tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15417436.post2623797894836949407..comments2024-01-08T12:20:35.916-06:00Comments on Rants by Ronni: Why Healthcare is PersonalRonnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02062796442588373271noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15417436.post-67412311635766551372009-07-29T11:36:26.064-05:002009-07-29T11:36:26.064-05:00The insurance industry's cash cow lobbyists ha...The insurance industry's cash cow lobbyists have been working this one very hard.Ronnihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02062796442588373271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15417436.post-7040722442669259132009-07-29T11:32:21.550-05:002009-07-29T11:32:21.550-05:00I'm with you. We don't have a system, we h...I'm with you. We don't have a system, we have a controlled dictatorship with insurance and drug companies at the helm. Doctors are forced to do expensive tests because lawyers are ready to pounce if they don't do CYA for everything. Common sense has lost its place in healthcare. Our "system" is broken and needs to be completely rethought. Some people are scared to death of change, especially those who have it good right now. Which is what - 20 percent of the population?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15417436.post-59566137515505818132009-07-28T08:26:53.752-05:002009-07-28T08:26:53.752-05:00If I develop a life-threatening illness such as ca...If I develop a life-threatening illness such as cancer or COPD, I also expect to die. Dying would be quicker and less anguished than trying to survive the way you're expected to these days.<br /><br />Health care for profit is like water for profit, or air for profit. It's a sin to try to maximize the bottom line on any of these.<br /><br />In health care, the ones who are meant to benefit most are shareholders, not patients. If shareholders' profits are threatened, it has to come out someone's hide. Literally.Driverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14483403354004651524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15417436.post-7780544339493733082009-07-27T11:25:04.575-05:002009-07-27T11:25:04.575-05:00It's outrageous that a person's ability to...It's outrageous that a person's ability to be a functioning member of society should be impaired, when a prescription is available to control his condition.<br /><br />Even with insurance, it's $200 a month! And that much again for the insurance, I'm sure...probably more!<br /><br />Frankly, I don't see how anyone can actually call it a "system." It's just a hap-hazard, laissez-faire, caveat emptor, let's-take-the-patient-for-everything-he-has fleece-fest.Ronnihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02062796442588373271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15417436.post-58188380238526504122009-07-27T11:15:34.328-05:002009-07-27T11:15:34.328-05:00Martin's medication is $200 a month for a copa...Martin's medication is $200 a month for a copay; without insurance, it would be $3200 a month. No, it's not liquid gold. And we have "good" insurance.<br /><br />The health care system needs a big overhaul and it isn't going to happen overnight, but it's a start.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08546865841428219860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15417436.post-28574050233129849352009-07-26T20:16:20.053-05:002009-07-26T20:16:20.053-05:00I so agree with you Ronni. As a parent who had a ...I so agree with you Ronni. As a parent who had a child with a critical illness (cancer), I can tell you first hand what a wringer they can run you through. And we had what we THOUGHT was fairly good insurance. I could go on and on. I'll just leave it with "I agree".carol in ganoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15417436.post-73138455545727456112009-07-26T15:02:19.791-05:002009-07-26T15:02:19.791-05:00You know, it's interesting. I don't know a...You know, it's interesting. I don't know a single anti-healthcare reform type who has ever been through a serious illness and had to fight with insurance. There's nothing like hearing the insurance company say, "Oh, cancer? We'll pay 10% of your medical bills." Self-centered, short-sighted, and insulated. Someday they will hear words like that, or similar, and I pity them as they get ripped from their egocentric fantasy land.Lisa F.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15417436.post-1445200227066721532009-07-26T12:25:51.844-05:002009-07-26T12:25:51.844-05:00He has been drinking the koolaid that the anti-hea...He has been drinking the koolaid that the anti-health-care lobbyists have been spewing. The "antis" were holding pictures of swastikas, Chairman Mao, hammer-and-sickle symbols, and many other things. Paul Rhea has 94 pictures up on Facebook, but I don't know if everyone can see them. Try, and get back to me if you can't. He gave me permission to use them.Ronnihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02062796442588373271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15417436.post-24802712424514006642009-07-26T12:07:54.945-05:002009-07-26T12:07:54.945-05:00WOW is all I can say about that picture. Why is th...WOW is all I can say about that picture. Why is that man so angry? I bet he has insurance to help with his blood pressure issues.<br /><br />And I agree on all points. Surprisingly enough, my parents do too. Which is surprising since they are uber Republican.Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08087323964849168183noreply@blogger.com