER is the only place that will see them.

I don’t know what the solution is, either, but I know the current model isn’t perfect and needs to be improved. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

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