Katie82

Katie82 RN

Med Surg, Tele, PH, CM

RN, ASN, BBA, MBA

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  1. Insurance Practices: Delay, Diminish, Deny, & Blame

    Katie82 replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Michael Moore is a master at slanting and sensationalizing the issues he approaches. If he were to do a film on Nurses in America, you would be outraged at the picture he paints, and rightfully so. I...

  2. Insurance Practices: Delay, Diminish, Deny, & Blame

    Katie82 replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Absolutely. Healthcare is a right, and there are laws that prevent hospitals from turning people away. But, with our current system, health insurance is not a right. Insurance companies underwrite...

  3. Concern about flu shot

    Katie82 replied to inspire's topic in General Nursing

    Did you try the local health department? Ours switched to single-dose syringes several years ago so we wouldn't have to deal with those

  4. Concern about flu shot

    Katie82 replied to inspire's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's terribly irresponsible for a Chiropractor, with such limited medical training to be trying to influence his patients on a communicable disease

  5. What is the opposition to Universal Healthcare

    Katie82 replied to ChicagoRN2010's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    That makes sense, similar to the current Medicare Tax that is deducted. But how are we going to cut Administrative costs to 2%, I just don't see that happening. Healthcare delivery bears a very high...

  6. Is Favoritism in workplace a form of Discrimmination?

    Katie82 replied to vamapega's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Isn't your hospital doing this already? THey should be if they are JAHCO certified. Limiting patient satisfaction to your floor only may create a morale problem. If the entire hospital is...

  7. Is Favoritism in workplace a form of Discrimmination?

    Katie82 replied to vamapega's topic in Activism, Healthcare

  8. What is the opposition to Universal Healthcare

    Katie82 replied to ChicagoRN2010's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    You may not be paying that much, but you will be paying. And that is a problem, most folks think UHC will be free. THere will be a premium, which will upset most of the folks that UHC was developed to...

  9. What is the opposition to Universal Healthcare

    Katie82 replied to ChicagoRN2010's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I didn't say I liked it. I like the Canadian system more than any of the others I have studied, but it has one drawback that is going to be a big sell for Americans - Rationing. THe reason I pay so...

  10. What is the opposition to Universal Healthcare

    Katie82 replied to ChicagoRN2010's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    [ Also, for anyone who thinks that health care is "privatized" in our dear country, please look at overall government spending on health care in our country today. It is a not so distant 2nd place...

  11. What is the opposition to Universal Healthcare

    Katie82 replied to ChicagoRN2010's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Benefit handbooks are written by the insurer to cover what the client wants to pay for. Organizations usually do not order healthcare coverage "off the rack"- representatives from both parties sit...

  12. Commentary: How to take American healthcare from worst to first

    Katie82 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Interesting commentary. When I was in grad school, I wrote a paper contrasting Intermountain Healthcare and a health system in Chicago. My hypothesis was the evidence-based delivery system was more...

  13. What is the opposition to Universal Healthcare

    Katie82 replied to ChicagoRN2010's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Medicare is moving toward more cost-effective Managed Care as we speak - of course some of us will feel this is an infringement upon our rights to control our own healthcare. Medical Assistance is a...

  14. What is the opposition to Universal Healthcare

    Katie82 replied to ChicagoRN2010's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Most folks think of insurance as either a luxury or an entitlement. Not enough see it as a responsibility. My daughter is in nursing school and has timed out of my coverage. I just bought her BC/BS...

  15. Falling Behind: Americans' Access to Medical Care Deteriorates

    Katie82 replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    No. CMMS pays BC/BS to administer the program. When a Medicare recipient calls Medicare about a bill or premium dispute, they are actually dealing with BC/BS. They manage the premiums, pay the bills,...

  16. Falling Behind: Americans' Access to Medical Care Deteriorates

    Katie82 replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    And you think you don't run into these people in your own

  17. Falling Behind: Americans' Access to Medical Care Deteriorates

    Katie82 replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    i believe every word of this, but is this always the fault of the system. for most folks, "access to care" depicts images of doctors refusing to see patients, or insurance companies refusing to pay. a...

  18. Falling Behind: Americans' Access to Medical Care Deteriorates

    Katie82 replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Do you think the government is going to do all the work if we have a "single payer" system? Medicare is a classic example. CMMS outsources most of the administrative work for Medicare - even the...

  19. Falling Behind: Americans' Access to Medical Care Deteriorates

    Katie82 replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

  20. The teacher from hell!

    Katie82 replied to keno138's topic in General Nursing

    Many schools do not require teaching credentials or experience when they hire faculty. This woman may not be stupid, but she is definatly not a teacher. If your accounts are accurate, someone better...

  21. Nursing Student annoyed me

    Katie82 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    no, you'll probably find her sitting in the stairwell crying. nursing schools have always been deficient in introducing students to "the big picture", but that's what orientation is for. my daughter...

  22. What is the opposition to Universal Healthcare

    Katie82 replied to ChicagoRN2010's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The right to criticize our country is a fundamental one. How can we fix anything if we can't complain about it? And which country are you referring to - her native country or her adopted

  23. my grand idea for the day

    Katie82 replied to hopebewild's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I did a research paper on Socialized Medicine in grad school. France, Switzerland, and a number of other countries have socialized medicine. The "insurance companies" are actually subsidized by the...

  24. Reverse culturally specific care...it ain't happening.

    Katie82 replied to carachel2's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked in Hawaii, I had a very good friend who was from one of the cultures you mentioned. Our friendship, which continues to this day, never prevented us from discussing issues such as this....

  25. Flu Vaccine

    Katie82 replied to country mom's topic in General Nursing

    I worked at a county health department. We used vaccines with no mercury preservatives. To this day, there has still been no concrete evidence that vaccines cause or contribute to autism. THe benefits...