Re: How to make the doc...single payer healthcare

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Here, here, Dillian! Well spoken.

For those of us in California, State Senator Sheila Kuehl has written an

amazing bill for single payer health insurance that would cover EVERYONE with

less money than is spent now, and most people would have better coverage than

they currently get. It's chugging along in the system and we're likely to have

it acted upon in 2007, I think.

Read about it at: http://www.healthcareforall.org/

-Haley

LiveSimply <quackadillian@...> wrote:

I ran into a similar situation but I persisted. The problem with doctors is

that many of them are too busy to put the time in to learn new things. HMOs

allocate them an average of 6-8 minutes per patient. If any one patient

demands more, they must give another patient less. That means you have to do

all the research on things yourself and basically package it for them.

Its a terrible situation, I know. Thats why people in other developed

nations are living longer than us now. American medicine - and especially,

our way of paying for healthcare, private insurance - which takes 30% off

the top, for what... That 30% would insure every uninsured person in this

nation. For free.

There is a fundamental conflict between the capirtalist system and medicine.

We end up in a situation that is akin to 'your money or your life'. 50% of

todays bankruptcies are because someone in a family gets sick.. they or a

caregiver who is the primary insured lose their job, then their home because

of it. " We fired you because you can't work, we dont care if you have xxx'.

Thats perfectly legal and it happens all the time. Plus, many businesses

wont hire those over 40 because of the cost of insuring them. This means

that many older people are finding that they cant find work at a level

commensurate with their skills. It will only get worse until we change it -

massively. The system is broken.

Its a big moneymaker for the corporate special interests, but the systejmis

broken . This should not happen. people should not be penalyzed because they

play by the rules. Corporate 'persons' interests should not be held above

the interests of real people. Despite all of their payments to politicians.

Plus, we shouldnt make people hostages to their jobs. It makes American

business far less competitive. If we had universal healthcare, many people

colud start their own businesses instead of staying at jobs they hated

because they are uninsurable affordably self-employed.

The healthcare machine is a dysfunctional money sucker that refuses to work

properly.. Political legislation and power is bought by these companies that

make so much off of people staying sick.. seriously..

Doctors are just pawns in this game and they know it. They are made to know

it. They are replaceable. In five or ten years, when you see a doctor, it

will probably be over a video hookup and the doctor will be in India..for

example.. Or the 'doctor' will be a computer.. (They follow rules and dont

try to get patients expensive anything.)

We are too, but many of us are in denial.. we DON't know it. We choose not

to realize it because its very disturbing. And that is even worse.

Take control of your situation. The doctors (at least theoretically) work

for you. If you cant make your doctor treat you properly, the number one

thing you need to do is start shopping around for another one.

On 12/5/05, J. <carrie_j00@...> wrote:

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> I have been sick for several months but most recently severe sinus/cold

> issues for the past 8 weeks. In week three I finished one antibiotic, in

> week five I finished two more antibiotics, the second of two bottles of

> cough medicine, prednisone, and a script for decongestant pills.

>

> Still not better, I returned to the doc last Thursday. He did a cat

> scan (the first one was in March) and told me that I look worse than I did

> in March; as a matter of fact he told me he has only seen one other scan

> look worse than mine...ugh!

>

> He looked puzzled and asked me if I have been exposed to anymore mold

> and I told him that I had not, except for the shots I give myself every

> Sunday night...that he prescribed (immunotherapy to desensitize my " allergy

> to mold " ).

>

> Well, he put me back on two super-antibiotics, prednisone (again!), and

> a nasal steroid. He wants to do surgery as soon as possible to remove the

> fungus that is growing in the sinus cavity.

>

> Weeks ago I gave him Dr. Shoemakers website and I took Mold Warriors in

> with me. He wasn't interested. I am convinced that these shots make sick

> and keep me sick and that prednisone is bad, bad, bad for someone like me.

>

> He is my Workman's comp doctor so I can't really switch but what can I

> do to make him understand and do the dang blood tests on me?? Will this

> surgery help me? I am scared of surgery!

>

> I am coughing like crazy now too and the cold weather just does me

> in! I breathe it in and then I cough like mad and then I lose my voice! I

> am so frustrated!! What does it take??? What have you tried with your

> docs? I am not a fan of taking all these antibiotics and steroids but when

> I don't I am miserable! I am at a loss here...what do you recommend?

>

> J.

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