Posted by
Dr. K on Thursday, September 10, 2009 9:34:30 AM
I am so tired of hearing how the health care system is BROKEN. It's not broken. What does broken mean? Broken means: reduced to fragments, ruptured, torn, fractured. How is the healthcare system BROKEN? A good friend of mine has been an ER physician for 27 years. The worst place he had to work was the Indian healthcare system a reservation in Montana. It is true that you don't want to get sick after June. The Indian healthcare system is run by the United States government. Again though, what part of the general healthcare system is BROKEN? Gov. Palenti said it is broken. WHAT PART OF THE SYSTEM IS BROKEN? Are bodies being piled up outside of hospitals for lack of care? Are millions and millions dying every day because of lack of care?
But we are constantly told that we must change it NOW! BUY HEALTHCARE REFORM, NOW! BUY IT NOW! YOU CAN"T LIVE WITHOUT IT!
Really.
BUY! BUY! BUY! We'll find the MONEY somewhere. Don't worry about the details. Nothing will change, but we will provide more for you at no extra cost. But if you don't BUY NOW, you will be punished.
Really.
Everybody must sign on to the NEW PLAN to make it work. We will find savings in Medicare without reducing services. But we have to DO IT NOW! But it won't become effective for four years. BUT WE HAVE TO DO IT NOW! BUY IT NOW! DELAY ALLOWS A BROKEN SYSTEM TO CONTINUE WORKING!
Really.
If it continues to work, how can it be broken?
from my corner of Main Street
Dr. K