Health Care: The Ticking Time Bomb

Did I say no financial reward? It's a given that people work for payment for their services, or give them "pro bono", as a volunteer. The point is, that doctors abuse their positions, requiring more and more wealth in return for going to school and being a resident less than a decade. Their focus on accumulating wealth deprives patients of attention to their concerns. I see a doctor who left his office at 10:30 A.M. (off duty, hadn't been "on call", in fact he's never "on call", leaving patients with the option of going to the ED, or a doctor whose English is unintelligible. Another day the same week, he left at 3:00 P.M. Now his staff tell me he's about to retire (while he can still sell his practise for moocho bucks), in his 50s!

You cannot steal my message by misinterpreting it!

In a perfect world - the market would set the scale for physicians and nurses. But, the market is rigged. The regulators are supposed to inspect and report unsafe practices and staffing ratios. State inspectors seem without power or teeth, Joint Commission is paid by the hospitals. If all nurses who want to earn more money and receive more respect should return to school - then nurses are not as important as doctors? Or, that nurses aren't needed?

There is no place in the Constitution that allows or states that heathcare is a the job of goverment . With that being said I think we should look very careful at the numbers the Congress has never been able to manage in any way Heathcare MCaid and Mcare are both so far in the red that we will never live long enough to see them even close to breaking even. I hope that people will look and the numbers, no country has been able to keep paying for it all as Dear Leader Obama would like us to belive that the goverment is going to do, all I ask is when I come to you in the ed and let you know that our new goverment healthcare that you are going to be forced to be a part of that everyone wants that the MRI or CT or PET scan that might give the Dr the info they need to save your life is not part of the goverment plan and you do not quilify for it.........sorry.

Socialism means cooperative and joint ownership of means of production and distribution of goods by the government and the people. Have any of you who suggest this studied politics, world history or economics? Have you traveled to other countries? It would be really nice to actually have a discussion with learned, informed individuals.

By the way, the constitution does make a reference to health (welfare) in the very first line:

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, PROMOTE THE GENERAL WELFARE, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

It is beyond selfish to not consider the welfare of those who are living in poverty, facing illness without proper treatment or financial ruin due to lack of health insurance. As nurses, we should be supportive of any law, regulation, ordinance or norm that improves health and wellness for ALL.

Not so much.

Our health care system hurts everyone. Premiums are expensive and increasing every year. Doing nothing today will cost taxpayers 2-3 times more in the next few years.

Currently, the "public option" is the biggest obstacle when it comes to health care reform. Many believe that it will be the end of health care as we know it today - others think that it is long overdue.

Would you support a public health care option?