Voice of Doctors

[sanmonei]

In pursuance of false ideals, you have abandoned me...

I AM YOUR CONSTITUTION, I AM YOUR NATION!!!

Forsaken by your blind quest, filled with your delusional null ambitions...

I am rendered helpless as you foolishly... relinquish my most precious asset:

YOUR FREEDOM!!!

GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES THE GREATEST COUNTRY OF ALL

Maria 9/27/08

[sanmonei]

For some of my sons and daughters, to my rape have fallen... deaf and silent....

For some of you have stood indifferent to this relentless siege....

Oblivious of those fallen, whose blood for you they shed....

As you side with those that wounded me...

That defecated my flag degraded my honor....

[sanmonei]

Following is a thougt to ponder on and draw strenght from:

LIBERTY

I gave you a voice, for you could be heard...

I gave you a land of riches beyond belief...

I was forever vigilant, protected, guided you

I sheltered all with open arms, I comforted you...

Now vested of deep sorrow, unnoticed in silence I weep...

For some of my sons and daughters, to my rape have fallen... deaf and silent....

For some of you have stood indifferent to this relentless siege....

[sanmonei]

to bring treason charges against Barack Obama and every one who has pursued unwanted and unfair proceedings for no other reason than to gain power regardless of the price and thus putting an end to all the corruption!!

Those who have inflicted harm to our Nation and it's people, through their carelesness and caniving actions full of chicanery should be made an example of with no mercy!!

ACT NOW THERE IS NO MORE TIME LEFT!!!!!!!

[sanmonei]

THE SLAUGHTERING OF OUR NATION

What they have done and continue to do to this Country to further their own interest and selfserving agenda, completely and totally oblivious to the voices of "WE THE PEOPLE" is an act of treason against our Nation that should be punishable to the full extent of the law!!!

I want the people of the UNITED STATES

[rayme4raw]

If a doctor cannot tell the patient how to achieve good health than they can never truly help heal the patient.

[rayme4raw]

Real insurance, you should use your health insurance a few times in your life and not every time you walk into a doctors office.

I agree, I want third party payers out of my relationship with my doctor. As it is, I really don't trust my doctor to do what is best for me. So I look on my own for ways to improve my health so that I don't have to go to people I distrust because of who is paying for health care.

[jeangrey65]

You can live a healthy lifestyle and still become very ill with a private insurance company trying to finds ways around paying for it. There are hundreds of diseases out there that can wipe a person out. Then what? If we are to have private Insurance then they should be held accountable.

[rayme4raw]

90% of all diseases are lifestyle diseases, few diseases are genetic. The five big killers are cancer, cardiovascular disease, stroke, diabetes and obesity and these are all preventable by changing one's diet to incorporate more organic raw fruits and vegetables. We worry about the Insurance Companies instead of becoming true Americans and thinking for ourselves and learning on our own what good health really is.

[Torcehorse]

Competition doesn't come from government. The private sector cant compete with an entity that doesnt require profitability to stay in existence. Competition will come from the dismantling of managed care. This includes the removal of current governmental regulations that allow there to only be a few insurance companies to choose from. The removal of managed care would allow more insurance companies to get in the game creating much more competition for the consumer.

[rockhuddy]

The people behind government health care don't care a bit about how effective it is or how much it costs. They care about making the population reliant on the government literally for their own lives. And considering their power and wealth, it will take a herculean effort to stop them.

[rayme4raw]

I really don't get what government is doing. Nearly half of all doctors say that they will get out of health care if government control of the health care system passes. Then we add 50 million new patients to the system that has half the number of doctors we have now. It would be a Health Care Collapse. Government should really be listening to the doctors on this one, that fact that they aren't clearly demonstrates that this is not about health care to them.

[leddhed]

Yup. Add 50 million more patients, cut reimbursement for physicians, and keep their liability the same. WTF?

[jeangrey65]

I feel its so simple. We need government control on healthcare denials. If an insurance company denies coverage after doctors recommendations, they lose there license or are heavily fined far beyond the cost of the denied service. Sorry CEO's. The doctors and patient should be the ones in control, no one else. The better of the two evils is however governement healthcare. More doctors prefer Medical patients due to the lack of restrictions and easy payment then private insurance.

[TheMoravians]

Which do you want, "government control" or "doctor and patient control, (no one else)"? You say both here, in a pretty clear contradiction.

But i'm glad it "feels so simple" to you.

[jeangrey65]

I thought I was clear when I stated above that Government control is for private insurance company policies ONLY. Private insurance corps should not decide whats necessary for a patient, only the doctor and the patient. It's like this, if the Government can dictate that I must carry car insurance when for 25 yrs I've had no accedents, then so should the government dictate that insurance companies pay for whatever a patient and doctor request.

[rhysqqq]

dude... what about the rest of their patients?

[leddhed]

Let us start with tort reform and the ability to purchase health care insurance across state lines. And we should require Congress to enroll into the very same plan they deem acceptable for the rest of us.

[alisoninrome]

I'm ok with Congress enrolling in the same plan we do, but anyone who votes against reform should have to drop out of the cushy GOVERNMENT provided insurance they have now and try their luck in the "free market." Tort reform in Texas and California has not significantly reduced heathcare costs. I'm willing to give it a try as long as it is reasonable reform. But I'd start with getting the uninsured covered as first priority. No prob with selling across state lines, long as mandates are honored..

[leddhed]

Any health care reform bill that does not include real tort reforms can not be taken seriously. At this very moment there are three different advertisements for three different malpractice firms on the cover of the Tampa Bay Yellowpages. JUST ON THE COVER! While driving to work every morning I see SIX roadside billboards advertising the services of personal injury attorneys. This along a four mile stretch of northbound 275.

[leddhed]

If you don't think physicians think about these things, you are wrong. I know I do. I know my colleagues do. What a shame. The practice and cost of "defensive medicine" is very real. The trial attorneys will argue that real tort reform would be just "a drop in the bucket", however, they continue to flood Congress with money to keep the current system in place.

[leddhed]

When did 50 billion dollars in savings become chump change? Tort reform is not the entire answer to our broken system of health care but it is an absolutely essential component.

[rhysqqq]

why don't you cover the uninsured and leave the rest of us alone?

[alisoninrome]

Agree that some co-pays are good, but some of these docs seem to think their patients have the same spending capacity they do. They are a little out of touch. Not everyone can pay for a "back surgery work-up" which includes MRIs, etc. That alone can be thousands, which working poor can't afford. So they will simply go without care until the problem is worse and more complex to solve. Catastrophic policies are for the upper middle classes if they want them.

[alisoninrome]

I agree with many of the concepts. I worked in healthcare finance for many years and I know that insurance company guidelines are very costly and time consuming to follow and sometimes gov't guidelines as well. But the impact of tort reform is overstated. And, more importantly, doctors are notoriously bad at regulating themselves. There are some suggested guidelines but they aren't generally enforceable. I know many primary care physicians who are appalled at what specialists order.

[doctorda69]

But many more specialists are appalled at what PCP's order. It is both theoretically easier for a specialist to make a Dx with less testing, easier for a specialist to say, "No, you're fine and you don't need a test (or would be in a less litigious society)", and research shows this is true: specialists cost less (even in the short term...let alone when better outcomes are factored in).

[alisoninrome]

That is not always true. I know cardiologists who order annual cardiac caths for patients 87 and 88 years old. Why? There is a lot of waste in medicine. I agree that doctors would be better at policing themselves. But they haven't historically done a very good job... professional courtesy and all. All of us need to do a better job.