ZASHAGALKA RN

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    Cheney would "probably be dead by now" if not for his federally funded health care

    ZASHAGALKA replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    "(The mystics) agreed that morality demands the surrender of your self-interest and of your mind, that the moral and the practical are opposites. . . (They) agreed that no rational morality is...
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    Cheney would "probably be dead by now" if not for his federally funded health care

    ZASHAGALKA replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    What if I refuse? Don't you think this happens, daily, in smaller ways? Have you ever not worked overtime, because that extra shift would change your tax status and you'd end up paying more than it...
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    Cheney would "probably be dead by now" if not for his federally funded health care

    ZASHAGALKA replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I disagree. To expect that you can expropriate from ME to give to somebody else, unearned, is a form of slavery. My earnings are the result of MY labor. However much you determine should belong to...
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    Cheney would "probably be dead by now" if not for his federally funded health care

    ZASHAGALKA replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    You aren't missing a thing. You nailed it. The problem with healthcare today is that the gov't has rooted out the free market. It is the basis of the anti-competitive policies that has resulted in our...
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    Cheney would "probably be dead by now" if not for his federally funded health care

    ZASHAGALKA replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Of course you are smart enough, and if not, we've discussed it before. The free market works and works well providing you: food, entertainment, transportation, telephones, clothing, appliances to make...
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    Cheney would "probably be dead by now" if not for his federally funded health care

    ZASHAGALKA replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Except, that the free market is the only 'fix' that will provide better care at affordable rates. If we have to act, much better to go in the right direction rather than entrench gov't even more,...
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    Cheney would "probably be dead by now" if not for his federally funded health care

    ZASHAGALKA replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Kill employer sponsored insurance, allow for TRUE insurance for catastrophic care, disallow denial for pre-existing conditions and let THAT be 'community rating', only, no gov't pricing controls or...
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    Cheney would "probably be dead by now" if not for his federally funded health care

    ZASHAGALKA replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Yes it is - gov't interference in our insurance IS the current problem with managed care. So, why on earth would you turn over MORE of your care to gov't? ~faith,
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    Cheney would "probably be dead by now" if not for his federally funded health care

    ZASHAGALKA replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Except that the idea of a gov't program coming in on time and on budget is an urban myth. Just as much a myth or more that 'close enough for gov't work' will provide me with increased efficiency. Or,...
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    Cheney would "probably be dead by now" if not for his federally funded health care

    ZASHAGALKA replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    1. If you want to argue that there are far too many federal employees feeding at the trough of my salary and we should fire two-thirds of them to reduce this need for federally funded care - - I...
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    Cheney would "probably be dead by now" if not for his federally funded health care

    ZASHAGALKA replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I could deal with the theft from my earnings if I thought it was doing a moral good. I don't think the world works that way, but still. In the end, however, looted money cannot be morally productive...
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    Cheney would "probably be dead by now" if not for his federally funded health care

    ZASHAGALKA replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    If someone makes a 10 thousand percent profit, that is not theft, unless, he had the heavy handed aid of government to do so. As such, I agree with your assessment that the large insurance companies...
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    Cheney would "probably be dead by now" if not for his federally funded health care

    ZASHAGALKA replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    On this point, we agree. The BEST way to accomplish this, for the most people, is through - CAPITALISM. Free markets bring the best combination of quality and price. The thing about free markets is...
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    Cheney would "probably be dead by now" if not for his federally funded health care

    ZASHAGALKA replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Me, too. But, I suspect that YOU were being sarcastic. ~faith,
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    Cheney would "probably be dead by now" if not for his federally funded health care

    ZASHAGALKA replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Not if he were responsible enough to have insurance, like most of us do. The concept that you need the gov't for that is scary. The gov't is not your friend. If the 'average Joe' can't afford his own...
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    Cheney would "probably be dead by now" if not for his federally funded health care

    ZASHAGALKA replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    That is because they don't have to be responsive to the insured. The insured, you and me, aren't their customers. Their customers are your employers and the federal agencies that protect them. THIS is...
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    Cheney would "probably be dead by now" if not for his federally funded health care

    ZASHAGALKA replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The premise of the thread is laughable. Without 'national healthcare', Dick Cheney would be uninsured? Please, even YOU don't believe that. Besides, even uninsured, as a multi-millionaire, I suspect...
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    NCLEX-RN pass rate increased

    ZASHAGALKA replied to nurz2be's topic in Florida Nursing

    I think you have been given bad information about how NCLEX is scored. 1st, there is a national standard and not a "Florida" standard. For the record, the NATIONAL pass rate for RN test takers, as of...
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    A majority of Americans would tolerate higher taxes to help pay for universal health

    ZASHAGALKA replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I'm not speaking out of both sides of my mouth, at all. First, I never said I'd never be sick. I SAID that God had enabled me with the means to help myself. I have good insurance, short and long term...
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    they cancelled my health insurance (I just had surgery)

    ZASHAGALKA replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    That's not as odd as it sounds. The employer will just say that is when premiums stopped being paid, and so, the date premiums ceased becomes the effective date of cancellation. What you want them to...
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    they cancelled my health insurance (I just had surgery)

    ZASHAGALKA replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    Either it's a simple mistake, or, it's not. IF it's a simple mistake, once pointed out, it should be easily fixed. If it's NOT a simple mistake, then, most likely, they will tell you that YOU...
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    A majority of Americans would tolerate higher taxes to help pay for universal health

    ZASHAGALKA replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I will NEVER be sick enough in my YOUNG life to qualify for Medicare. Maybe when I'm older. But then, IF I CAN AFFORD TO PROVIDE FOR MY OWN CARE; why should you? If I ever should NEED that care, that...
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    A majority of Americans would tolerate higher taxes to help pay for universal health

    ZASHAGALKA replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The problem here is that once you force people to pay for the sub-par system, most will not be able to afford premium care. You have demanded double billing. Keeping the system in the free market...
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    A majority of Americans would tolerate higher taxes to help pay for universal health

    ZASHAGALKA replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Funding SOME healthcare is OK so long as the decision to do so doesn't force EVERYBODY into a gov't run system. I'm not uncompassionate. And, the issue, for me, isn't about money. It isn't ABOUT...
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    A majority of Americans would tolerate higher taxes to help pay for universal health

    ZASHAGALKA replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I give people more credit than that. People can manage just fine without Uncle Daddy. Even when they DO access the great Uncle, they are very familiar with dealing with red tape. Managing to jump the...