tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16774010.post1674840537295656931..comments2024-01-25T17:58:34.297-05:00Comments on Scott's Web Log: A Staged Healthcare "Debate" Without Any Real DebateScott Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03286529314567223617noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16774010.post-83801371124236948422009-08-13T20:23:36.127-04:002009-08-13T20:23:36.127-04:00Not everyone who opposes this "proposed legis...Not everyone who opposes this "proposed legislation" is fake grass roots--or astroturf --some of us have actaully painfully read what our "legislators" should have (that being their JOB---the one they were elected to do on our behalf)<br /><br />The proposed legislation that was almost ramrodded through congress is NO good for anyone (well--they legislators to get re-elected I guess)<br /><br />Do we need helath reform--damn straight--but not this "reform". We need a well reasoned--well dicussed byy well informed individuals solution that is NOT run by the ineffective, overinflated beauracracy our government has become<br /><br />We the people, depsite some of the idioits we have collectively elected, are not as stupid as the politicians would like us to be. <br /><br />And the apathy that has been running rampant, having caused all manor of ills, its starting to change...and that change is a good kind not the back-handed prom,ise of the current administration...at this rate a third party may finally have a real chance at making a real positive change for ALL Americansdenisenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16774010.post-87338322698454674672009-08-12T21:43:21.399-04:002009-08-12T21:43:21.399-04:00I would say we are entitled to discussion, and hop...I would say we are entitled to <i>discussion</i>, and hopefully a voice in how we use our own money (and our own money alone) to maintain and improve our health. <br /><br />Sadly, the shenanigans in DC -- congressmen urged to put through complex, change-laden legislation without even being able to glance at (much less read and understand) the legislation they are being asked to pass -- has made most people of conscience more than wary of The System.<br /><br />I have no issue with for-profit insurers making profit at the expense of individuals -- profit is, after all, their <i>raison d'ĂȘtre</i>. Regulations restrict both our ability to profit health-wise and their ability to profit financially. A number of novel constructs are being designed and adopted by individual patients and practitioners to deal with these issues -- constructs created and sustained by the free market, allowing the normal market forces of cost sensitivity to keep provider prices at a more reasonable level. I would prefer government to remove itself completely from the equation (including its cost-inefficient, patient-insensitive programs such as Medicaid and Medicare) and let the market sort itself out. In doing so, we will find greater innovation and greater incentives to care.Brenda Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05687718956610704894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16774010.post-77381534023603506052009-08-12T21:37:16.501-04:002009-08-12T21:37:16.501-04:00I saw that Bill Moyers interview when it aired. I ...I saw that Bill Moyers interview when it aired. I stayed up until 4am to write a post. I was so disgusted. <br /><br />Dialogue is key. There Must be discussions. As to how, where, who....I don't know anymore. There is such hatred going around that it is clouding judgment.<br /><br />Too many people "rely" on the media instead of doing their own investigating. Instead of asking the questions themselves.<br /><br />Patients must advocate for themselves, it's the best way to care for yourself. Unless you read the fine print, make phone calls, ask questions and then more questions -- well it just gets "accepted" that what you see is what you get, this is how it is.<br /><br />I don't know Scott. I still cannot think, let alone write, coherently on this subject. It frustrates me to no end. I should just move to Toronto.Crystalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03920320645744084041noreply@blogger.com