[Rhodes22-list] Brad, flying, airplanes, 'Tort Reform'

[Brad Haslett]

Ed,

What really frustrates me about the health insurance issue is this: what
model for socialized medicine will we follow? TenCare here in Tennessee
nearly bankrupted the state.  My mother used to say, "we don't have the
money to take you kids to the Doctor everytime you fart crossways!"  Yet,
that is precisely what happened under TenCare.  My ex-father-in-law was a GP
in Middle TN who was about to retire.  When TenCare came along his practice
started booming because the bigger clinics wouldn't fool with it.  Patients
would bring in their kids with a runny nose and Dr. L*& would say, "Mam, he
has a cold, I can give him some antibiotics and he'll be over it in a week.
Or, we can nothing and he'll be over it in a week."  Of course they wanted
drugs because it's 'free'.  Pick another state, Massachusetts for example -
same story. Hell, pick another country, lets say Canada!  Why do rich
Canadians come to the US for treatment of serious illnesses rather than wait
in line for months.  No one would like to see affordable health care made
available more than me.  I'd love to provide it for my brother and other
employees but not at the expense of the first class health care available to
my family through my employer.  But then maybe that's the whole purpose of
this latest attempt at socialized medicine - a thinly veiled leap in the
direction of socialization more than good health care.

Brad

On 11/7/07, Tootle <ekroposki at charter.net> wrote:
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> Brad said, I confronted her, "is he a patient or a prisoner?"  She ran for
> one of the doctors.  Doc says, "I don't recommend leaving."
>
> "OK Doc, you've made your obligatory statement for liability purposes, if
> this was your son would you put him through all this for a flesh wound?"
>
> "Probably not."
>
> The bill for that experience was over $6000.  Makes you wonder why health
> care is so expensive.
>
> Can anyone say TORT REFORM?
>
> Brad"
>
> Brad, you ought to see it from the inside.  I have.  You said CAT scan.
> Most people and that includes emergency room nurses and doctors who order
> the scans do not know the total exposure to radiation that those exams
> give.
> Nor do they appreciate the potential results of that ionizing radiation.
>
> Yes, some has to do with liability issues.  If an emergency room doctor
> does
> not order a CT Scan and the condition 'may have been' diagnosed by one
> then
> he is liable.  The fact that most soft tissue injuries do not show on CT's
> for several hours is lost in the legal system.  The fact that 98% of exams
> are normal is irrelevant.
>
> The fact that good ER doctors can with 99.9% accuracy tell which that
> other
> 2% is does not matter.  The problem is those ER doctors who should not be
> in
> the ER in the first place, but are there because of the work load of ER's
> dealing with false emergencies.  Especially the line of foreigners who
> think
> that the ER is for routine medical care!
>
> I could expound on this subject, but enough said.  You did the correct
> thing.
>
> Only one Presidential Candidate has addressed the 'Tort Reform'
> issue.  Who
> is it? (Anyone know correct answer)  I know because it is one issue that
> concerns me and have watched for.  This issue affects us for many reasons
> besides the unnecessary doses of radiation.
>
> Who pays for the unnecessary medical exams?  And believe me most of the ER
> Cat Scan's are unnecessary.  Not all, but a substantial number are and are
> done to cover ass or at family members insistence.
>
> And the AMA is advertising heavily for universal medical insurance.  Yes,
> vote for socialized medicine so that your grand children have three eyes
> due
> to unnecessary exposure to ionizing radiation from cat scans ordered
> because
> uneducated lawyers and medical personal thought they might find an answer
> to
> a belly ache.
>
> May I emphasis that the effects of ionizing radiation are casually taught
> in
> medical students courses.  Only future Radiologist study the nitty gritty
> details!  No deleterious dose effect is taught to nurses and concerned
> family members insisting that all medical tests be done!
>
> Tort Reform should concern all!
>
> Ed K
> Greenville, SC, USA
> "It is every man's obligation to put back into the world at least the
> equivalent of what he takes out of it."   Albert Einstein
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