[bakpakr]

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[lamazeteacher]

Originally Posted by bakpakr

Does anyone know if there is a recording of this episode? If so where can I veiw it?

Go to www.Oprah.com I had to look through several pages before finding something about that show, before it aired. The local station that airs her show might have the disc containing that episode. It's worth viewing, and they said it is free! It's very easy to spot the self serving insurance company lobbyist. It would be great to have that shown at an inservice or unit meeting.

In Canada, doctors initiated their plan. Here, doctors worry that they'll lose their incomes of privilege, and fear retribution from insurance companies. So "if it's to be, it's up to you and me!"

"The truth will set you free"

[bakpakr]

Originally Posted by lamazeteacher

Go to www.Oprah.com I had to look through several pages before finding something about that show, before it aired. The local station that airs her show might have the disc containing that episode. It's worth viewing, and they said it is free! It's very easy to spot the self serving insurance company lobbyist. It would be great to have that shown at an inservice or unit meeting.

In Canada, doctors initiated their plan. Here, doctors worry that they'll lose their incomes of privilege, and fear retribution from insurance companies. So "if it's to be, it's up to you and me!"

"The truth will set you free"

thanks for the info. I was able to obtain a copy and have made a dvd of it and am letting all my friends view it. I think Oprah's show and Sicko should be mandatory for all to see. Many may not agree we have a problem but at least get all sides of the story before forming an opinion.

In my opinion as soon as we take money out of the equasion we will be well on our way to fixing the problem.

[pickledpepperRN]

Oprah, 9-27-2007
1)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=R5rXxXyeOY8
2)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=_GcM2FV9oK8
3)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=r11aHfdRl3k
4)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=S4QyCy2EycI
5)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=PcraoW1bqGE
6)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=9-8WggeaVHs

[lamazeteacher]

Look at all the reponses. There is one from Bakpakr they have it, and found it vasluable, someone else said a disc was recorded from an available recording. You can contact a member privately, to see how you can get it by clicking their user ID. Hopefully you'll get a response. If not, contact the TV station that airs Oprah in your vicinity, and say free recordings were offered, and you want one. Then bring it to your supervisor and ask how your coworkers could use it as a topic for an inservice.........

[ariansas]

The main people scamming the system is the system itself! There are a lot of kinks that have to be worked out. But we have many systems now that are run by the gov. like Medicare that work fairly well. I don't know what we would do without it. Our gov. can run some programs and the idea of states doing it is even better! The point is, something needs to be done, and soon. I have seen many people die because they were on a HMO and never got the right tests until it was too late. This shouldn't happen.
We need universal healthcare, it's not a dirty word.

[SMK1]

A lot of medical students, hopefuls and physicians may balk at universal coverage because they see that their income would be less than it is with private coverage, (and I can understand it to some degree when you are taking 8 years of schooling and will have to pay back 100k-200k in student loans and can't expect to make those big bucks for about another for years after medical school. Then the insurance companies charge such high malpractice premiums that many physicians are drowning in payments. Start from the beginning, have student loan forgiveness or caps on the cost of necessary healthcare education, cap the malpractice insurance, some form of tort reorganization is also needed, and look at ways to reallocate taxes that the government is already receiving. Doctors and nurses in Canada still seem to be living comfortably so while no system is perfect, ours seems to be way off the mark at this point.

[HM2Viking]

Over 50% of medical students are in favor of a national health plan

[SMK1]

Originally Posted by HM2Viking

Over 50% of medical students are in favor of a national health plan

So that still leaves a large chunk with concerns and doesn't address premed and physicians. Point?

[lamazeteacher]

I think Canadian doctors start out with less of a handicap, in that high interest loans weren't used for their education. However, many medical students in the not too long ago past, saw medicine as a way to make a bundle of money. Canadian doctors knew they wouldn't become millionaires from their job as doctors, and went into the field with a burning desire (well, not 100%) to be of service, with high ethics.

I brought my 14 year old (now 34 years old) to his doctor, and when the doctor asked what he would like to do with his life, my son who is a "people pleaser", said, "I'm thinking of medicine". My head jerked up, as he'd never mentioned that to me, and seemed to view doctors as a necessary evil.

I was bowled over by the doctor's response, "Oh", he said,"there's no money in it anymore". Needless to say, I didn't use that doctor again.
When he finished getting his undergraduate degree, my son still wasn't sure of what he'd do, but did know he wanted to make lots of money. I told him to do that honestly, going into business as that occupation's goal is clearly to make money. He's a stock broker now, making a fortune, but so stressed that he is ill often, has pain and allergies and fears a fall inordinately. His lifestyle is consistent with his income, and he is in constant fear of losing it.

As parents, we do the best we can at the time. He does wash his hands compulsively........