eh. I think that one is about punishing women for having sex. This one is more about not thinking her life was worth a CAT scan.
On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 9:42 AM, Eric Roberts < ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > It's all part of a trend that is taking us there. Look at the law in AZ > that will protect docs who lie to their patients about their pregnancy so > they won't get an abortion that was passed by republcians. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana [mailto:dana.tier...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 10:58 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: social class determines results of medical tests > > > Please stop saying "fascist". It's too easy and it makes it too easy to > dismiss you. This woman could have received adequate medical care in any > political system. But she didn't. They freaking arrested her. > > When you wave your hands and say yeah welcome to fascism you aren't > addressing the problem, you're just redefining it to be outside your scope. > What happened to this woman is unacceptable and had nothing to do with > money > per se...she *had* Medicaid. > > On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 8:42 AM, Eric Roberts < > ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > > > > I think it is all symptomatic of the same problem Dana. The rich and > > corporatist America get taken care of. The rest of us get screwed. > > Welcome > > to the fascist police state...if you are not rich or you are not a > > corporation...you "das untermenschen" > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dana [mailto:dana.tier...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 9:06 AM > > To: cf-community > > Subject: social class determines results of medical tests > > > > > > Here's one reason I'm having trouble getting worked up about a strip > > search. > > I have been reading up on Anna Brown's case with a growing sense of > > outrage. > > Discovering that Dick Cheney was diagnosed with the same condition > > just makes it more special. > > > > > > http://www.stltoday.com/news/opinion/guest-commentary-dick-cheney-and- > > anna-b rown/article_900161a6-9c8e-5b6d-b7fe-5770bdb2f8fe.html > > > > Since I've had this condition and still take coumadin for it, I > > appreciate the significance of the ultrasound test. It means they > > actually correctly suspected a DVT but failed to take the next > > diagnostic step. The fact that the woman died means that the blood > > clot had already moved from her legs to her lungs. This is a common > > and lethal complication of DVT. And they didn't bother to look for > > it. Most likely the cost of a CAT scan was a factor, but there's a > > blood test that is fairly effective as a screening tool. > > > > Since this condition is incredibly under-diagnosed it's not unusual to > > need to keep going back to the ER, I think I had to go seven or eight > > times. So this isn't simple racism -- it's also ignorance and poor > medical > protocols. > > However. I feel the need to make the comparison. > > > > I went to the ER seven times and was diagnosed in time to save my > > life. And by the way, they told me it was a close call. This woman > > goes back three times and is ARRESTED FOR TRESPASSING. > > > > The police say they thought she was a drug seeker. Even supposing she > > was, as opposed to dying and desperate -- is that any reason to drag > > her into the police station by her arms? > > > > The hospital said something about "complex social problems." OK sure, > > Anna Brown had some of those. What killed her, though, was a medical > > system that decided she wasn't worth doing a diagnostic scan that > > would have established that she had a curable condition that could > > have been treated with a prescription that retails for $9 a month at > > WalMart. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:349468 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
