Honnête et Sérieux

Honnête et Sérieux

Flight Nurse, Pedi CICU, IR, Adult CTICU

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  1. I am watching Michael Moore's "Sicko" for the first time....

    Honnête et Sérieux replied to Valerie Salva's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The point was that your anectodal story only talks about one person. I more accurately pointed out the impact of your system on hundreds of Canadians...and the impact on the American healthcare...

  2. I am watching Michael Moore's "Sicko" for the first time....

    Honnête et Sérieux replied to Valerie Salva's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    We DON'T dump the responsibility onto the healthcare system or the American taxpayer. We shouldn't pick the wrong answer just for the sake of picking an answer. If the correct answer to a healthcare...

  3. I am watching Michael Moore's "Sicko" for the first time....

    Honnête et Sérieux replied to Valerie Salva's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Don't tell the people from France that they have a socialized healthcare system; they will disagree with you. Besides, private insurance is held by the majority of the French. In their system, only...

  4. Getting out of the UPMC tuition forgivness

    Honnête et Sérieux replied to cmullerRN's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Yes...I have. Take it to a contract lawyer. UPMC is getting smarter, but they have been known to generate unenforcable contracts. If the contract is enforceable, you will generally have to pay 100% of...

  5. Commercial Arline Flight Nursing

    Honnête et Sérieux replied to fuzz0908's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    When I worked as a rotor flight nurse, I would do this "on the side" on a rare occasion. It can be a brutal job depending on the demeanor and acuity of the patient. There are companies that hire...

  6. I am watching Michael Moore's "Sicko" for the first time....

    Honnête et Sérieux replied to Valerie Salva's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    They most certainly do. Interesting you'd bring this up; Canada is big in the business of exporting their sickest neonates to the US. Not a couple. Not a few...but more than 100 just from two...

  7. I am watching Michael Moore's "Sicko" for the first time....

    Honnête et Sérieux replied to Valerie Salva's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Deport them. This is a situation where an illegal immigration problem get's dumped on the lap of the healthcare system. The answer sucks, but that's the way it is. If I show up at a Mexican ED with...

  8. I am watching Michael Moore's "Sicko" for the first time....

    Honnête et Sérieux replied to Valerie Salva's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I can promise you I don't want to live in Singapore. I also don't want to live in Canada, Cuba, or Europe. But I thought this discussion was about healthcare alternatives. We can't deny that Singapore...

  9. I am watching Michael Moore's "Sicko" for the first time....

    Honnête et Sérieux replied to Valerie Salva's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    A healthy distrust is the best way to avoid complacency and to keep them in line

  10. I am watching Michael Moore's "Sicko" for the first time....

    Honnête et Sérieux replied to Valerie Salva's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    If the gov't holds the purse, they are running the system. There's no other way to define

  11. I am watching Michael Moore's "Sicko" for the first time....

    Honnête et Sérieux replied to Valerie Salva's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    So...what is the Canadian Health Act? Sure looks like they run it to me. And the last thing we can tolerate in America is giving our gov't the key to the money box so they can pass out the cash and...

  12. I am watching Michael Moore's "Sicko" for the first time....

    Honnête et Sérieux replied to Valerie Salva's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I'm sure you are referring to the person who made an unsourced comment with inexact numbers abou the supposed number of uninsured americans. When you demand that source with "exact numbers," then...

  13. I am watching Michael Moore's "Sicko" for the first time....

    Honnête et Sérieux replied to Valerie Salva's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Millions of these people are not Americans...so yes, it's inaccurate in the manner in which it is commonly presented. Additionally, millions more are uninsured by choice, and are capable of insuring...

  14. I am watching Michael Moore's "Sicko" for the first time....

    Honnête et Sérieux replied to Valerie Salva's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    . I won't disagree or agree, but I wouldn't mind seeing a potential example of data manipulation by opponents of UHC. Interesting concept. There is one model of UHC that I would support in some...

  15. I am watching Michael Moore's "Sicko" for the first time....

    Honnête et Sérieux replied to Valerie Salva's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Exactly my point. Until we can get one side to stop misrepresenting the data, the advocates cannot reasonably expect that their ideas won't be criticized. And your note about Medicaid is important....

  16. Unions

    Honnête et Sérieux replied to kambra's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    CON: Unions are prime soil for the sprouting up of corruption. CON: Incompetent/lazy/dishonest employees often find protection (from the due consequences they deserve) under the umbrella of the

  17. Attacks mount on 'preexisting conditions'

    Honnête et Sérieux replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    And the uninsured are not denied the right to purchase private health insurance, either. Maybe they can't afford it, but you can't guarantee that I would be able to continue to afford private...

  18. Attacks mount on 'preexisting conditions'

    Honnête et Sérieux replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    You were the one who speculated that a UHC system would reduce abortions. Don't then label me when I share

  19. Attacks mount on 'preexisting conditions'

    Honnête et Sérieux replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Maybe they can go work for the IRS...another efficiently-run gov't revenue collection agency. The only way for this to work would be to outlaw private payor and private insurance totally, and likely...

  20. Socialized medicine and nurses pay...

    Honnête et Sérieux replied to RochesterRN-BSN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Not my opinion. http://www.nvfc.org/files/documents/2007_retention_and_recruitment_guide.pdf "The most recent figures (2003) indicate over 800,050 volunteer firefighters, 73 percent of the Nation's...

  21. I am watching Michael Moore's "Sicko" for the first time....

    Honnête et Sérieux replied to Valerie Salva's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    "do you think that the ordinary people in the movie who shared their stories are liars as well?" (me) you stated flatly "the movie is a lie." these people and their stories are part of the movie....

  22. Attacks mount on 'preexisting conditions'

    Honnête et Sérieux replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Doesn't seem to match up. I'm seeing speculation that a UHC system would result in fewer abortions, followed by speculation about why they are more frequent or increasing. I just don't know where to...

  23. Hospitals near gettysburg

    Honnête et Sérieux replied to Jznck's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I thought so...thanks. Probably one of the prettiest regions of the

  24. I am watching Michael Moore's "Sicko" for the first time....

    Honnête et Sérieux replied to Valerie Salva's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    the majority of people who refuse uhc and other public assistance programs are people who have never had to rely on the government for anything. [color=gray]first, do you have any evidence to even...

  25. I am watching Michael Moore's "Sicko" for the first time....

    Honnête et Sérieux replied to Valerie Salva's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    if you define mine that way, then you have to define the posts of 99.9% of the members in here that way. did you see where i said anything that looked remotely like that? i think they are just as...