Honnête et Sérieux

Honnête et Sérieux

Flight Nurse, Pedi CICU, IR, Adult CTICU

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  1. WPAHS makes antitrust charges against UPMC and the Blues

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

    No

  2. Obama's Health Care plan. Is it a stepping stone to H.R 676, or a road to nowhere?

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

    When it comes to 'reality,' I am constantly injecting it into the discussion when folks routinely use the pointless distraction of using the European/Canadian comparison. You are right...it's not...

  3. Why do you believe what you believe, concerning your position on health care?

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

    This is not the case in the US...most firefighters are volunteers and many are not tax-supported. Many ambulance services are private, even if non-profit, and do not rely on tax-dollars. And for every...

  4. Why do you believe what you believe, concerning your position on health care?

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

    And such extrapolation indicates an incomplete evaluation of the definition of a right, and what that provides to us. What one absolutely CANNOT extrapolate from the Constitution is that the gov't has...

  5. UPMC CEO Romoff's salary hits $4.45 million

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

    UPMC is not entirely a non-profit, and they never pretend to be. AND, they pay taxes on their for-profit endeavors. Additionally, they give back millions to the city, i.e. the $100 MILLION for the...

  6. WPAHS makes antitrust charges against UPMC and the Blues

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

    Well, I suppose thinking pragmatically it makes sense to blame UPMC for closing southside, but the reality is that you can't possibly know that Soutside would remain open if it were affiliated with...

  7. 10 Excellent Reasons for National Health Care

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

    No you don't. Some of the most financially efficient health systems in the world are NOT single-payer, but are systems that incorporate private insurance into the mix. Kind of doesn't support the...

  8. Interesting article on Obama health care plan

    Honnête et Sérieux replied to Future-nurse's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The illogical element is the inaccurate definition of people's position. Prolife people are not prolife because the specifically want to oppose people's capacity to choose, they are prolife because...

  9. 10 Excellent Reasons for National Health Care

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

    Just to clarify, Iraq was in a 12-year humanitarian crisis before the liberation of the Iraqi people, caused by the UN, not the US. Iraqi children were dying in six-figure numbers at the time....

  10. UPMC CEO Romoff's salary hits $4.45 million

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

    I think when you take a city-based hospital, expand it by almost 10 times to provide health care to an entire region, create a global footprint with their services, and take it to a position that...

  11. WPAHS makes antitrust charges against UPMC and the Blues

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

    WPAHS is a dismal failure at understanding the dynamics of the Western PA health market. If they understood the market, they wouldn't be sitting around in a pity-circle trying to figure out why the...

  12. Interesting article on Obama health care plan

    Honnête et Sérieux replied to Future-nurse's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    First, you don't know that to be true. Second, it's a deflection; someone unconditionally claimed that NHS recipients could just get private insurance. That was the point I was responding to. It...

  13. WPAHS makes antitrust charges against UPMC and the Blues

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

    You asked where you could "witness" the arrogance, so I shared an example. Since I worked for the organization long before they offered me the partial FTE, I had a strong grip on the "mood" of the...

  14. WPAHS makes antitrust charges against UPMC and the Blues

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

    I experienced it at Alle-Kiski and AGH. I was a per-diem employee at Alle-Kiski, and was invited to take a partial FTE position with benefits and a seat on a committee. Since it wasn't full-time, I...

  15. ANA membership?

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

    i'm sure the ana would argue they did the former rather than the latter. of course they would...but then, they would be wrong. i'm sure you will correct me upon this , if i misunderstand the nuances...

  16. Interesting article on Obama health care plan

    Honnête et Sérieux replied to Future-nurse's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Only if they can afford private insurance after paying for NHS...which if folks would take a moment to look at the news, you'd know that the NHS deficit is growing at only a somewhat slower pace than...

  17. Working for Mercy

    Honnête et Sérieux replied to hownic23's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    There are several "Mercy" hospitals in PA...not all are

  18. Single-payer advocates disrupt Senate Finance Committee.

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

    So will the gov't...and they

  19. Single-payer advocates disrupt Senate Finance Committee.

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

    First, thanks for the list of single-payer advocates. It might frustrate the people who were arrested to find out that they didn't need to get arrested because the AFL-CIO testified at the hearings....

  20. WPAHS makes antitrust charges against UPMC and the Blues

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

    That is undeniably one way to look at it, and I understand why some would view it that way. But having worked for both systems, I don't have much applause for a system that is simply whining because...

  21. Single-payer advocates disrupt Senate Finance Committee.

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

    That's the way the process works; they have to submit material to committee members, and at least one of the members has to invite them. Obviously no one thought they brought relevant material. I...

  22. ANA membership?

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

    LOL...you are missing the point of lobbying. The ANA is supposed to be reaching out on behalf of nurses, not sitting around waiting to be courted. The ANA reached out to the 100% of the politicians...

  23. Single-payer advocates disrupt Senate Finance Committee.

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

    I don't know. If they did, I hope they weren't given a half a thought. My point is that the committee seems to be focused and moderate, and just because people are willing to get arrested to make it...

  24. Why do you believe what you believe, concerning your position on health care?

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

    I was explaining why I wasn't going to engage on your chosen topic according to the rules you picked. It's an entirely different discussion. I am more confident now that I made the right

  25. Single-payer advocates disrupt Senate Finance Committee.

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

    They also didn't allow anyone attend who wanted to abolish medicare. See how that