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Comment on Having a Child with Down Syndrome Part XIII: Surprise Mourning by Jen Mankoff

Jen Mankoff — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:44:05 +0000

Interesting quote that you chose. I’ve always believed it is all about the journey… the goal’s quality affects the journey’s quality, but in the end we spend our time in the journey and that matters far more than the details of where we are going to end up.

Comment on About by GC

GC — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:54:41 +0000

Found yr blog via MetaFilter. You write amazingly about your experiences. Thank you.

Comment on Please Sarah Palin, Just Go Away by julie w.

julie w. — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 16:34:22 +0000

You are using Michelle Bachmann as an example? She is a wacko and an embarrassment to the GOOD people here in Minnesota.

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Comment on Please Sarah Palin, Just Go Away by André

André — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:27:54 +0000

Very well said, sir. You have my deepest respect and i hope your blog post will get the recognition it deserves.

From Norway,
André.

Comment on Please Sarah Palin, Just Go Away by Mark II

Mark II — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:46:22 +0000

So, as an ex-pat brit, who has participated in both the NHS service, private healtcare in the UK, and both HMO /private healthcare in the US, I can attest Steven, that you are somewhat misguided by your ‘friends in the UK’.

HMO in the US and NHS in the UK, in my experience, remain largely similar. This would include a 1-2 hour wait for non life threatening, ER care at a busy period of the day. Both standards of care I found to be acceptable (concussions and pinched nerves in both countries).

There is no appreciable wait to see a Dr in a local surgey inthe UK in my experience. You simply call and make an appointment, just as I would here in the US.

Specialist care, I cannot speak to.

Much the same as the US, private health insurance is taken by everyone that can afford it, as it provides for a better standard of care (private hospitals), and little to no wait for both minor and major sugeries (thought more than likely, for major surgeries you will be using the same Dr you would have through the NHS).

I am moving in the US from HMO to Blue Cross, in order to obtain a regular Dr for my baby, as this is unavailable under my HMO (but would be perfectly easy to obtain under the NHS in the UK).

The NHS, as would the PHS in the US, will act mainly I believe, as a safety net for the poor. And, as I imagine you will agree, caring for the poor is the Christian thing to do?

I am sure, if anyone can screw the pooch on implementing such far reaching changes, it will be Government. However, lets not be ignorant and claim that vast and sweeping changes need to be made.

Indeed, there are many people, throughout the First World who are unhappy with their Public Health System (and of course, everywhere else in the world does have a PHS). But be aware, for every 1 you can find that condemns it, there are a million that will fight to keep it.

Comment on Please Sarah Palin, Just Go Away by Alice

Alice — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:34:44 +0000

My heart goes out to you. Thank you for telling us your story. We need more people to tell their stories.

Comment on Please Sarah Palin, Just Go Away by Traveler

Traveler — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:03:03 +0000

I honestly don’t know what Hillary Clinton proposed back then but I do know that this is the second time that Republicans have done anything they could to shoot down health care reform, they haven’t done squat to fix our health care system but whenever somebody does, wait let me correct that, whenever a Democrat tries to make it better, they attack and spread inaccuracies and use scare tactics to defeat it. And I read that Obama’s ratings are going down because people think he’s not working enough, hand in hand with the Republicans. Are they insane? I wouldn’t be working very well with them at this point either.
And the bottom line is that there are so many cracks to fall through in our current health care system that millions go without basic medical treatment or the prescriptions they need.
It’s more important that positive change isn’t made on somebody else’s watch than it is to do what’s good for the people of this country.
Let me just clarify, my wife and I both have good jobs with excellent medical insurance. I don’t speak out on these points because of myself but right is right and our health care system is out of control in all kinds of ways.

Comment on Please Sarah Palin, Just Go Away by Steven

Steven — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 03:48:22 +0000

I have to agree with Marc. In addition, for all of you that think a socialized healthcare plan is the answer, I beg you to come back and post your comments when this system goes into effect, and although you are now covered to your satisfaction, you cannot get in to see a doctor, or you get stuck on a waiting list to see a doctor in six months to a year because no one wants to practice medicine in this country anymore. If you think my comment is exaggerated, ask our neighbors to the North, call a buddy in the UK. I have had friends in the UK, and they have told me that the Government run plan is crap, and those that can afford it spend the extra money on private insurance so they can have access to medical care. It’s even worse in Canada. You want to fix our system, there needs to be serious, tough, temporary regulation of he insurance and medical fields.

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