Comments on: GOP Stumbling In Health Care Fight

Politico: Some Republicans Worry Party Has Waited Too Long To Establish Counterproposal To Democrats

[erasmus111]

Posted by incog-nito at 1:10 PM : Apr 20, 2009

You are kidding, right? : )


Now, does anybody know what the hell happened to the "U.S." section? It's disappeared. Is it just me?

[incog-nito]

As a lifelong conservative I know that, contrary to popular opinion, the GOP does have fresh, new, and innovative ideas to specifically address the health care issues in America. And they are:

1) There are no health care issues.

2) Do nothing. Let the free market work its magic like it has always done.

3) If we do anything at all, it should be more tax cut to upper income Americans. That money is bound to trickle down to the rest eventually.

[iam4honesty]

How Does the Quality of Care Compare in Five Countries? by Peter S. Hussey of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and colleagues, reports on efforts of the Commonwealth Fund International Working Group on Quality Indicators to compare the quality of care among different countries. The group used 21 indicators?such as five-year cancer survival rates, breast cancer screening rates, asthma mortality rates, and others?to compare the quality of care in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

None of the countries consistently scored best or worst overall. For example, Australia scored highly on many of the indicators (cancer survival, breast cancer screening, asthma mortality) but had higher incidences of pertussis, or whooping cough, than other countries. In Canada, 30-day case fatality rates from acute myocardial infarction were higher than Australia and New Zealand in older age groups, but kidney and liver transplant survival rates were better than in the other countries. Rates of cancer survival were not as high as other countries in the U.K., while suicide rates were notably lower than other countries. By contrast, suicide rates in New Zealand?particularly among young people?were much higher than elsewhere. Breast cancer five-year survival rates and cervical cancer screening rates were highest in the U.S., but asthma mortality rates were increasing while they were decreasing in the other four countries.

[erasmus111]

Our health care is just fine as it is. Don't play around with it. I'm afraid you guys will secrw it up like everything you've touched so far.

Posted by tamericanpie at 12:24 PM : Apr 20, 2009

Hahahaha! Really? I guess that's why people are dying from lack of, huh?

God, what's it like to need surgery and find out your insurance company won't pay for it? Or what about AFTER you have the surgery and they back out? What's it like to lose your home and everything you own because you are left with the bills? What's it like to be charged an arm and a leg for your drugs? Or to find out that the drug you're taking isn't the one you thought it was?

Just curious.: )

[erasmus111]

Hey erasmus111, I just learned this weekend that "Rowdy" suffers from both a Bipolar disorder and anger management issues. Apparently, it's been bad enough that she's been hospitalized for it. You can usually tell when she's having a bad period -- she becomes almost irrational. When her meds are working, she sometimes can be coherent. Unfortunately, she tends to get wild and turns many people with her rants...

Posted by raflin1 at 12:22 PM : Apr 20, 2009

Thanks. I've always known there was something wrong with her, I just didn't know what it was. : )

[iam4honesty]

Posted by Troll_Mage

I would be interested in hearing what your credentials are. My wife is an advanced nurse practitioner with 25 years experience as an RN, ten of those years as a flight nurse. She, along with all other nurses and mid level medical professionals will tell you that the ANA (American Nurses Association) is in favor of a single payer type universal healthcare system.

[tamericanpie]

Our health care is just fine as it is. Don't play around with it. I'm afraid you guys will secrw it up like everything you've touched so far.

[antoniof123]

Now running a chain of urgent care clinics in Florida, Scott plans to spend at least $5 million to push a limited-government, free-market approach to medicine. He has assembled a staff of 12, hired the Virginia public relations firm that assisted Swift Boat Veterans for Truth

Oh that is a feather in your cap as soon as you said swift boaters I know it is worthless. No thank you again fools. Just like their proposal for the bail out to help America it didn't even make it past their own party before it was killed.

Oh I can see another blood bath for this bunch again in another 1 year and 1/2.

[dahizzle]

jonesjep, the Palin quote from the Gibson interview was 'You can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska'

Not far off from the Tina Fey version.

[omega39-2009]

How about SS, medicare, or the VA. any substantial gov agency is a screwed up as hogan's goat.
Posted by mjvwsr

And another thing, the VA is very efficient at procuring it's medicine at minimal cost, perhaps if the Republicans hadn't let the pharmaceutical industry write the Medicare Drug Benefit Bill, we wouldn't be taking it up the chute so badly. I know, I know, they were campaign contributors and entitled to profit.