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» pink101 - Video on Brain Surgery

In response to Video on Brain Surgery posted by BrianTubbs:
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That was an interesting spin on a common problem.
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People in the United States without health care insurance are in a far worse situation that that man was in Canada.
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I listened to a NPR program some weeks ago about people who go to medical clinics in the Far East for transplants and surgeries that are so expensive here they can get them done over there with money left over to bring the family for a vacation and to come home to the USA with money still left over.
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Trying to shut the discussion down is the trick of the Pharmaceutical and Private Insurance industries.
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America is still in the discussion stages and we need to hear as much as we can about what is wrong with the systems in other countries. One thing is for sure, we need more highly qualified doctors; so, our educational system needs some overhauling.
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» paper_turtle - Doctor shortage

In response to Video on Brain Surgery posted by pink101:

One thing is for sure, we need more highly qualified doctors; so, our educational system needs some overhauling.
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Do we really need nore doctors, or is it more a problem of all the "good" doctors wanting to practice where they can earn more money? I seem to recall reading something to that effect a while back.
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And in an earlier posting here I talked about recruiting people into medicine by offering scholarships and low-interest loans if prospective doctors agreed to practice in areas of the country which desperately need more doctors.
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I'm not saying the educational system couldn't use some reforms, but I don't think that's the entire problem.
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peace and love,
Paper Turtle

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» pink101 - Doctor shortage

In response to Doctor shortage posted by paper_turtle:

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Many individuals enter the medical professions for a desire to serve humanity--many if not most of them.
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Later on, when they are faced with the reality of paying off their humungous student loans, they work for money.
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If we provided youngsters with the proper understandings and educational opportunities we could confer medical degrees on many more than now graduates--all students from America's public and private school systems. And, we could do it at no cost to the students.
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Doctors notoriously have such heavy patient bases they hardly get to know any of them on a personal basis. And, many people go through life never or seldom seeing a doctor for any reason. If we had more doctors, the price of care would come down. The big losers would be the companies that float the student loans and collect the interest fees. YOU know, the bankers. Cry, cry, cry.
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Yup, we need more doctors, more nurses, and more support workers. More facilities and more and better equipment. And, at least, another tier of medical care such as could be provided by paramedical clinics strategically located in fire stations across America.
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I imagine we're talking at least a million more workers nation wide.
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-- posted by pink101

» Brian Tubbs - Video on Brain Surgery

In response to Video on Brain Surgery posted by pink101:

I am not trying to shut down the discussion. I'm saying that the concerns raised by the video need to be INCORPORATED INTO the discussion.

» pink101 - Video on Brain Surgery

In response to Video on Brain Surgery posted by BrianTubbs:

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I am not trying to shut down the discussion.
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You misunderstood me.
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I was talking about the national discussion and I meant these kinds of things are promoted by private insurance companies and the pharmaceuticals that want to shut it down. Do you know how much money they put into political campaigns?
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» redback - Video on Brain Surgery

In response to Video on Brain Surgery posted by pink101:

"...we need to hear as much as we can about what is wrong with the systems in other countries...."

Or for a radically different approach, what makes them work better. Crikey, if I migrated to the USA, could my posts here work any better?

-- posted by redback

» pink101 - A National Discussion

In response to Video on Brain Surgery posted by redback:
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It looks like we DO have a national discussion going on health care.
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And, it looks like it is giving fuel to the movement away from the same old, same old kind of politics in the USA.
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How many political parties do you have in the Land of Oz?
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America is, pretty much, under the control of wealthy corporations that have bought out the Republican and the Democratic parties. They have steadily been buying out our governmnet for some time.
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One of our Founding Fathers, George Mason, predicted it would happen. Apparently monied interests have always been at the helm.
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-- posted by pink101

» redback - A National Discussion

In response to A National Discussion posted by pink101:

"...It looks like we DO have a national discussion going on health care'......"How many political parties do you have in the Land of Oz?"

An interesting segue from 'health care'.

There is a same-o same-o to politics in health care probably world-wide. How many of the finite dollars ie our tax money ought to be returned to the taxpayer that will ultimately lead to more "bandages on bums", not more unactioned health reports on shelves.

A political party is like a church. It is not a building...it's a whole bunch of people who let things happen. Same with shareholders of unethical, wealthy corporations. Churches here are registered corporations with "shareholders".

I'm sure a lot of things happened between the time George Mason and George Bush roamed the Earth or whatever our equivalent is here. Probably a convict and it's modern day contemporary, John Howard, PM.

But my health care is far too important to leave to doctors, let alone politicians. A national health care program comes with national expectations. My own expectations are realistic, informed...and jaded.

Bob Hawke, a former Labour Prime Minister once famously said: "By 1990, no Australian child will be living in poverty" In 2007, John Howard, our current Liberal Prime Minister is going to stop child sexual abuse (a "national emergency") in the Aboriginal communities by compulsory medical checkups, welfare restrictions..no porno nor grog there for 6 months...and army involvement." The ink's not yet dry...the proof of the pudding is truth-in-waiting. Bob was unsuccessful. Little Johnny and his profound hope can only be let down by the real culprits...all of us who fail his dreams.

Our Prime Minister pool to date has only come from the Liberal & Labour Parties but we have many people of many political persuasions holding Parties at taxpayers' expense...if you follow my drift. There was a law passed last year that deregistered many political parties that had not been successful in getting any of it members elected so will parties reduce or be more concentrated?

So, to answer the question, there's probably 4 or 5 important political parties here where 'importance' is in the eye of the beholder.

-- posted by redback

» pink101 - Big Time B.S. In America

In response to A National Discussion posted by redback:
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The word here in the U.S.A. seems to be that the new movie by Michael Moore, Sicko, will fuel a great deal of debate in the upcoming presidential elections.
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Can you imagine the amount of money the private insurance industry will be pouring into the campaigns to defeat anyone who stands for universal health care?
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We are going to be hearing some big time B.S. in America.
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» redback - Big Time B.S. In America

In response to Big Time B.S. In America posted by pink101:

How much problem should we have with 'shock jock' techniques like Moore's...if it brings fair dinkum imperative to the national debate? I expect I'll watch it when it screens downunder.

-- posted by redback