tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782769961461736606.post4324508421309948163..comments2024-01-23T17:23:48.164-08:00Comments on Bite the Apple: Liar Liar Pants on Firemoihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07824043795171732429noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782769961461736606.post-19790476951027055502013-10-22T17:59:38.848-07:002013-10-22T17:59:38.848-07:00Poet: Bwahahahahaha! Optional? That would be calle...<b>Poet</b>: Bwahahahahaha! Optional? That would be called "free market healthcare." No such thing under the Obummer Regime. No way to fund this mess unless everyone pays much, much more. See my new post. It's everyone I know . . .moihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07824043795171732429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782769961461736606.post-87726684902808289682013-10-16T05:17:15.929-07:002013-10-16T05:17:15.929-07:00That's outrageous that you lost your cover lik...That's outrageous that you lost your cover like that. Surely the new scheme should be an optional thing which does not affect existing scheme. I hope it guarantees to offer like-for-like healthcare at the very least.The Poet Laura-eatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779308486569849157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782769961461736606.post-40288191933781959862013-10-13T19:56:23.883-07:002013-10-13T19:56:23.883-07:00Aw, Rafe, you hit the nail on the head: "The ...Aw, Rafe, you hit the nail on the head: "The problem with all the government babysitting, is it allows people to fail without consequence. It allows people to not even try without consequence." I'll try to bare something fer ya by end day tomorrow. (other than my teeth--but only when I rant).moihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07824043795171732429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782769961461736606.post-1904386239979462782013-10-11T16:08:21.034-07:002013-10-11T16:08:21.034-07:00Moi:
You're right, of course, insurance is NO...Moi:<br /><br />You're right, of course, insurance is NOT medical care, but greed predicating on our fears.<br /><br />But that's ok. Life is all about risk/reward. Some people have a higher threshold for risk than others. Young, healthy, top of the world... take your chances if you've got the balls. However, risk has repercussions. Don't go doing stuff(?) you're not willing to own up to. The problem with all the government babysitting, is it allows people to fail without consequence. It allows people to not even try without consequence. Yet, the more beholden we are, the more indebted to their success...even to the detriment of our own self worth. <br /><br />Uhm...sorry, tangent...:(<br /><br />Oh, btw, I don't lie (much), but my pants are often quite heated...on FIRE, even:D It's not always a bad thing, ya' know.<br /><br />Anywho, I sorely miss your chirpings (you really do give great tongue), and would be much obliged with a pop-in for Haiku Monday... if you would be so kind:D<br /><br />@Karl:<br />You know you are always welcome...if you can stand the heat, that is:D I'm not that bad, am I? (you don't have to answer that, if'n it's not nice)<br /><br />Be blessed, the both of ya's!DRafaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13353226877718632215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782769961461736606.post-42790709618782586872013-10-06T12:38:36.997-07:002013-10-06T12:38:36.997-07:00Karl: Nope. Another thing that really bothers me i...Karl: Nope. Another thing that really bothers me is that we have bought hook line and sinker into the idea that insurance = healthcare. Thus, we have been focused on finding a way to PAY for insurance, whatever it may cost, rather than figuring out WHY it costs so much and working to lower those costs.<br /><br />Because, let's be honest, medicine isn't rocket science. Certainly the technology of medicine is no more "magical" than the technology behind producing and delivering produce to the grocery store, your car to the showroom.<br /><br />So why is it so expensive? Because 1. we believe it's magic and because 2. as long as insurance is the main conduit through which we receive medical care--with its host of bureaucrats who need to be paid standing in the way between your and your doctor--costs will never come down.moihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07824043795171732429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782769961461736606.post-8352299860397183152013-10-05T14:08:03.203-07:002013-10-05T14:08:03.203-07:00Good afternoon Moi,
He didn't say anything ab...Good afternoon Moi,<br /><br />He didn't say anything about those plans still being affordable or that your Dr. wouldn't decide to retire rather than getting into this mess. Which by the way of many are doing just that.Karlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18233754448811631284noreply@blogger.com