The real reason Obamacare has Failed us all?

[poppy]

Ted Kennedy----brain tumor---goes not to his local healthcare providers----goes to Duke. Shouldn't everyone have a helicopter to crisscross the country in search of the best cure possible? Is this the kind of healthcare for the people he has called for all these years?

Good point!

It is understandable that anyone wants the best care they can get but it does look hypocritical. It's the same as private schools vs inner city public schools. Nobody with the choice would opt for lesser education.

Those with money will always be able to choose better healthcare and education and have access to many other finer things in life. This is true in any country and will never change.

 

[DuneAHH]

How to Help Healthcare: Die Sooner - Think Free : Freedom Politics

While this was written a bit "tongue in cheek", I tend to believe it points up an underlying issue of this health "care" dilemma:

Acceptance of Death (inevitable)

vs.

Desire for Immortality via Science (denial of the inevitable)

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/19/magazine/19healthcare-t.html By PETER SINGER
Published: July 15, 2009

You have advanced kidney cancer. It will kill you, probably in the next year or two. A drug called Sutent slows the spread of the cancer and may give you an extra six months, but at a cost of $54,000. Is a few more months worth that much?

The costs of the current health care system are becoming increasingly clear, and public sentiment for a more systematic approach may be growing. We?d like to know what you think about the prospect of rationing.

* Why We Must Ration Health Care (August 2, 2009)

If you can afford it, you probably would pay that much, or more, to live longer, even if your quality of life wasn?t going to be good. But suppose it?s not you with the cancer but a stranger covered by your health-insurance fund. If the insurer provides this man ? and everyone else like him ? with Sutent, your premiums will increase. Do you still think the drug is a good value? Suppose the treatment cost a million dollars. Would it be worth it then? Ten million? Is there any limit to how much you would want your insurer to pay for a drug that adds six months to someone?s life? If there is any point at which you say, ?No, an extra six months isn?t worth that much,? then you think that health care should be rationed.

Precisely.

... and if it's not "my" money keeping my 120 year old mother alive for another 6 months...

well then... can there be any limit to my fantasy / denial?

Members of my family involved in the critical health "care" profession increasingly experience situations where the aged/imminently terminal patient is pleading to be allowed to die, but they're family members refuse to let them go.

Seems to me that "Death Acceptance Reform" HAS to be faced as part of health care reform... since we have totally embraced the excellent marketing of Scientific Immortality.

 

[sunspotbaby]

TOP TEN INDICATORS THAT YOUR EMPLOYER HAS CHANGED TO OBAMACARE:


(10) Your annual breast exam is done at Hooters.

(9) Directions to your doctor's office include "Take a left when you
enter the trailer park."

( The tongue depressors taste faintly of Fudgesicles.

(7) The only proctologist in the plan is "Gus" from Roto-Rooter.

(6) The only item listed under Preventive Care Coverage is "an apple a
day.."

(5) Your primary care physician is wearing the pants you gave to
Goodwill last month.

(4) "The patient is responsible for 200% of out-of-network charges," is
not a typographical error..

(3) The only expense covered 100% is "embalming."

(2) Your Prozac comes in different colors with little M's on them.

AND THE NUMBER ONE SIGN YOU'VE JOINED OBAMACARE:

(1) You ask for Viagra and they give you a Popsicle stick and Duct Tape.

:funn:

 

[poppy]

TOP TEN INDICATORS THAT YOUR EMPLOYER HAS CHANGED TO OBAMACARE:


(10) Your annual breast exam is done at Hooters.

(9) Directions to your doctor's office include "Take a left when you
enter the trailer park."

( The tongue depressors taste faintly of Fudgesicles.

(7) The only proctologist in the plan is "Gus" from Roto-Rooter.

(6) The only item listed under Preventive Care Coverage is "an apple a
day.."

(5) Your primary care physician is wearing the pants you gave to
Goodwill last month.

(4) "The patient is responsible for 200% of out-of-network charges," is
not a typographical error..

(3) The only expense covered 100% is "embalming."

(2) Your Prozac comes in different colors with little M's on them.

AND THE NUMBER ONE SIGN YOU'VE JOINED OBAMACARE:

(1) You ask for Viagra and they give you a Popsicle stick and Duct Tape.

:funn:

I don't care who you are that last one is funny

 

[Here4Good]

I don't care who you are that last one is funny

It's true, I don't care which side of the debate you are on, this whole thing was funny.

 

[Miss Kitty]

...laughter IS the best medicine!

 

[Beach Runner]

Ted Kennedy----brain tumor---goes not to his local healthcare providers----goes to Duke. Shouldn't everyone have a helicopter to crisscross the country in search of the best cure possible? Is this the kind of healthcare for the people he has called for all these years?

Hubby has done the same thing -- private jet to and from Duke for surgery. I don't believe in the afterlife, so one must do what he/she can do to stay alive. Everyone should have the choice of that level of health care (even if they drive rather than fly private jets), but unfortunately, that's not the reality now.

I'm in a real dilemma. Do I want to continue first class medical care for hubby and me because we are insured? Or do I want to settle for the level of health care for the masses in ObamaCare so that daughter can get covered once she goes off our insurance on her next birthday?Either way is not very appealing to me.

I feel like being part of the angry mob.I broke my front tooth two weeks ago because I gritted my teeth in anger over Mom's rejection by Medicare. Good news today is that since she is improving, Medicare is paying for more rehab until 9/5. Our alternative was $12,900 a month for private pay.Now we need to figure out what to do after 9/5.