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]]> By: S. Jones http://www.medrants.com/archives/2194/comment-page-1#comment-7007 S. Jones Wed, 15 Dec 2004 21:36:46 +0000 http://medrants.com/archives/2004/12/14/a-new-blog-health-care-renewal/#comment-7007 But it's so easy to say that (easy should be in quotes) when you're insured, even if the care you get is lessened. I don't think there are that many people who will say that universal health care is problem free. But what do we have to offer uninsured or underinsured citizens? Prayer that they won't get sick? I, for one, would just like to get the chance to complain that universal health care sucks, the waiting lists are too long, and that the care is substandard. So far, the only times I've heard these complaints is when I've visited people in the hospital. But it’s so easy to say that (easy should be in quotes) when you’re insured, even if the care you get is lessened. I don’t think there are that many people who will say that universal health care is problem free. But what do we have to offer uninsured or underinsured citizens? Prayer that they won’t get sick? I, for one, would just like to get the chance to complain that universal health care sucks, the waiting lists are too long, and that the care is substandard. So far, the only times I’ve heard these complaints is when I’ve visited people in the hospital.

]]> By: RGL http://www.medrants.com/archives/2194/comment-page-1#comment-7006 RGL Wed, 15 Dec 2004 16:57:14 +0000 http://medrants.com/archives/2004/12/14/a-new-blog-health-care-renewal/#comment-7006 I like to think most of us have recognized this ill-conceived concentration of power in health care when HMOs were the darlings of the day. They indeed prevented escalation of health costs for a while, but then the lust for greed among health corporate CEOs overwhelmed them to the extent that the quality of health care began to decline, while health car providers (otherwise known as doctors) became stooges of these thieves. Patients, in the meantime, kept complaining about the care they never received. As proud as we are of our technical achievements, we have not organized our system of health care in a fashion that would get rid of the inequities we now have. This is something politicians and legislators have been working on for over 60 years, but piecemeal work from time to time is all we have to show, and it's not something to be proud of. Universal health care, as tempting as it is, would do away with uninsured or underinsured Americans, but is it worth pursuing amid all the problems that we have seen, say, in Canada and Great Britain? That is not what I see with this administration, and coming up with the right answers to the problems will be the focus of debates that we expect to see the next four years. I like to think most of us have recognized this ill-conceived concentration of power in health care when HMOs were the darlings of the day. They indeed prevented escalation of health costs for a while, but then the lust for greed among health corporate CEOs overwhelmed them to the extent that the quality of health care began to decline, while health car providers (otherwise known as doctors) became stooges of these thieves. Patients, in the meantime, kept complaining about the care they never received.

As proud as we are of our technical achievements, we have not organized our system of health care in a fashion that would
get rid of the inequities we now have. This is something politicians and legislators have been working on for over 60 years, but piecemeal work from time to time is all we have to show, and it’s not something to be proud of.

Universal health care, as tempting as it is, would do away with uninsured or underinsured Americans, but is it worth pursuing amid all the problems that we have seen, say, in Canada and Great Britain? That is not what I see with this administration, and coming up with the right answers to the problems will be the focus of debates that we expect to see the next four years.

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