tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4939528299326924849.post7391141784037115405..comments2023-05-02T11:59:14.667-04:00Comments on JOURNAL OF IDEAS TODAY: A NURSE'S PLEA FOR HEALTH CARE REFORMJC Leahyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04086260417108124996noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4939528299326924849.post-22593709604132203892009-08-24T05:38:17.398-04:002009-08-24T05:38:17.398-04:00Read the article, and though it was long, I'd ...Read the article, and though it was long, I'd recommend it as a good primer to the core issues of the health-care debate.<br /><br />I have been in Korea for the past two months with my wife. I went for a simple health check-up, much like the yearly ones I do in America.<br /><br />I received:<br />-Weight and Height Check<br />-Blood Pressure Reading<br />-Eye Check<br />-Chest X-ray<br />-Blood Test<br />-Urine Test<br />-Dental Check<br />In 15 minutes. In America I would have still been flipping through reader's digest. <br /><br />I wonder what the difference is?Rob Maederhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12905232919985843344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4939528299326924849.post-9243812464756672282009-08-23T04:02:34.835-04:002009-08-23T04:02:34.835-04:00Thanks for the well considered comment, Edizer! I...Thanks for the well considered comment, Edizer! I am struggling against including TOO many points in a single post. Health care financing reform has SO MANY angles!! Keep in touch on this, would you?JC Leahyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04086260417108124996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4939528299326924849.post-64479790469771585322009-08-15T11:34:18.367-04:002009-08-15T11:34:18.367-04:00Hi John,
Good job! But the blog may be too long...Hi John,<br /><br />Good job! But the blog may be too long for a very busy guy to read, suggesting therefore to make one major point in one blog and remember the K.I.S.S. to drive home the point.<br /><br />It may be a general practice everywhere that when someone is 'paying' for the bill, as in a restaurant for example, there is a tendency to order more than what one can eat, without realizing that the bill ultimately goes back to him, as in the case of insurance, the next year's premium goes up unnoticed, be it in health care, automobile or fire coverage.<br /><br />Please take a look also, at some point, on the propriety of medical practitioners requiring unnecessary tests and services, including medicine, simply because the same medical practitioner, in some way or another, is directly or indirectly benefited financially, by way of commissions or certain point systems, enabling them to travel on vacation under the guise of conventions, fully paid for by the health care providers - and of course, the general public in the end.<br /><br />Regards.<br /><br />Edizer E. AmandyEdizer Jose Escasa Amandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05504643562566126419noreply@blogger.com