Iris - Politics, accountability, physicians, etc.

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I agree, Iris, it's a disgrace that so few people vote. It's also

shameful that there are so many bozos in office and that we let them

remain there. Sad that so many unworthy candidates wind up on the

ballots. The time and money spent on the campaigns by both of the

dysfunctional main parties is also far out of proportion to the result.

It's all about getting elected and re-elected, not getting the work

done.

I love this country, but we can be better than this!

It's hard to envision a system that will work if, ultimately, people are

accountable to the person with the most dollars.

You're right. There is no excuse for allowing people with pain to go

untreated. Physicians can stop passing the buck and start trying to

solve the problem.

I'll tell you where to go!

Mayo Clinic in Rochester

http://www.mayoclinic.org/rochester

s Hopkins Medicine

http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org

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> , no one wants to be accountable anymore. It is a national shame

that most people do not vote!

> Big business...indeed...how much are they spending on the democratic

and republican conventions!

> The press and other news media are not unbiased and big business

commercials pay them a lot of

> money. It is broken! Broken or not, our quality of life is so much

better than so many countries.

> We need to work to keep it that way. ACCOUNTABILITY!

>

> You are so right about the physicians responsibility! I actually have

a dr that that warned me

> about a surgeon by telling me " Things happen to that dr's patients and

you have probably saved

> your life by calling me. " There are sites to check out your dr but

they don't tell you the

> particulars. Every dr should have a resume that is available to

patients. The questions you posed

> are ones that I have asked on numerous occasions. We must take

responsibility for making informed

> decisions about our healthcare and that includes make the docs slow

down, listen, and answer our

> questions. Instead of prescribing pain meds, my ex-rheumy wanted me to

see a group of pain

> management specialists. I made the appt. and called back the next day

to ask them if they provided

> pain management in the form of medications and they told me no. I

canceled the appt. I had already

> gone that route...seeing a group that included a physical therapist, a

psychologist, nutritionist,

> internist and a pain management specialist. They wanted me to take

shots (already did that on

> numerous times and ended up with worse problems), exercise (which I

did in my own pool),

> bio-feedback, and anti-inflammatories. If those things were all it

took to heal me, I would

> gladly participate.

>

> There is no excuse for letting people live in pain! You have the right

idea about asking the docs

> to step up to the plate and get the DEA out of their prescribing

business!