Quote Originally Posted by CitizenCain View Post
Aye, aye, Ms. Kettle.
Miss Kettle is just fine.

So your suggestion, and the seemingly only "relevant" part of your post, as per the standard you applied to me would be that health care professionals should get together and figure out suggestions.

Really top-notch, outstanding contribution there.
Too bad for you that your post didn't also come with a cute British accent that could go a long way as a distraction for what you actually say. Pip pip Mister Pot! You asked, I answered. It was even prefaced appropriately, or so I thought

2) My "solution" would be unacceptable to anyone in the insurance industry, and it would mean physicians getting more involved in cost-containment, so I won't even bother.


Oh, wait, there's also this...

So your solution to the fact that routine doctor's visits are too expensive is to bring in a team of world-renowned experts... or at least copy what they do. And your theory is that since routine visits to a single health care professional are too expensive, we ought to make people see a team of health care professionals in order to reduce costs. Bet that works out great; do keep me posted.
Stop acting retarded. It's not in keeping with your reputation as an intelligent (albeit angry) poster. Nowhere did I use the term "make" or suggest force, or any law. That's your own bias at work. Physicians are smart professionals who strive to practice healing with science. A few of them might be motivated by monetary profit, but they'd be the minority. When confronted with the possibility to practice medicine and healing, without causing entire societies to go broke doing so.....I'd wager most physicians DO care about costs. It's just very difficult for them to be both healer and accountant. That doesn't mean there aren't millions of physicians or nurses who don't have good ideas.

And you say I'm not reading your posts. Funny.
Well, you don't. You're simply positioning yourself to POUNCE. Sounds more like a bar dating strategy than a discussion forum strategy.

But for the record, welcome to life, and yes, that is the only completely free option available to any of us - anything better costs money. (It's really too bad you didn't figure that out decades ago.)

Look, if you want to just whine and bitch that shit's too expensive, and no one's bending over backwards to make life easier for you (or anyone else), and life's unfair and you don't like the system and the rich and powerful have different (no) rules than everyone else (which seems to be what you're doing in general), that's fine by me.

But if all you're going to do is complain about stuff without wanting to discuss it or offer up solutions or even hear an opposing viewpoint, don't hold others, such as me to a different standard than you hold yourself to.
I've offered suggestions and solutions, I don't just complain but want to discuss---not just from my own perspective but from others'. All you manage to say is that life is one big glorious gamble. Take it or leave it. Do you really believe that a person with Parkinson's, but without great insurance or a child able to pay for their care, should receive inferior care and face premature death?