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  1. Health Care is a right

    wowza replied to headsup's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I mean really?! Do you seriously think Ipod is advertising by giving poor kids on TV ipods? or that news crews are trying to stir up controversy so

  2. Health Care is a right

    wowza replied to headsup's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    double

  3. FACT CHECK: Distortions rife in health care debate

    wowza replied to Agrippa's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The WHO rankings are supposed to rank health care systems. When they do not actually rank health care they are poor rankings. When their rankings skew data in favor of their own ideals they are poor...

  4. FACT CHECK: Distortions rife in health care debate

    wowza replied to Agrippa's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Oh it wasn't just anthem. The Kaiser Family Foundation found the exact same findings as Anthem because the data is directly from the US census bureau. It is not skewable. In case you didn't know, the...

  5. FACT CHECK: Distortions rife in health care debate

    wowza replied to Agrippa's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    While we are talking about distortions why don't we discuss 2 very, very commonly used statistics. The first is based on WHO rankings and the second is based on # uninsured. #1: US ranks 37th in the...

  6. Socialism Is the Best Medicine

    wowza replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    this is not directed at the op but is generally endemic (both the left and right leaning members) on this board. people keep citing news articles that are reporting on scientific articles. stop citing...

  7. Are you kidding me?

    wowza replied to ozoneranger's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Furthermore most also fear the gov't, and for good reason. Our country was founded in response to governmental tyrrany. Our constitution and declaration of independence bear witness to this in the way...

  8. Are you kidding me?

    wowza replied to ozoneranger's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Excuse me... just because someone disapproves of the gov't stepping into a system that delivers quality health care does not mean he or she have anything to do with Fox news, agrees with their tactics...

  9. FACT CHECK: Distortions rife in health care debate

    wowza replied to Agrippa's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Actually in certain specialties there are very few doctors who will take medicare. For instance it is really hard to find a dermatologist who takes medicare. You think you have to wait a while to see...

  10. FACT CHECK: Distortions rife in health care debate

    wowza replied to Agrippa's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    American College of Surgeons' response to Obama's total blunder yesterday: "The American College of Surgeons is deeply disturbed over the uninformed public comments President Obama continues to make...

  11. FACT CHECK: Distortions rife in health care debate

    wowza replied to Agrippa's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Medicare is scheduled for a 21% cut in reimbursement. Anyone know it the proposed plan's reimbursement are directly tied to medicare reimbursement? In otherwords, if the 21% cut in medicare goes...

  12. FACT CHECK: Distortions rife in health care debate

    wowza replied to Agrippa's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Talk about manipulating the facts! Obama distorts the amount paid to the surgeon by 100 fold just so he can use doctors as scape goats! You would think the person who is leading this mess would at...

  13. Obama's health plan takes shape

    wowza replied to blue note's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    But honestly Obama's approval rating is going down as is America's confidence that the gov't will be able to provide "the answer" without strings

  14. The future of Obamacare

    wowza replied to CRNA2007's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    No, actually what they are doing is essentially the opposite of evidence based medicine. Steroid injections have a much better track record than osteopathic manipulation and acupuncture in peer...

  15. I want to know what nurses think about socialized medicine.

    wowza replied to ratchet41's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Instead of forcing socialized health care into our already over burdened system, why not create a parallel system, kind of like how the VA does things? 1) This will keep those who worry that this will...

  16. Racism in Healthcare ---

    wowza replied to ShaniquaRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    1) Perhaps you should listen to the 911 tape and decide for yourself whether the caller was racist instead of just listening to the media. She has been demonized yet didn't even say the intruders were...

  17. I want to know what nurses think about socialized medicine.

    wowza replied to ratchet41's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I seem to remember that Massachusetts was the state that has a similar health care plan to the president's. And it's bankrupting the state. And it has ridiculous bureaucracy (as seen by your little...

  18. I want to know what nurses think about socialized medicine.

    wowza replied to ratchet41's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The high costs you are talking about (like the $10 Aspirin) have nothing to do with insurance or drug companies. The $10 Aspirin has to do with hospitals trying to stay afloat despite the gov't...

  19. Country's with socialized medicine vs the USA (Personal Income Tax)

    wowza replied to ACU_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    what the piece fails to tell you is that the top 1% now pays a larger proportion of all the taxes the irs gets than it ever has. oh but that wouldn't support the author's point so it was left out....

  20. Country's with socialized medicine vs the USA (Personal Income Tax)

    wowza replied to ACU_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I am glad that you are doing well for yourself but the math still doesn't work to get you to 37%. At 110K without state taxes you are paying 22.5% in income taxes not 37%. Neither property tax nor...

  21. Country's with socialized medicine vs the USA (Personal Income Tax)

    wowza replied to ACU_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    37% is not possible considering the highest federal income bracket for a single person is 35%. That is only for income >370K. Even if you made 370K your total tax rate would be about 30%....

  22. How rhetoric

    wowza posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I found this article in the NY Post. While it is not the most well written piece, it does highlight how the current administration says publicly what will make everyone happy when the reality is...

  23. Obama's health plan takes shape

    wowza replied to blue note's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    And it lets you know that despite all the rhetoric, it was never about improving health care or reducing waste. It was about pushing through a national health care

  24. Obama's health plan takes shape

    wowza replied to blue note's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Huh?? And where would that money come from? If payment for service will decrease, everyone will get hit. If you are saying that RNs would deliver primary care, how would you get around that pesky gap...

  25. Obama's health plan takes shape

    wowza replied to blue note's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Well doctors and hospitals will take a major pay cut so that will trickle down to nurses too. When a doc or hospital gets reimbursed 20%, do you think that is coming solely out of their pocket? I...