Comments on: Ignoring the positives of American health care http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/06/ignoring-positives-of-american-health.html medical blog Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:18:41 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/06/ignoring-positives-of-american-health.html/comment-page-1#comment-76479 Anonymous Wed, 20 Jun 2007 18:48:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/06/ignoring-the-positives-of-american-health-care.html#comment-76479 I don't know that you can exactly call a system where govt. pays for 40% of all expenditures "capitalism". Our healthcare system is a hybrid at best. I don’t know that you can exactly call a system where govt. pays for 40% of all expenditures “capitalism”. Our healthcare system is a hybrid at best.

]]> By: Mike http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/06/ignoring-positives-of-american-health.html/comment-page-1#comment-76476 Mike Wed, 20 Jun 2007 18:05:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/06/ignoring-the-positives-of-american-health-care.html#comment-76476 scalpel.. EXACTLY!! Let em move to a noncapitalist country if they dont like it. Or they can just accept that we're doing the best we can in the system,and there's room for improvement. But not for socialism. scalpel.. EXACTLY!! Let em move to a noncapitalist country if they dont like it. Or they can just accept that we’re doing the best we can in the system,and there’s room for improvement. But not for socialism.

]]> By: scalpel http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/06/ignoring-positives-of-american-health.html/comment-page-1#comment-76470 scalpel Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:15:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/06/ignoring-the-positives-of-american-health-care.html#comment-76470 "All this wonderful quality doesn't mean very much when there are people who are uninsured or underinsured and can't afford to pay for it..."<br/><br/>That's more an indictment of capitalism than our healthcare system then, isn't it? “All this wonderful quality doesn’t mean very much when there are people who are uninsured or underinsured and can’t afford to pay for it…”

That’s more an indictment of capitalism than our healthcare system then, isn’t it?

]]> By: Elliott http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/06/ignoring-positives-of-american-health.html/comment-page-1#comment-76468 Elliott Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:06:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/06/ignoring-the-positives-of-american-health-care.html#comment-76468 I'm pretty sure that most of those Nobel prize winners would be indicted for practicing medicine without a license. Although most are entitled to be called doctor, it's a PhD and not an M.D. Spin much Kevin? Why is it that almost all of the BS at Health Care BS is from David Catron. He's an unrepentant BS artist. I’m pretty sure that most of those Nobel prize winners would be indicted for practicing medicine without a license. Although most are entitled to be called doctor, it’s a PhD and not an M.D. Spin much Kevin? Why is it that almost all of the BS at Health Care BS is from David Catron. He’s an unrepentant BS artist.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/06/ignoring-positives-of-american-health.html/comment-page-1#comment-76464 Anonymous Wed, 20 Jun 2007 14:52:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/06/ignoring-the-positives-of-american-health-care.html#comment-76464 All this wonderful quality doesn't mean very much when there are people who are uninsured or underinsured and can't afford to pay for it, or who live in underserved rural or inner-city areas where they don't have access to the latest and greatest. All this wonderful quality doesn’t mean very much when there are people who are uninsured or underinsured and can’t afford to pay for it, or who live in underserved rural or inner-city areas where they don’t have access to the latest and greatest.

]]> By: Mike http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/06/ignoring-positives-of-american-health.html/comment-page-1#comment-76463 Mike Wed, 20 Jun 2007 13:51:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/06/ignoring-the-positives-of-american-health-care.html#comment-76463 Don't confuse the socialized med nuts with the facts. They still cling to their "fetal mortality" statistics like Bible thumpers to their rosary beads. Don’t confuse the socialized med nuts with the facts. They still cling to their “fetal mortality” statistics like Bible thumpers to their rosary beads.

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