tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post4529968653716784022..comments2024-02-26T09:30:54.111-06:00Comments on Domine, da mihi hanc aquam!: While waiting on the miracle of caffeine. . .Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-12198268322001958402009-08-19T13:03:30.911-05:002009-08-19T13:03:30.911-05:00Father,
Thanks for the clarification, I appreciat...Father,<br /><br />Thanks for the clarification, I appreciate it. <br /><br />perhaps the CMA can produce an alternative to the AMA...Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02261197566240560777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-22814024047415601162009-08-17T10:58:27.744-05:002009-08-17T10:58:27.744-05:00Mark,
I really wasn't advocating anything...m...Mark,<br /><br />I really wasn't advocating anything...my point is that patients on public insurance were not treated in the same way that the privately insured patients were. The idea seem to be that the threshold for admission to the hospital was lower for the privately insured and much, much (dangerously) higher for the publicly insured. Some treatment for the public folks was better than nothing, but the disparities were stark and bordered on the unethical.<br /><br />My personal opinion is that public funds can be used for emergency treatment. I'm a fan of employer based insurance, but also believe that other forms should be available. Public insurance, however, drives us costs and the care is not as good. As a nation I don't think we ought to leave people dying on the street for lack of insurance, but neither should we be responsible for abortions, sex change operations, and other non-life threatening treatments.Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-26528007330272252412009-08-17T09:38:25.808-05:002009-08-17T09:38:25.808-05:00Even though we were all statist liberals on staff,...<i>Even though we were all statist liberals on staff, we knew that public option insurance was not the way to go.</i><br /><br />Father, can you resolve something for me? My son recently spent 26 days in a psychiatric hospital (a court-ordered involuntary commitment). The social worker who recommended the commitment was overheard saying, "he has great insurance!" Needless to say, during his long stay he saw other admits, much more seriously ill, turned out in three days while he languished (he has a developmental disability, not mental illness).<br /><br />He read your statement above as meaning that you believe public insurance should be done away with (a private only system); I read it to mean that you believe private insurance should not be done away with (not a public only system).<br /><br />I hope you don't mind resolving this for us.<br /><br />Thank you and God bless,<br />MarkMarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02261197566240560777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-74835207517414106012009-08-11T20:37:14.559-05:002009-08-11T20:37:14.559-05:00"You have to wonder why anyone would spend $9..."You have to wonder why anyone would spend $900,000 in legal fees to keep a harmless birth certificate locked away!"<br /><br />As my better half (MightyMom) has already indicated, I believe this is just a way to distract a fair number of folk. The more they stay mum on the topic the more people start wondering about it. When it's finally shown this has been a red herring, all involved start throwing their hands up in disgust. <br /><br />But it's interesting the lengths to which this is going. Recently a major in Army Reserve or National Guard (not sure which one)refused to deploy due to B.O. not being a lawfully elected President. He was deactivated and sent on his way. Thats pretty low key, especially when comparing a similar case under Bush where the officer in question was hauled before a court-martial. It makes you wonder what the heck is going on.<br /><br />And maybe thats the whole point of it. Can you spell "distraction"? Sure you can!Subvethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13523683273450353313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-41231372826982886812009-08-11T14:13:22.459-05:002009-08-11T14:13:22.459-05:00TomM, at the great risk of sounding like a birther...TomM, at the great risk of sounding like a birther...you don't spend $900,000 in legal fees keeping locked up a birth certificate you have allegedly released to the public. There's something in that BC BO doesn't want us to see...I doubt it shows he's foreign born...but $900,000!Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-28981224608626481112009-08-11T13:32:40.462-05:002009-08-11T13:32:40.462-05:00Apparently candidate Obama released the birth cert...Apparently candidate Obama released the birth certificate back in June 2008. I only became aware this recently after reading about it on National Review Online...hardly a booster site for Obama. <a href="http://snopes.com/politics/obama/birthcertificate.asp" rel="nofollow">Snopes</a> also observes that the ongoing "birther" controversy is bogus and our President is indeed a natural born citizen.TomMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02149865686662377911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-83792788851579494432009-08-11T09:34:45.863-05:002009-08-11T09:34:45.863-05:00hubby has a theory that OB's camp are holding ...hubby has a theory that OB's camp are holding the birth cert back...to use at the most opportune time as a way of totally discrediting "the religious right" as fools who'll jump on any bandwagon by saying voila and pulling it out of their collective hineyhole.<br /><br />oh and WHO'S paying that $900,000?? that's my question...if the pres in office is sued....who pays for the lawyers? I"m thinking it comes under a "perk" of the office to have "free" legal counsel.....but I might be wrong.MightyMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02563721884001643857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-64538237443311096382009-08-11T07:53:42.639-05:002009-08-11T07:53:42.639-05:00Please update to my new blog..thankyou.Please update to my new blog..thankyou.Jackie Parkes MJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16693505024823229152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-60408324558935686322009-08-11T07:52:49.754-05:002009-08-11T07:52:49.754-05:00It must be awful to have to pay for health care..p...It must be awful to have to pay for health care..particularly the very vulnerable psychiatric cases.Jackie Parkes MJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16693505024823229152noreply@blogger.com