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  1. Wisconsin has gutted Medicaid, no mandated ratios!

    dp1200 replied to EponaRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    That may be, but again, no amount of spin alters the simple truth of the mess we face with Social Security. You keep dodging the truth: do you understand that the "social security trust fund" is in...

  2. Wisconsin has gutted Medicaid, no mandated ratios!

    dp1200 replied to EponaRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    i'm sorry, this is pure government rubbish spin. the "special-issue securities" are in fact worthless ious - they have no marketable value other than as ious to the treasury. their value is...

  3. Wisconsin has gutted Medicaid, no mandated ratios!

    dp1200 replied to EponaRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    You really shouldn't personally attack someone's intelligence when you display a fundamental misunderstanding of the how social security works, as above. First off, there is no Social Security "trust...

  4. Direct-entry NP program participants - where did you come from?

    dp1200 posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I am posting this thread to solicit responses from people who have taken a direct-entry NP pathway from an unrelated background. With an engineering BS degree and 20 years wasted working in IT, I now...

  5. Wisconsin has gutted Medicaid, no mandated ratios!

    dp1200 replied to EponaRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Context is everything; please reread my post. I have no problem with charity whatsoever; I think it is noble to help people truly in need. But I ask again; it is fair to confiscate people's earnings...

  6. Wisconsin has gutted Medicaid, no mandated ratios!

    dp1200 replied to EponaRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Yeah, that was my point! When charity is depersonalized by government, the recipients no longer even see it as charity. And it's not charity from the perspective of the taxpayer "donors" either,...

  7. Wisconsin has gutted Medicaid, no mandated ratios!

    dp1200 replied to EponaRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Three issues I'd like to address on this thread: 1) "Tax cuts for corporations". This is oft-cited as horribly unfair, but I need to point out one thing: businesses do not pay taxes, period. To any...

  8. are all Nurse Practitioner programs going to doctorate?

    dp1200 replied to jaredsgirl's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    For what it's worth, a couple weeks ago I attended an NP program information session at a well-regarded local University, where I intend to apply for 2012. Here is what they said on this topic. They...

  9. How would a government shutdown affect jobs in a nursing home?

    dp1200 replied to b0rea1is's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    There are no solutions that do not involve great pain. Think of it like this: Imagine that your family has a budget where you are spending $100,000/yr to maintain all your expenses and standard of...

  10. How would a government shutdown affect jobs in a nursing home?

    dp1200 replied to b0rea1is's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Oh, one other thing I neglected to mention: I haven't directly mentioned DEFENSE spending here, which is a popular target when people start getting upset about the idea of cutting entitlements....

  11. How would a government shutdown affect jobs in a nursing home?

    dp1200 replied to b0rea1is's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    It's unfortunate, really, that these very simply fiscal facts about what our government is doing isn't common knowledge, but the info is easily accessible and available directly from...

  12. How would a government shutdown affect jobs in a nursing home?

    dp1200 replied to b0rea1is's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    A government "shutdown" won't stop the entitlement checks from going out; that would be the LAST thing to go. Does everyone here realize just what a complete disaster the federal government has gotten...

  13. Top 10 Reasons Against Unions

    dp1200 replied to PICUPNP's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

  14. UMass Worcester Direct-Entry GEP 2011

    dp1200 replied to JTN333's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Congratulations, JTN! If you've got the time once you start the program, I'd love to hear what it's like and how it's going. I'm planning on applying for 2012 GEP for ACNP, so I'm very interested to...

  15. Acute Care NP programs

    dp1200 replied to jedi88's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    As a tangential question, does anyone have any input on how the curriculum differs from FNP vs. Acute Care NP? I can't get a good feel for this just from reading the course catalog for the program I...

  16. If we had a conservative nurses forum

    dp1200 replied to FLmomof5's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Justashooter, I'm a staunch conservative also and disagree with virtually everything our federal government is doing, but I have to agree with some of the previous posters who called you out on using...

  17. Part of Health Care Law Ruled Unconstitutional

    dp1200 replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

  18. "Group quizes"?!

    dp1200 posted a topic in General Students

    My wife is currently in the nursing program at a local college. They are doing something in her pediatriacs class right now which I've never heard of at the college level: group quizzes. This has...

  19. "Group quizes"?!

    dp1200 replied to dp1200's topic in General Students

    It isn't a matter of being assertive enough (trust me, if you met my wife, you'd know). It's the rules of the game: all must submit the same answer. What is she supposed to do? Get in a knock-down...

  20. Part of Health Care Law Ruled Unconstitutional

    dp1200 replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Wow, I don't know what to say. I've seen stretches to try to justify socialized medicine in the US, but, no personal offense intended, this one takes the cake. I'm not sure what liberal blog this...

  21. Vent thread "universal" health care

    dp1200 replied to mauxtav8r's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    An ad hominem attack insulting my intelligence is not an effective way to strengthen your argument. You made the patently false assertion that somehow, nobody would be receiving free health insurance...

  22. The future of Obamacare

    dp1200 replied to CRNA2007's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    This is exactly why the government needs to stay out of the business of charity. People who would never dream of asking their neighbors or complete strangers to give them money for their cell phone...

  23. Stethoscope help...

    dp1200 replied to finalscore3b1g's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I spent a ridiculous amount of money for my Littmann Master Cardiology, but my aging ears need all the help they can get in the back of a noisy, bouncing ambulance. It may be overkill once I'm out of...

  24. What color is your stethoscope???

    dp1200 replied to sch1109's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Navy blue Littman Master Cardiology, with my name engraved on the chestpiece. The engraving is useful when someone pipes up with, "Hey, is that my

  25. Vent thread "universal" health care

    dp1200 replied to mauxtav8r's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Wrong. The individual mandate does not "require that everyone pays into the system". Source (Note: this is sourced from an article that is generally supportive of Obamacare.) So yes, the same...