Comments on: Husband couldn’t afford medical bills, kills wife

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 02:27:00 +0000

What crap. Men and women have been murdering burdensome spouses since the beginning of time and will do so to the end of time. This is a moral problem and a criminal case, not an insurance problem. This is silly. We could brain storm and come up with a thousand other scenarios, other than healthcare bills, of how his spouse could be putting him in a bad spot and come up with a thousand different actions that he could have taken other then murder. He choose murder. Not the system or the doctors or the bill collectors. Him.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 01:32:00 +0000

Anon 3:59... what the difference? Do you think I can afford it, but I'm just choosing NOT to buy my Ferrari?

Its not "useless". Its apt. APT!!! (Lisa Simpson joke)

Seriously, the idea that doctors all have ferraris is retarded. Or that they believe they are entitled to one. Only a tiny number could believe this. And the weirdo that posts those long diatribes that make him/her sound like Son of Sam needs to accept it and move on.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 20:59:00 +0000

Yes, they live in Manhattan, adjacent to Central Park on the upper West Side.

Again, though, that’s why I asked how much Mike made. I guess I should also have asked where he lived. His blanket statement that he can’t afford a car is useless without more info.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 18:56:00 +0000

12:10

Do they live in Manhattan?

2 BR apartments, nothing special, $1.34M, or more. Usually more.

Monthly parking, $400. Not necessarily nearby.

Oh, then you have to buy and insure the car.

I could easily see why a doctor working in NYC might not be able to afford either to own a car or live in Manhattan. And it has nothing to do with convenient public transport there. You can easily have a 1 hour train/subway commute.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 17:10:00 +0000

I engaged in no classism, I simply asked how much he made. He's complaining about his income, so what is it?

I have family that lives in NYC, and they chose not to have a car for many years, which in NYC is a perfectly viable choice due to the prevalence of public transportation.

As for the rest of your post, I don't know why physicians are so indignant since this is the same kind of thing that they do with regard to tort reform. Is what's good for the goose not good for the gander?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 14:59:00 +0000

Anon: Mike lives/works in NYC. Ever try owning a car in NYC? I own a 9 year old chevy. Your classism and prejudgements are wrong and tiresome. Get a new line. Now about this thread, the guy murdered his wife (who appeared to have insurance) which is a local story. It becomes a national story that everyone jumps on and blames on the big bad medical/insruance complex without even knowing the whole story. Now what does that say? Kind of reminds me of micheal moore’s
sicko. He could have had a very good documentary with what is wrong with the system without over-reaching with falsehoods like the metastatic renal cell pt not getting a transplant due to the insurance company. Doesn’t exactly help the argument to change the system when examples used are based on lies and falsehoods.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 02:39:00 +0000

"Some doctors (like myself) can't afford to even own a car."

How much do you make Mike?

"The over-the-top sarcasm of the jealous and angry nuts on this site needs to stop. It accomplishes nothing."

Isn't that what all these physicians are doing about lawyers? Pot, meet kettle.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 15:46:00 +0000

Anon 11:27 PM,

I ditto the above comment. And if it were the bills from the plumber, the electric company or the car payments that drove him over the edge, would it be their fault? I’m sure you think not. Where does your animosity and venom to physicians come from?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 11:47:00 +0000

11:27

You write like a bright but angry thirteen-year old. It would be better if you applied some discipline to yourself. Your ideas–not your silly provocative rants–might then rise above the level of typical internet incivility, which is nothing but background noise.

Think about what it takes to be listened to, not just to be heard.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 04:27:00 +0000

It is a travesty… A national tragedy of epic and perhaps even Biblical proportions when a physician is parted, even for a moment, from his/her Ferrari. What other purported suffering in the annals of human existence could even hope to compare with this, the greatest suffering ever seen or imagined by all of humanity? Physicians, the Seraphim – the best and the brightest, the most caring, the most altruistic, the divinely ordained, the “special” ones that have transcended the human condition with their “special” position in life… what suffering of mere mortals could even compare to the most minor inconvenience of deities such as these? Base and vulgar humanity should worship with superstitious veneration and be filled with awe that physicians would even deem to consider such vulgarity to exist in the presence of exalted physician glory. Thusly, all money and items of physical value belong to the physicians. Special legal protections regarding professional practice belong only to the physicians. Deaths and injuries are solely the responsibility of the vulgar humanity and none of the blame rests with the physicians. Oaths and societal contracts in establishing physician first legal and business protections are meaningless as even the loss of a single dollar to a physician in fulfilling their oath is a crime of untold proportion and magnitude.