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Jul. 10th, 2009
mas_at_lj moderatorship
Jul. 10th, 2009 09:38 pmSince I'm no longer attending MAS, does anyone want moderatorship of ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
mas_at_lj? If not, I suppose I'll just delete it, since no-one uses it anyway.
mas_at_lj? If not, I suppose I'll just delete it, since no-one uses it anyway.
Offer a better option or shove it.
Jul. 10th, 2009 10:59 pmYuck.
See, I'm not so naiive as to think that government health care will not come with its own set of problems. But seriously, unless you guys are ready to come up with a better option, shut the fuck up. The only "patients" you seem to give a fuck about are those who have FT jobs and their familes. I'm just... The willingness to not even acknowledge the portion of the population that, for whatever reason, isn't qualified for a FT job (which aren't exactly handed out like candy) pisses me off royally.
Also, your talking about the government making decisions about what conditions are worth treating? Why don't you go ahead and compare that to how private HMOs regularly refuse to cover those with pre-existing conditions.
Which reminds me, I need to call the sliding scale, etc., places around here on Monday and try to schedule a physical. I think it's been at least three years... I also discovered a route through which I should be able to get 40% off dental costs... Still waffling on whether I should get individual health insurance (my dad recommends against in), and if so, whether I should go for comprehensive or hospitalization only. Not to mention deciding where to set the co-pay/premium/deductible/out-of-pocket levels.
Informal poll: is the cost of worldwide universal health care at the quality levels that middle-class Americans expect simply greater than the world's combined GDP can afford?
See, I'm not so naiive as to think that government health care will not come with its own set of problems. But seriously, unless you guys are ready to come up with a better option, shut the fuck up. The only "patients" you seem to give a fuck about are those who have FT jobs and their familes. I'm just... The willingness to not even acknowledge the portion of the population that, for whatever reason, isn't qualified for a FT job (which aren't exactly handed out like candy) pisses me off royally.
Also, your talking about the government making decisions about what conditions are worth treating? Why don't you go ahead and compare that to how private HMOs regularly refuse to cover those with pre-existing conditions.
Which reminds me, I need to call the sliding scale, etc., places around here on Monday and try to schedule a physical. I think it's been at least three years... I also discovered a route through which I should be able to get 40% off dental costs... Still waffling on whether I should get individual health insurance (my dad recommends against in), and if so, whether I should go for comprehensive or hospitalization only. Not to mention deciding where to set the co-pay/premium/deductible/out-of-pocket levels.
Informal poll: is the cost of worldwide universal health care at the quality levels that middle-class Americans expect simply greater than the world's combined GDP can afford?
