My folicle reference was a joke. Calm down. So you're saying, in the situation you have provided, that government has caused the expense at your paticular healthcare facility. You don't have to yell at me. You're preaching to the choir.
On Aug 8, 10:49 am, RICHARD BROWN <[email protected]> wrote: > I work in a regional hospital and can attest to the high percentage of > third-party payments and the abuse of the system. I don't believe in > censorship either. But I think our public school system has created a > huge population of ninnies. I don't get TV where I live and have not > see 200 hours of it in my entire life, but I am exposed to some of it > when I go into a patient's room and see some of the medical ads. > An ad for a sleeping medicine warns of some of the side effects..."may > cause drowsiness". Oh my! Drowsiness? In my sleep medication? > An ad reporting that it is a 50% improvement over not taking it. What > they don't tell you is that it costs a lot of money and normally 3 out > of 10,000 people with the condition will die from it, but if everyone > took it, only 2 out of 10,000 people would die from it. > We are being forced to spend $120 million to build a new wing because > the 33 beds in the old wing can not have patients after 2012 unless we > spend $110 million to retrofit if to meet new earthquake standards. > It held up with no problem during the 7.4 earthquake in 1980, but new > standards have been ordered. What that amounts to is the government > is willing to force us to guarantee that if all the rooms are full and > the old wing collapses, the 33 lives of the patients are saved. Do > the math....It comes to more than $3 million per patient. And you > want to know why things are so expensive? > > On Aug 7, 8:46 pm, LadybugsTX <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Yes, but you have to pay a per folicle tax. > > > On Aug 7, 7:30 pm, RichardForbes <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Does it grow hair? > > > > On Aug 7, 9:29 pm, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > <a > > > > href="http://www.businessandmedia.org/commentary/2009/20090805101635.aspx > > > > ">Dr. > > > > Waxman's Miracle Cure-All & Tonic</a>- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
