Comments on: Doctoring The Truth About The Uninsured

By: Vanishing Freedoms » Blog Archive » Healthcare reform? Or the death of healthcare choice?

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:44:46 +0000

[...] could be an indicator of why they didn’t have health insurance. So never mind the fact that 14,000,000 would most likely be eligible for pre-existing healthcare options such as Medicaid and the State [...]

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 16:44:00 +0000

I agree. I refer to “no child left behind” as “no child without a fat behind”

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 13:57:00 +0000

“Anyone who thinks that is the real cause of obesity on a national scale is out of touch. I’m a home health care nurse, who sees everyday what contributes to obesity.”

I agree. The causes of obesity are multifactorial. Since you are a homehealth nurse, the primary causes of obesity in your patient population is probably a sedentary lifestyle and poor diet. A different example would be the rapidly expanding obesity epidemic in the pediatric population. Causes here again are numerous but primarily may be increased sedentary lifestyle in children at school (loss of recreational recess time) and home (video games and the internet), high soda consumption, poor diet (junk food), parents setting poor examples by being obese themselves…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 08:59:00 +0000

Some of you are so out of touch with reality that is scares me to know that you believe these things you say.

To the person who doesn't even live in the US and yet thinks he understands our obesity issue you sound like a dumbass! Yes, some people certainly do overindulge in fast foods.

Anyone who thinks that is the real cause of obesity on a national scale is out of touch. I'm a home health care nurse, who sees everyday what contributes to obesity.

Do you have any idea of the vast number of people (Elderly and disabled)who NEVER eat or visit a fast food joint and yet they are obese? They also don't overeat. What they do is go to the grocery store (or send someone) once a month! Thats right, once a month! They buy all the right things, except the last 2.5 weeks of every month they no longer have any fresh fruits or vegeables. They run out of meat by about the beginning of the third week so they eat the last half of every month on things like spaghetti, noodles, potatoes, cheese, etc....All high calorie foods. They don't overeat they do however have to survive.

As for the person who things everyone sitting in his office has an ipod in her purse, you know thats not true just as well as i do. First of all that is just your opionated impression of something you have NO knowledge about. Do you require your patients to dump all contents of their purses out for you to inspect? If not, then you are only assuming and you know what they say about that, don't ya?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 02:14:00 +0000

“The responisible ones set aside money to cover medical bills and thus self-insure.”

If they are responsible enough to be doing this then they should be smart enough to also get into a tax saving HSA. The MA and MD mandatory insurance programs are a step in the right direction.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 21:07:00 +0000

Amen!

By: Michael Rack, MD

Michael Rack, MD — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 19:49:00 +0000

“I would argue that the majority of adults are also eligible to be insured under private plans, but most can’t afford it, or decide the expense dwarfs the risk that they’ll actually need it. Does that make them any less “uninsured?”"
Yes, it makes them less uninsured. Some adults make the decision that medical insurance is a bad financial decision for them. The responisible ones set aside money to cover medical bills and thus self-insure.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 16:49:00 +0000

Having Medicaid is worse than being uninsured in my book. We accept cash, check, or credit card but not Medicaid.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 15:38:00 +0000

If you want to exclude children eligible for Medicaid and CHIP from the rolls of the uninsured, then perhaps we better define “uninsured.” As a practicing pediatrician, if they’re eligible but not on the rolls, then they’re uninsured as far as my bottom line is concerned. Actually, worse than uninsured, as far as coverage: since Medicaid can be 3-6 months retroactive, we can’t collect on visits pending eligibility. And then, if the coverage doesn’t come through, we have almost no chance of recovering the outstanding balance. Their uninsurance may be temporary, and in some cases may be related to lack of personal motivation, but bureaucratic hassles also play a role. Just because they’re financially eligible and theoretically covered doesn’t make it so. I would argue that the majority of adults are also eligible to be insured under private plans, but most can’t afford it, or decide the expense dwarfs the risk that they’ll actually need it. Does that make them any less “uninsured?”

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:48:00 +0000

“even though surveys show that citizens of those countries like their healthcare better than we do”

Now there is damned lie! Look in any Canadian newspaper and just see if there isn’t an article on about a daily basis about somebody having to go to the U.S. for care. Pity all those Mexicans/Latinos that forego their national health insurance to work here. And all those international patients that cross oceans to see me for their care, I really should refer them to a psychiatrist, they must be crazy!