Comments for Mad As Hell Doctors

Comment on Posts by Marcia

Marcia — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:32:13 +0000

Mad As Hell Doctors:
Please send out a message to all of your subscribers and ask them to put a sign in their home or auto windows that says Single Payer/HR676

To see what I mean click here
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=293263660251&index=1

I also have another event called White Ribbon March, lets get those white ribbons up all over town!

To see what I mean click here http://www.facebook.com/event.php?invites&eid=349518434484

Comment on Home by Gerard Freisinger

Gerard Freisinger — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:29:14 +0000

How do I get the MLK essay broadcast more widely. Say on Facebook.

Comment on MAHD and PNHP hold Sidewalk Summit by Paul Revere

Paul Revere — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:57:24 +0000

After almost 30 yrs as an independent insurance agent, I’ve come to the conclusion that we need Medicare for all, so that all are covered equitably. Life, Liberty & the pursuit of happiness: which one can you have w/o health? Therefore, health care is an implied human right, along w/these others. The so-called public option is a ruse by the Insurers, for they will castrate & marginalize it into nothing.

Only a single payor system will do; and since Medicare is well known, it’s harder for the regressives to lie about it. Let’s not forget that they can still sell Medicare supplements at a profit. Here’s the naked truth: we cannot afford to continue to prop up the Big Banks; the bloated War & Military Industries, AND Big Insurance, Big Pharma.. one or more has to take major cuts or go. It’s time for Insurance to do that! We must all reach out to kindred groups and individuals & demand M4All now before it’s too late: this is the last, best chance we’ll have in our life. If the loss of 3,000 lives on 9/11 was unacceptable, how can the loss of life of 44,000 yearly in the status quo be tolerated? We the People are MAD AS HELL & WONT PUT UP W/IT ANYMORE!!!

Comment on MAHD Response to “Dr. Steve” by Gerard Freisinger

Gerard Freisinger — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 13:39:46 +0000

Agree that there are distortions. A paper written in HEALTH AFFAIRS by Katz et al called PHANTOMS IN THE SNOW tabulated the percent of Canadians that were treated in border US health facilities in Washington State, Michigan and NY compared to Canadian facilities. This was a very small percent. And included the magnet hospitals in those areas.

Comment on Home by Steve

Steve — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 06:17:46 +0000

“Were you somewhat more informed, you’d know that US license to practice medicine is invalid anywhere else (disasters are exempt).”

Maybe you should be the one to be more informed. The time I spent in third world type conditions was practicing as a physician on medical missions. That’s where physicians volunteer their time and pay their way to provide medical care for people not as fortunate as us.

You obviously have strong opinions (which is fine), but maybe you should leave out the personal attacks on people you don’t know.

Comment on Welcome to the MAHD Website by admin

admin — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:41:23 +0000

Can I assume you understand that having multiple fire fighting companies in your neighborhood would be terribly complicated and more expensive than our publicly funded firefighters? That’s the impact of 1,400 health insurance companies.

House insurance is way different than medical insurance. Owning a house is optional. And, if your house burns down, you don’t have to rebuild it. You can merely give the land back to the bank or sell the land (cheaply) to someone who is willing to invest in rebuilding it. You aren’t out of pocket more than what you paid for the house. And house insurance is optional.

For those of us that are alive, having a body is not optional. Any body can get sick. Any body can lose everything regardless of how carefully one cares for himself.

60% of all our health care dollars are coming from taxpayers, who are already paying for most of the care of those at most risk of serious illness (the old, the disabled, and the very poor), Our prices are inflated to cover the cost of those who can’t pay their bills. Since everybody is paying for everybody anyway, why not get rid of the middle man that doesn’t contribute ANYTHING to health and adds 20% to total cost. The middle man is the Insurance Companies. If we had one risk pool, we could have one universal electronic medical record from which we could do a phenomenal amount of “best practices” research. We could put the health care system in the hands of public health people who are trying to produce health instead of grow stockholder value.

Comment on Welcome to the MAHD Website by Gerard Freisinger

Gerard Freisinger — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 23:02:20 +0000

Just saw the video on why we need public health insurance. The author compares it to public fire insurance. What? I pay taxes for a fire department but to replace the damage done by fire, I have a private homeowners policy? Is there someplace in this country that I do not know about where taxpayers will rebuild me from ashes? Lead me to it.

Comment on Welcome to the MAHD Website by Gerard Freisinger

Gerard Freisinger — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:51:40 +0000

Anecdotes regarding scarcity of advanced imaging units in Canada causing death are misleading on at least two counts: Steve’s child probably did not neet a CT and who knows if Natasha would have died at Aspen. A lot of supposition there. More importantly, there are a huge number of imaging units presently in the United States as opposed to Canada which never had the private sector motive to acquire such units. These units need not be put in mothballs. If combined with tort reform,, the units would not be needed as frequently but they would not be scrapped. In a ten mile stretch of Rte 17 in Orange Co, NY, I can count at least 6 PET cameras. Fee for service and not for cognitive function is an entirely warped system.

Comment on Home by admin

admin — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:57:07 +0000

From Paul Hochfeld…

I know that we all have more than enough to read than we can possibly read in one day. That said, Russel Mokhiber, one of the Baucus Eight, has written a scathing essay, “A Corporate Hijacking of the MLK Memorial?”. Here’s the link:

http://www.singlepayeraction.org/blog/?p=2111

Remember, what we are mad about isn’t just the sham of what some people are calling health care reform. We are mad about the corporations hijacking public policy for profits instead of public good. Russel makes a case that they have even hijacked MLK’s message and memory. Where will it end?

Comment on MAHD Response to “Dr. Steve” by Dan C

Dan C — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:25:49 +0000

We are inundated with the “government can’t do anything right” meme. Why does this persist so deeply? Is it because the moneyed factions work so hard to prevent the government from doing its job correctly? Most of the problems I’ve dealt with in the military and civilian life come from people spending their time changing systems around and not … See Morehaving proper training on simple things. If you don’t believe in government, don’t use the services: park your car, homeschool your kids, and don’t buy any regulated products. On the farm, everything I want to do is illegal, and the farmers blame the liberals, but the real culprits are the corporations that process foods and have captive markets created by regulations that THEY write for the government. Health care seems the same to me. Most things people need (better nutrition, access to diagnosis, access to medicine) are controlled not for safety reasons, but to prevent living without the companies that produce those things as some kind of guild of thieves.