The sub-prime market. Ask Barney frank. Or Jimmy Carter. Ask the lobbyist like acorn. It doesn't make sense to loan to someone with a 500 pt credit score. Banks hadto loan to "low income" people or be sued. Would you loan to a guy that never paid anyone back?

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On Sep 25, 2009, at 12:56 PM, Russ <[email protected]> wrote:

THAT'S a conspiracy theory I hadn't heard before! Banks being forced to make risky loans.

Which bill was it that forced banks to make zero principle loans? The No Principle For All bill?

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On Sep 25, 2009, at 9:53 AM, Casey Wheeler wrote:

No I feel that people should pay attention to things. The banks for instance.... Had the government not forced them to lend to so risky people, some banks would not have failed. Some would have, sure. But that's a free market. Things need to fail. It creates new oppurtunities. Artificial limits and regulation put on most markets slow growth and hurt competition. Adam smith was a smart man.

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On Sep 25, 2009, at 12:42 PM, "Mark Phillips" <[email protected] > wrote:

“Free market always creates the best policy”, I disagree. The cu rrent economic climate is a testament to that. Industries need r egulation or they will continue out of control until someone get s hurt. After that, they will continue until they get hurt or ar e stopped. The really bad ones continue regardless. Think indest ructible teenager with a learner’s permit, a self-centered attit ude and a high-powered Miata (I finally worked some list related content in J).

Mark

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Subject: Re: NMC - Healthcare Crisis Debate

I am confident in my views, my experince and research prove it to be correct. But, I don't think the syste is without issues that need to be resolved. You should not be able to be dropped once you contract a disease. Docotrs should be able to prescrib exactly what the want for a patient. This experimental stuff is BS I come across in my job as well, and as you stated, it occurs within standard procedural operations. These as well as the INS across state lines, tort reform etc etc would make a huge difference in not only peoples satisfaction with the business, as well as bring the cost down.

Free market always creates the best policy.

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On Sep 25, 2009, at 11:05 AM, Bret Dodson <[email protected]> wrote:

Wow Casey you're pretty confident of your health and coverage.

Here is something I see all the time working at one of the largest cancer research institutions in the world.

Suppose you get cancer. Your insurance will probably cover a first round of standard treatment. What if that doesn't work? Or, what if your doctors (you'll have several) think your best option is something the insurance companies consider "experimental" (they try to consider bunches of typical treatments "experimental" even though they have been standard treatment for years). This "experimental" treatment gets paid by you.

At my employer, patients need to come to their first appointment with two things: information on their past treatment and six figures of cash.

Yes, this is heartbraking. I suppose all the people against reforming healthcare without $100,000+ cash sitting within easy reach would be good citizens and let themselves die.

Not me, but I at least respect their dedication.

I'm driving the Miata today. It makes all the pediatric patients smile.
Bret

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On Sep 25, 2009, at 5:59 AM, Casey Wheeler <[email protected]> wrote:

Jim is absolutly correct and probably makes the point better than I did. Most people have health conditions due to their own choices. Furthermore, people without ins. Don't have ins. by their own doing. The people that "need" social healthcare are the people who are most apathetic. We all have the freedom and choice to take this path or another. If people make better choices, life is better/easier. Our society has become so... So lazy, pathetic, apathtic... Something, I can't find the right description... Take some personal responsibility and handle your business.

Casey

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On Sep 25, 2009, at 8:18 AM, [email protected] wrote:

I decided I must weigh in on this one after all. I do work at the largest hospital in my immediate area, which just happens to be the only for profit hospital in southern Arizona. My observations are first hand, not something I've seen on TV or read about.

I don't honestly believe we have a 'healthcare' crisis. I believe that we do have a 'wellness' crisis. More accurately, a lack of wellness crisis. The vast majority of the patients I see in the healthcare system are sick due to their own lifestyle choices. We have an entire generation of citizens who think that they are owed everything: police protection, fire protection, healthcare, etc. Personal responsibility is way undervalued by our current culture.

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