tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post4102381717184118759..comments2024-03-17T12:51:46.412-07:00Comments on Cutting Through The Crap: SolutionSid Schwabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-12755111978435658702009-08-19T07:47:14.733-07:002009-08-19T07:47:14.733-07:00You tell me, Frank. You've indicated many time...You tell me, Frank. You've indicated many times you know what's in his heart.<br /><br />And it wasn't me that said that plan is so great. I'm for single payer. You know, like, Bethesda.<br /><br />(Okay, Bethesda is socialism.)Sid Schwabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-53151163033580570982009-08-19T07:45:50.011-07:002009-08-19T07:45:50.011-07:00You tell me, Frank. You've indicated many time...You tell me, Frank. You've indicated many times you know what's in his heart.Sid Schwabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-50229056845918112682009-08-19T06:51:59.070-07:002009-08-19T06:51:59.070-07:00Sid, if the Government Plan that Congress gets is ...Sid, if the Government Plan that Congress gets is so great howcome Barney Frank got his CABG done at Bethesda Naval Hospital?????<br /> And don't say its cause he likes Guys in White Sailor Suits...<br /><br />FrankAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-61041299053461200412009-08-18T19:50:57.023-07:002009-08-18T19:50:57.023-07:00I agree...if the plan is good for all government e...I agree...if the plan is good for all government employees, including elevator operators, why not "US"? Why not US FOLK?<br /> And, yes, access to a plan identical to Medicare would be great, except where we live, many, many doctors won't see Medicare patients, EVEN if they have AARP or Blue Cross "supplemental". I have had that happen to me. Docs like cash.<br /> Recently, docs have been charging, as have hospitals, as if this is last of the 9th with two down....massive charges. Massive for next to nothing visits, including $500 just to "sign into" the ER. Unbelievable. <br /> I pay nearly $7,000 a year to Blue Cross and Medicare (taken out of social security check) for three folks...the two NOT old enough for Medicare have a $2,000 deductible and NO prescriptions or mental health or pregnancy...just major crush/nearly dead insurance.<br /> I know the insurance guys are ripping us off...hugely. I respect Medicare as efficient, but holy smokes, the current thing is beyond me...<br /> My point was SIMPLE. We want the plan YOU GUYS have (What is complicated about that?Dr. John Baldwinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-5072253188937678192009-08-18T19:33:58.194-07:002009-08-18T19:33:58.194-07:00One thing you're missing is that every governm...One thing you're missing is that every government employee, including the elevator operators, has the same plan, not just Senators. <br /><br />Also, why not agree that giving everyone access Medicare instead of a plan that continues sending all that money to insurance companies would accomplish the same thing at lower cost?Sid Schwabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-56909940688851734152009-08-18T19:04:27.900-07:002009-08-18T19:04:27.900-07:00The thing is pretty simple:
I guess I would stand...The thing is pretty simple: <br />I guess I would stand up at a town meeting and ask: "Mr/Ms. Senator, why can't the people have the same plan you do??" Nobody rationed or questioned 74 year old Ted Kennedy's operation, radiation and possibly chemo for his incurable glioblastoma of the brain. Or 65yr old Sen. Dodd's trip to Sloan Kettering NYC for prostate cancer surgery. "Hey, gimme your plan and I will be happy to pay." <br /> What am I missing?Dr. John Baldwinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-13357282969986840862009-08-18T10:52:46.622-07:002009-08-18T10:52:46.622-07:00The problem with Medicare is not the concept, but ...The problem with Medicare is not the concept, but the funding. That's where the argument ought to be: Medicare for all, as an option. Simple. How do we pay for it? Not simple, but doable. Premiums, taxes, savings in the system. <br /><br />As to why Democrats can't pass anything: like I've said: they're idiots, too. The congressional ones, anyway.Sid Schwabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-53205446388672478262009-08-18T10:30:36.251-07:002009-08-18T10:30:36.251-07:00Howard Dean might have a little credibility if he ...Howard Dean might have a little credibility if he actually practiced medicine and didn't scream like a raving lunatic...Yeah, that Medicare's great, that and $150 gets you a happy ending in the Players Club...most doctors in my neck of the woods don't take Medi-dont'care.. oh they say they do, but just try and get an appointment...its like finding that 1 cheap fare on the Airbus...<br />Still don't understand why you Democrats can't pass anything, except Gas...<br /><br />FrankAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com