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Originally Posted by Soooshi
^ Agreed.
95% of my nursing/emt/medical field friends agree and all push for public option.
I'm sure doctors do not.
work 4 days a week, disrespect women, acquire currency.
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At the end of it all, I am hoping for a major reform in the whole system too.
It seems that it is rife with incompetence and seems to be purposely positioned to confuse the shit out of the patient/customer, who will wind up financially responsible/ruined by the whole shit in the end, more often than not.
I say this speaking from the position where I speak to nurses and facilities every day in that I work for one of the major labs. It seems that they spin a wheel in these doctors' offices, containing the names of the most inarticulate, uninformed, ignorant or English-challenged individual working in the office, then hand them a phone and say "here, call [company] and ask for help with this," extra points if that person is still on their first day with the practice.
One would think that with the collective lives, wellbeing and financial health of the constituency on the line here, there would be better standards kept on who and who cannot do what in a medical practice, but the mishandling of things that fall to the responsibility of the average patient, who is more often than not NOT at fault for the fuckups that will cost them up to tens of thousands of dollars, with little to no retribution to those who are at fault is angering. Why there is nothing in place to make sure this bullshit is not taking place is even MORE angering. I am pretty sure that the money saved on a PROPER restructuring might help to ease the blow of the cost of reform, but there again, what do I know?
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Originally Posted by Soooshi
You know whats funny too? This was discussed WAYY before in regards to all the displaced vets out on the streets.
Ever wonder why there are so many mentally unstable vets on the streets? Gov closed down SHIT-TONS of mental wards, most housing Viet vets. They didn't come home to a warm welcome at all, more often, the kind of welcome you'd give a friend that just F*d your sister. Many are still unfit for society, but Gov wouldn't do a thing about it.
I've been marinating on the idea that Govs should allow the reopening of dealership grounds not as carlots, but as shelters for those who need it. Who's known anyone that has lost their home? Who's ever gotten to know a homeless? How hard is it to get back on your feet?
All those shut down lots could be put to GREAT use. The land owners would be able to be given a tax break/cut based on the number of occupants housed, it generates a few hundred more jobs (janitor, on-site medical assistance, landlord) worldwide. May seem small, but the numbers add up.
Might write a letter to local gov. to push for that.
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I don't know anyone who has lost their homes, but I do know a Vietnam Vet who lives to this day with PTSD. My moms' uncle (granny's youngest brother). He is otherwise a cool as hell and old dude, and is generally in good health, other than problematic drinking which he is working on after it landed him a couple stretches in jail.
Luckily great-granny sold him the house for a dollar before she died (easy way of transfer of ownership without bullshit tax confusion) back in 91 or he might be in deeper shit, albeit it up here with us or with one of his sons out in the eastern part of the state and VA.