tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12507451.post5661510976980751740..comments2024-03-25T04:46:46.000-04:00Comments on Casting Pearls Before Swine: How To Destroy America Part 1Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15633208787250567256noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12507451.post-37652648792142143532010-03-26T18:15:56.557-04:002010-03-26T18:15:56.557-04:00Krystal, thanks to your husband and other family m...Krystal, thanks to your husband and other family members and friends for their service.<br /><br />So, is your husband eligible for Tricare for Life? If so, is he enrolled? If so, what sort of issues is he having with it? Any?<br /><br />Same with relatives and friends. Have any of them had bad experiences with Tricare? Have any of them been in VA hospitals and been mal-treated?<br /><br />I'd honestly like to hear their side.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10004209843701697773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12507451.post-25075481490558928632010-03-25T19:51:06.462-04:002010-03-25T19:51:06.462-04:00i "Nobody is forcing you to buy any governmen...i "Nobody is forcing you to buy any government insurance policy. "<br /><br />This was just the first step. Obama said himself that his eventual goal is a single payer system.<br /><br />And don't tell me about the improvements in veteran care. My husband is a vet.<br /><br />My brother-in-law is a vet.<br /><br />I have a few cousins that are vets.<br /><br />Two uncles are vets.<br /><br />My best friend for over 30 years? Married to a vet.<br /><br />I'm pretty sure I know first hand how "great" the care is ...Krystalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10256521369614598137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12507451.post-68099142580180657752010-03-25T16:58:15.562-04:002010-03-25T16:58:15.562-04:00don't force it on me!!! I'd rather pay for...<i>don't force it on me!!! I'd rather pay for GOOD health care out of my back pocket</i>.<br /><br />Of course, and you should do just that. Nobody is forcing you to buy any government insurance policy. There is no public option and if there were, it would be optional, hence the name public OPTION.<br /><br />As to the articles you've cited, the brain injury one is off topic. Although there have been reports about poor care at VA hospitals, there have been significant improvements in just that past couple of years. And the vast majority of veterans covered by government health insurance are not in VA hospitals. Most are covered by Tricare, one of the most highly regarded health care providers in the country. My dad was on Tricare for 25 years and never had a complaint or a problem. And during that whole time he was treated by private doctors private clinics and private hospitals.<br /><br />It's always easy to find the exceptions that will seem to back up the fears promoted by the anti-health care bunch. But for every such "horror story" you dredge up, there are as many if not more about people who are victims of the so-called best health care system in the world.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10004209843701697773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12507451.post-17731276154088030372010-03-25T11:24:11.746-04:002010-03-25T11:24:11.746-04:00BTW, I *AM* one of the uninsured, and I don't ...BTW, I *AM* one of the uninsured, and I don't want it either!!!Krystalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10256521369614598137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12507451.post-49178419419709152072010-03-25T11:22:54.069-04:002010-03-25T11:22:54.069-04:00Jim, I know too many people on Medicare who can...Jim, I know too many people on Medicare who can't find a good local doctor who takes it, can't get in to a specialist (if they can find one) in a timely fashion, and has hassles with getting their medication to believe that 70% of people on medicare love it.<br /><br />As for what veterans have? Are you at ALL aware of all the problems regarding the medical care provided to veterans???!!! The FIGHT they have to put up to get what they're "entitled" to and were "guaranteed" to have???!!! Are you aware of the backlog?! Are you aware that the government is shutting down veteran hospitals all over the country so that veterans can't even GET to one?!<br /><br />It's what we're ALL going to facing soon.<br /><br />Thanks for reminding me that we already HAVE single payer government insurance that is PROVEN to not work!<br /><br />Here are a few article which relay the myriad of problems with amazing veterans' government system you appear to espouse as a shining example of what's to come.<br /><br />I'm purposing posting older articles before a recent one in order to show that problems that were pointed out BACK IN 1991 were not resolved, but actually WORSE YEARS LATER in 2009!<br /><br />http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/health/jan-june07/veterans_02-28.html<br /><br />http://www.disabledusveterans.com/<br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/1991/11/22/us/investigator-cites-poor-care-at-veterans-hospitals.html?pagewanted=1<br /><br />http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,257960,00.html<br /><br />http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1677180/infection_fears_from_dirty_veterans_hospital_equipment/index.html<br /><br />THIS is what you think Americans want??? Hey, give it to those who are uninsured, but don't force it on me!!! I'd rather pay for GOOD health care out of my back pocket than worry about infection due to dirty medical equipment, thank you!!Krystalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10256521369614598137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12507451.post-64759569180829295992010-03-25T07:42:47.436-04:002010-03-25T07:42:47.436-04:00Why not make our President and our Representatives...Why not make our President and our Representatives eligible? If it's so wonderful (and BTW, People don't love Medicare. It's the only thing they've got, so they tolerate it), why won't the President enroll in it?Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15633208787250567256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12507451.post-48252893476509527622010-03-25T06:16:31.821-04:002010-03-25T06:16:31.821-04:00I'm glad most of my life is behind me. I regre...I'm glad most of my life is behind me. I regret that my son will have to live in an Amerika in decline.Trader Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079028073096259737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12507451.post-75638875595354805032010-03-25T00:57:19.363-04:002010-03-25T00:57:19.363-04:00Something like 40% of the country is already on a ...Something like 40% of the country is already on a single-payer system. Seniors on Medicare, US active duty military, federal employees, veterans.<br /><br />75% of folks on Medicare love it. Why not make everyone eligible?Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10004209843701697773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12507451.post-78234074045013910002010-03-24T22:37:41.287-04:002010-03-24T22:37:41.287-04:00Obama said years ago that his goal is eventually t...Obama said years ago that his goal is eventually to have a single payer system ... which I'm sure he and his family will be exempt from.Krystalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10256521369614598137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12507451.post-35619238553741120632010-03-24T14:47:29.491-04:002010-03-24T14:47:29.491-04:00I know I am sick...I am starting to think that ign...I know I am sick...I am starting to think that ignorance to all of this maybe the only antidote...knowing the truth becomes harder to live with.Tontohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16910035272961769212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12507451.post-67301589681954722532010-03-24T11:14:00.143-04:002010-03-24T11:14:00.143-04:00Well put. Socialism nicely sums up the health care...Well put. Socialism nicely sums up the health care bill.<br /><br />Sickening as it is......LoneWolfArcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15662301159186936452noreply@blogger.com