Comments on: John McCain feels your health care pain

By: MrsTarquinBiscuitbarrel

MrsTarquinBiscuitbarrel — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:26:57 +0000

And every single ER visit gives the patient a print-out when s/he leaves that stresses when to “call your physician” for follow-up. You haven’t got a physician in the first place? Not their problem. Of course, you knew that…

By: puravida

puravida — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:06:32 +0000

Just my two cents, but don’t we all have the choice to go to the emergency room for our health care? See, ya gotta unnerstand, it’s “universal.”

By: merl

merl — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:19:25 +0000

Isn’t getting shot down and captured failing? That is NOT heroic.

By: dsidhe

dsidhe — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:02:36 +0000

I just can’t believe I left out the other major expense of corporate health insurance companies: lawyers to fend off people wrongfully denied care, and eventual settlements when it was so egregious even the current court system can’t overlook it.

By: TheRealityBasedDave

TheRealityBasedDave — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:13:11 +0000

The approval rate in Canada is skewed by its southern neighbors. Canadians see how fucked up the medical system can get, so they shout wild approval of their own (imperfect) system.

I drink & smoke. I am very willing to pay a sin tax on those items for a single-payer (Canadian) system down here in the states.

By: dstatton

dstatton — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:15:35 +0000

“it’s whether a government bureaucrat or a corporate bureaucrat can make better healthcare decisions.”

That it, in a nutshell. The rest of the rant was great, though, and very useful.

By: jnfr

jnfr — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:59:17 +0000

wild applause

By: MarkinAustin

MarkinAustin — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:55:44 +0000

Me, I’m just pissed off that the Snorg Tee ads are gone.

By: Cliff105

Cliff105 — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:47:24 +0000

Let ‘em eat choices.

By: jbates

jbates — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:39:02 +0000

Or the “awkward” things that pastors sometimes say?

Actually, surprisingly, the muppet did raise the question of Hagee. Credit where credit is due.