tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2234919996895219751.comments2023-08-05T03:18:35.369-05:00Ill and UNINSURED in IllinoisIll and Uninsured in Illinoishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02842061773157756533noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2234919996895219751.post-28978705090757089482009-08-18T21:42:48.471-05:002009-08-18T21:42:48.471-05:00I prefer to use the 'ticking time bomb' ar...I prefer to use the 'ticking time bomb' argument that GOP has used to solicit support for torture. Let's say there is an indigent or homeless person who has no job and no health care. There is also a nuclear device planted in the subway system of new york city. Now this homeless guy happens to have a brain illness/injury that if left untreated will render him unable to be tortured to Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698207906466967218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2234919996895219751.post-14089502980644188932009-08-12T16:16:27.431-05:002009-08-12T16:16:27.431-05:00Cook County Health and Hospitals System is holding...Cook County Health and Hospitals System is holding a town hall meeting this Thursday, August 13th from 5:30-8pm at Oakton Community College, looking for feedback in how to improve their programs. This would be a great place to share your frustrations!<br /><br />www.suffredin.org/pdf/TownHallMeetingsFinalFlyer07-20-09.pdfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2234919996895219751.post-46832843548597451792009-08-12T10:10:02.937-05:002009-08-12T10:10:02.937-05:00Nick was amazing. I spent last Christmas with him...Nick was amazing. I spent last Christmas with him when he and his girlfriend came up to my family's house in Spring Grove. We hadn't spoken in a year and a half, but we fell right back into our old ways. The foundation for Nick's current work was laid out years ago. He had a boundless energy for questioning authority, and never shied away from calling hypocrites out on their Colin Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14657575495367612599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2234919996895219751.post-62126125030521709342009-08-11T05:22:12.239-05:002009-08-11T05:22:12.239-05:00If you read my other posts on this blog, you will ...If you read my other posts on this blog, you will see that I am not in a position to be open-minded on the issue of health care. The current "free-market" system has failed me utterly.Ill and Uninsured in Illinoishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02842061773157756533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2234919996895219751.post-89659686209165446202009-08-10T10:47:02.832-05:002009-08-10T10:47:02.832-05:00Thank you for linking to Jake Tapper's blog, I...Thank you for linking to Jake Tapper's blog, I'll have to take some time to read that article and respond. I am some what reluctant to engage in a discussion with you if you are going to march out the "Sarah Palin is an idiot" and "rich white guys" meme. I'd rather have a productive discussion where the participants minds are open to what those who disagree with Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2234919996895219751.post-27333178547378860342009-08-10T05:03:00.635-05:002009-08-10T05:03:00.635-05:00I read the article (a link to it is here) and it a...I read the article (a link to it is <a href="http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/07/when-academic-words-become-political-ammunition-.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>) and it advocates no such thing. Whoever read it to Palin took an example given as an illustration in a academic piece discussing various issues of bioethics out of context and presented it as if it were being proposed as Ill and Uninsured in Illinoishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02842061773157756533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2234919996895219751.post-24733051063135451552009-08-09T18:01:42.436-05:002009-08-09T18:01:42.436-05:00"Death panels" comes from an article by ..."Death panels" comes from an article by Rahm Emanuel's brother, Dr Ezekial Emanuel, about allocation of scarce medical interventions. <br /><br />While not specifically referring to a death panel, there is discussion of allocating resources to those who have a better chance at living a productive life.<br /><br />I read about this at Legal Insurrection, which links to the full Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2234919996895219751.post-72180657940352320032009-08-09T15:42:06.948-05:002009-08-09T15:42:06.948-05:00Kirk just refinanced his Highland Park Apartment. ...Kirk just refinanced his Highland Park Apartment. It was in the paper with all the transfers and refinances last week. Why does he have a Highland Park apartment at the same time he had a house with his wife (now former wife) close by in Ft. Sheridan? Was it his love nest?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2234919996895219751.post-66559583716255930682009-06-25T08:05:44.203-05:002009-06-25T08:05:44.203-05:00I manage a retail health clinic and the biggest ob...I manage a retail health clinic and the biggest obstacle is getting patients to understand that we are not primary care providers. Also, they want fast care 10 min or less. I tell my colleagues to spend the necessary time to gather all information to make the safest and appropriate treatment decision. <br />Should we be in designated poor areas? Consider what the needs are for most on Medicaid marettahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02585542910252384689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2234919996895219751.post-7626793831346907762009-06-21T20:35:35.403-05:002009-06-21T20:35:35.403-05:00AMERICA’S NATIONAL HEALTHCARE EMERGENCY!
It’s off...AMERICA’S NATIONAL HEALTHCARE EMERGENCY!<br /><br />It’s official. America and the World are now in a GLOBAL PANDEMIC. A World EPIDEMIC with potential catastrophic consequences for ALL of the American people. The first PANDEMIC in 41 years. And WE THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES will have to face this PANDEMIC with the 37th worst quality of healthcare in the developed World.<br /><br />STAND jacksmithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2234919996895219751.post-42496551631344377092009-06-18T12:42:50.403-05:002009-06-18T12:42:50.403-05:00Society apparently values its legal practitioners ...Society apparently values its legal practitioners more highly than its medical practitioners, as evidenced by the protections afforded America's legal members and its willingness to let doctors become extinct,<br />But…is society aware of this? Or is it simply happening because predator lawyers are more vicious and numerous than prey physicians?susanhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15232707453234913629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2234919996895219751.post-89442940261798582092009-06-18T01:23:37.479-05:002009-06-18T01:23:37.479-05:00Abby, how do you know it's a complex problem u...Abby, how do you know it's a complex problem until you get it diagnosed? The clinics themselves say that many of the people who go there do not have a primary care physician or health insurance. <br /><br />Yes, they're better than nothing, and for minor problems far better than the ER, but health-reform obstructionists try to say that EMTALA and retail clinics mean are adequate to treat Ill and Uninsured in Illinoishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02842061773157756533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2234919996895219751.post-54137026339478835902009-06-17T22:00:38.937-05:002009-06-17T22:00:38.937-05:00Your point reminds me of something I recently hear...Your point reminds me of something I recently heard from a woman who was born in the UK. I walked back to the El with her after that HCAN rally in Chicago a couple of months ago. She said that she thinks a huge problem in the US is that we don't talk about health care problems. According to this woman, it's not a problem in the UK. One possible reason for our silence is simply employment Ellen Beth Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02437707135406101498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2234919996895219751.post-58199237518124212932009-06-17T18:49:46.114-05:002009-06-17T18:49:46.114-05:00Many places in the US offer to forgive student loa...Many places in the US offer to forgive student loans for recently graduated docs who work in underserved areas.<br /><br />Further, I don't think anyone is really trying to argue that retail clinics are more than a stop-gap measure. For complicated problems, yes, go see your primary physician. For easy things, an NP should be able to manage it at a retail clinic.<br /><br />It's true Abbynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2234919996895219751.post-89790141246420225392009-06-17T15:30:05.113-05:002009-06-17T15:30:05.113-05:00To get a free prescription discount card with acce...To get a free prescription discount card with access to prices at pharmacies in your neighborhood, go to: www.freefamilyrxcard.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2234919996895219751.post-8585678674317629542009-06-07T11:28:06.051-05:002009-06-07T11:28:06.051-05:00"The only people who want to keep what they h..."The only people who want to keep what they have are healthy people who haven't had any real interaction with their insurance companies."<br /><br />That is so true. Over the past year, many employers have switched their plans over to high deductible plans. To soften the blow, they have also contributed to HSAs to pay those deductibles. BUT, that company contribution is a ONE TIME Ellen Beth Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02437707135406101498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2234919996895219751.post-41959300629641615392009-06-05T21:22:06.055-05:002009-06-05T21:22:06.055-05:00These places scare me because the lower cost likel...These places scare me because the lower cost likely translates into lower skill, higher volume and corporate control over getting patients in and out fast. There is something in the old fashioned medical profession they will never replace. I'm sure there is a medical term for it, but I don't know it. It's that diagnostic look see that doctors do every time a patient comes in for just Ellen Beth Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02437707135406101498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2234919996895219751.post-89185452321627361092009-06-05T12:22:20.556-05:002009-06-05T12:22:20.556-05:00The only value to the uninsured is a somewhat lowe...The only value to the uninsured is a somewhat lower cost than doctors' offices and emergency rooms.Ill and Uninsured in Illinoishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02842061773157756533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2234919996895219751.post-1667689601946326302009-06-05T08:25:08.799-05:002009-06-05T08:25:08.799-05:00I got my flu shot last fall at CVS. The first ques...I got my flu shot last fall at CVS. The first question they asked was for my insurance card. No different from the drs office except they are unlikely to be able to handle or perhaps even diagnose or notice something important or serious. I don't see the value to the uninsured at all. The argument that these services somehow expand health care is an argument that the poor or uninsured don'Ellen Beth Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02437707135406101498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2234919996895219751.post-86502445566930939152009-06-04T20:06:06.732-05:002009-06-04T20:06:06.732-05:00I couldn't agree more. These clinics are a sto...I couldn't agree more. These clinics are a stop gap measure and should not be considered any type of long term solution for someone's health care needs. Still, as a PCP in Chicago, I'm glad they exist, as I do think they relieve some strain on our crowded ER's. -LeslieLesliesList.orghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14500360162020224951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2234919996895219751.post-2967381209835954962009-06-01T22:13:33.864-05:002009-06-01T22:13:33.864-05:00I liked your idea, so I created a re-write the scr...I liked your idea, so I created a re-write the script event on MyBo. It's just a small event at home because I cannot afford a big shindig of the sort I used to do. I wonder if I'll get any takers or how long it will take for them to take it down.Ellen Beth Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02437707135406101498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2234919996895219751.post-58291531550265852632009-05-31T09:30:33.983-05:002009-05-31T09:30:33.983-05:00I just thought I should give you a heads up that H...I just thought I should give you a heads up that HCAN! is an astro-turf effort done by the Democrats created under the guise of actual reform, but is in actuality a group that will likely wind up weakly supporting whatever plan the Democrats come up with. <br /><br />For a true single-payer advocacy group that will accept nothing less than single-payer, Healthcare-NOW! is the group to join.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2234919996895219751.post-43127649928291040322009-05-27T13:49:33.071-05:002009-05-27T13:49:33.071-05:00I had the same experience with trying to help HCAN...I had the same experience with trying to help HCAN better use the Internet. Then, they just turned me off with their intolerance for other close, but not exact, views so it was just as well they ignored my advice.<br /><br />The trigger is a bad idea because it puts people who need the public option now in a holding pattern. It's supposed to be Health Care for American NOW, not Health Care for Ellen Beth Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02437707135406101498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2234919996895219751.post-87666725770814938302009-05-14T11:41:00.000-05:002009-05-14T11:41:00.000-05:00We are concerned about the quality of care at Resu...We are concerned about the quality of care at Resurrection Health Care hospitals in Illinois. Health care experts have given low ratings to Resurrection Health Care hospitals and both patients and employees have reported issues with patient safety. If you want the full story on the quality of care given at Resurrection facilities, visit our website (www.resquality.com). If you were a patient at aResQualityhttp://www.resquality.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2234919996895219751.post-55704441161333756812009-05-04T12:43:00.000-05:002009-05-04T12:43:00.000-05:00Now this was a well thought out plan. Bravo!!
THIN...Now this was a well thought out plan. Bravo!!<br />THINK ABOUT THIS! MOST MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ARE LAWYERS.<br /><br />Attorney: Do you recall the time that you examined the body?<br />Witness: The autopsy started around 8:30 p.m.<br />Attorney: And Mr. Denton was dead at the time?<br />Witness: If not, he was by the time I finished.<br />Attorney: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did youKenneth Hamiltonhttp://whatishealthcare.brighterplanet.orgnoreply@blogger.com