tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post8670802181078812545..comments2024-03-13T21:26:03.011-07:00Comments on Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher: Another Great Victory For Socialized MedicineDarrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-87485753483177532222007-03-08T11:08:00.000-08:002007-03-08T11:08:00.000-08:00I was lucky enough to have emergency surgery done ...I was lucky enough to have emergency surgery done on myself last Friday (well, maybe not that lucky) at a money-grubbing capitalist-pig, for-PROFIT *shock horror* hospital. <BR/><BR/>I don't think I've ever had better medical service from kinder people anywhere, and the private room, brand spanking new equipment, considerate staff, wood paneled floors, 24-hour room service and classical pianist in the beautifully appointed lobby really made a difference. This is the medical treatment that Castro gets, all for little nobody me. I'd love to see a socialist system provide that level of service to a comperable citizen in that country. <BR/><BR/>Of course, I make myself competitive to employers so I have a good (and ridiculously inexpensive) insurance plan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-12864919474630854022007-03-06T13:46:00.000-08:002007-03-06T13:46:00.000-08:00"pitch a fit because they had to wait in line at t..."pitch a fit because they had to wait in line at the Department of Motor Vehicles."<BR/><BR/>Here in Pennsylvania, everything but issuing DLs has been privatized, so all the DMV does is issue DLs -- yet they still manage to keep you for at least an hour when nobody else is there, and they still manage to be incompetent boobs.<BR/><BR/>But getting your registration or transferring your title at one of those private businesses? Five minutes.rightwingprofhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12419372059353408855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-89405762321293483002007-03-05T19:50:00.000-08:002007-03-05T19:50:00.000-08:00My doctor is from Canada. He left there because af...My doctor is from Canada. He left there because after years of school and more years of trying to make a living wage, he decided to move where most of his patients got their critical surgery done-the U.S. Anyone from Washington or New York, or Michagan knows that when it comes to socalled minor surgery, the wards of American hospitals are full of Canadians willing to pay to get surgery done efficiently and well. In Canada people can wait as long as a year for hernia surgery. I guess it's not important unless you are the poor sucker with the hernia. HMO's were supposed to lower our costs and give equitable care. Instead we have yet another layer of bureaucracy necessitating more workers just to complete paperwork and we are paying more for the privelege. My parents did better back in the 60's and 70's with major medical and by being able to deduct every single medical expense. Micromanaging health care will only succeed in lower levels of care, chasing off medical personnel and further burdening taxpayers for the debts of those who will not get health care even when offered because the government gives it for free.Ellen Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02845981491726296767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-28413277830239654392007-03-05T17:14:00.000-08:002007-03-05T17:14:00.000-08:00I've often noticed that the people who seem to go ...I've often noticed that the people who seem to go on and on about how they want government healthcare are the same ones that scream and pitch a fit because they had to wait in line at the Department of Motor Vehicles. They don't seem to realize that the DMV makes government healthcare actually look somewhat efficient.Mrs. Bluebirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10283080212189118357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-82609911328559482092007-03-05T10:12:00.000-08:002007-03-05T10:12:00.000-08:00Don't you think it's ironic that the supporters of...Don't you think it's ironic that the supporters of socialized medicine are howling about the quality of care at Walter Reed? What do they think health care will be like when the government takes it over?rightwingprofhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12419372059353408855noreply@blogger.com