tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202458237483635505.post558637505057566236..comments2024-01-17T04:07:49.918-05:00Comments on Acts of Hope: Killed by the health care systemUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202458237483635505.post-79746525025754050372009-05-27T22:45:17.214-04:002009-05-27T22:45:17.214-04:00And, Jane -- say hello to Ann and Jim if you chanc...And, Jane -- say hello to Ann and Jim if you chance to see them. --- missing Boston ...susankayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15513759507628166408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202458237483635505.post-8269921179360560232009-05-27T22:44:06.321-04:002009-05-27T22:44:06.321-04:00It is not just evil (which it certainly is) it is ...It is not just evil (which it certainly is) it is STUPID. Our current system of random and competing discount arrangements with health insurers TOTALLY obfuscates any analysis of where the HEALTH issues are (as opposed to the COST issues) Almost all evaluations of health care are done on the basis of PRICE (to someone or something)rather than an evaluation of cost effective treatment. And it is sadly true, I think, that we will need to deal with issues of cost effectiveness (which is NOT rationing) in order to provide the best available care for all.susankayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15513759507628166408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202458237483635505.post-20718985023573603022009-05-27T16:13:56.027-04:002009-05-27T16:13:56.027-04:00I knew such things happened. I just did not want t...I knew such things happened. I just did not want to look at them. Now?<br /><br />Health care is a particular cause for me because of my own recent history of being lied to by medical facilities and misinformed about Medicare because nobody really understands how it does not work.<br /><br />I'm linking you and Doxy to my own blog, The Awful Rowing Toward God. It's not a favor, linking to a blog black hole, but I need to offer some thoughts of my own that need to be kept away from your spaces.Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10020538249548627986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202458237483635505.post-9989024117572186122009-05-27T10:25:25.163-04:002009-05-27T10:25:25.163-04:00Prayers ascending for you all in such an evil syst...Prayers ascending for you all in such an evil system! It can bite anyone of you any time, you know.Göran Koch-Swahnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00925549945659350649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202458237483635505.post-30198157475276107402009-05-27T09:16:09.085-04:002009-05-27T09:16:09.085-04:00Thanks, Jane: good work.
Codeword "presses"! Pre...Thanks, Jane: good work.<br /><br />Codeword "presses"! Press on!johniebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11635403219973766022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202458237483635505.post-69006237060805223422009-05-27T00:10:44.026-04:002009-05-27T00:10:44.026-04:00Thanks, Jane.
It is such a crime that the United ...Thanks, Jane.<br /><br />It is such a crime that the United States does not have decent health care for all.<br /><br />I did a <A HREF="http://buddhapalian.blogspot.com/2009/05/some-days-are-like-that.html" REL="nofollow">Lukan riff</A> on it.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06090720645937634051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202458237483635505.post-24118834723842329982009-05-26T23:50:00.943-04:002009-05-26T23:50:00.943-04:00Amen. And thank you.Amen. And thank you.Kirstinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07928583212781425068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202458237483635505.post-50093077397400201312009-05-26T23:47:12.903-04:002009-05-26T23:47:12.903-04:00Jane, thank you, love.Jane, thank you, love.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.com