Healthcare (WAS Re: Re: Actual, honest-to-God Scenario)

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As one who just spent 10 days as in inpatient and was handed a bill for $

1008,000.00 and some odd change I've got no issue with the idea of " fixing "

healthcare overall. I just find it hard to believe that the Federal

Government is the answer.

Oh and I got an itemized bill for that stay and just to highlight ONE issue

I am billed for a SINGLE PILL of Lisinopril the rate of $ 24.00 yes I said

twenty-four dollars for a pill I get at Wal-Mart in a 90-day supply for $

10.00. I was however given an option of paying the bill at a 50% discount

if I paid said bill in full on the day of discharge.

I may be a dumber Firefighter/EMT-Basic from New jersey but Stevey Wonder

could see the problems here are a quagmire.

As Gene likes quizzes I thought I'd ask if anyone could name a quagmire or

three that the US Federal Government has gotten us out of say since 1953,

1975, 1993 etc or so (Hints).

Politics are one of the three taboo subjects right? So if we are going to

go taboo let's talk sex as I'm not really into religion but I can hold my

own there as well thanks to an eclectic upbringing. .

Nuff said on the above, anyone feel like bashing fire medics or the NAEMT

or say the fact we as a " profession " can't agree on anything for 12 minutes

and so on?

Yea I am in a bit of a mood with some post op pain and a mailbox full of

medical bills.

I do accept PayPal at this E-Mail address if anyone has an extra 108 grand.

33's

Louis N. Molino, Sr., CET

FF/NREMT-B/FSI/EMSI

Freelance Consultant/Trainer/Author/Journalist/Fire Protection Consultant

LNMolino@...

(Cell Phone)

" A Texan with a Jersey Attitude "

" Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds

discuss people " Eleanor Roosevelt - US diplomat & reformer (1884 - 1962)

In a message dated 1/30/2010 2:56:11 A.M. Central Standard Time,

haussecker87@... writes:

All I can say is if you don't want Health Care for everyone in the USA then

you have no business in the Health Care Profession. We have taken care of

millions for over 200 years of Non Americans, but not our own. We are going

to shove BILLIONS more into Haiti than any health care passed for

AMERICANS will cost. So Deal with it folks. Stop the propaganda.

There is NOT a person on the planet much less this group that REALLY knows

exactly how ANY legislation will play out. It's just not possible so all

the fear mongering is just wrong!!

Who on here has read the House and Senate Legislation? If you read it can

you say 100% without a doubt exactly what it will and will not do,

including all the legal parts since legislation does become law. I haven't seen

anyone including lawyers that have been able to explain the legislation. So

what do we have? We have people shooting their mouth off of some talking

point of a Democrat, Republican, Independent , Tea Bagger, pundit, spin doctor,

and so on.

We as Americans need to show we are smarter than CNN, Foxs News, MSNBC,

and all the other talk shows. Most those guys like Beck and others make

$50=$100 mIllion a year due to getting you to buy there crap. Be a free thinker

and don't be a mouth piece.

You a free thinker or just another mouth piece for a Party or someone's Tv

show?

NOT doing something about Healthcare in the Country now with 30 million

more Americans about to be without health care for a new number of 60 million

without health care by some estimates will bankrupt the Country.

There is a local EMS Service is Government run 100% and I read in the

Paper today they made a profit, and most the time they don't bill the local

citizen one dime. According to the article it was due to more ALS Advance

Medicare Calls, So where is the beaf with Government run health care. This

service was voted as EMS Service of the Year a couple of years ago by DSHS, and

their peers.

I'll say it again. This is a government run EMS Service NOT using any TAX

money and making a profit providing the highest care known in Texas and

recognized as such! State of the art facilities, equipment, training, and

better than average salaries.

Knowing what I know it sounds like some EMS folks that are not in

management or they perform bad management are trying to apply that to a health

care

bill that cover much more than just EMS. Can anyone state what EMS would

get paid for a call with in this legislation?Knowing what I know it

When it comes to Health Care for all Americans that is a fight I'm willing

to fight!

Ron

From: Cindy Poe

Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 1:43 AM

To: _texasems-l@yahoogrotexasem_ (mailto:texasems-l )

Subject: Re: Re: Actual, honest-to-God Scenario

Oh, my. Are we really going there? Please let's not beat this particular

horse to death.

Peace out, yall!

Cindy Poe

Re: Actual, honest-to-God Scenario

> Herb Deaton wrote:

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>> And to think - government run health care will provide more of the same.

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> Mr. Deaton,

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> Please explain, if you will, the relationship between Mr. Reynolds story

> of a nurse in a LTC facility being unable to properly utilize simple

> medical technology, and the boogyman, " government run health care. "

>

> Are the nursing homes in Texas " government run? " Is there some proposal

> that threatens to nationalize those facilities? What healthcare, pray

> tell, is threatened by government takeover

>

> Unless something is really very different in Austin than most other

cities

> with fire department EMS, by sending Mr. Reynolds to the LTC facility

the

> City of Austin was providing exactly that which you seem to demonize.?

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> It seems to me, Mr. Deaton, that you're not really making any serious

> contribution to what was an interesting discussion. It appears instead

> that you are just blathering some inane, echo chamber, sock puppet

talking

> point that you probably heard on some radio talk show.

>

> But I could be wrong. I eagerly await your response. Please correct me

if

> I misunderstand.

>

> -- Roy

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