Care to give a source for your statement that most people want this "basic necessity"? I think you have the different parts of that backwards. Zero has every intention of implementing public health option and most people do not want the government making their medical decisions. Agree that Obama can barely move his lips without lying and distorting. That part you got right.
"Lone Wolf" wrote: > A public health option is a basic neccesity that most people want, and > which Obama has no intention of implimenting. Lying is not the sole > domain of Conservative Presidents--Obama can barely move his lips > without lying and distorting > > On Aug 21, 4:37 am, CaliforniaLuis <[email protected]> wrote: > >> From working in the ER for 20 years, I have seen just how restrictive >> and penny-pinching corporate healthcare is... >> >> Your child has a horrible earache at 2 AM? The child is screaming in >> agony so you drive to the local ER. The ER staff calls your insurance >> company/HMO for authorization only to be denied because it is not a >> "life-threatening emergency". What do they instruct the ER to tell >> the parents? Give the child some Tylenol and go to the walk-in clinic >> at 8:00 AM. >> >> Vomiting your brains out in the middle of the night because of food >> poisoning? Go to the ER because you can't stop vomiting...DENIED! Go >> to your primary physician when his office opens. >> >> Your child has a high fever. You can't seem to bring it down. Unless >> the fever is over 101 when you arrive at the ER, you will be DENIED! >> Go to your pediatrician's office when it opens in the morning. >> >> Get into a car accident and you need to be admitted to the hospital? >> You are 100 miles from your insurance/HMO's contracted >> hospital...DENIED. Unless you are critical and unstable, you are put >> into an ambulance and transferred to your contracted hospital. Most >> of the time, your contracted hospital is not a Trauma Center so you >> will get inexperienced and substandard care. >> >> Gee, in any of these scenarios, if the patient would of had government >> insurance (Medi-Care or Medicaid), they would have been APPROVED. In >> fact, the ER would not even be required to call first for >> authorization. >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Don't listen to people like Kama, OhioMark, Lew, LadyBug, and Ms. >> Con...they couldn't be more WRONG. They have no real world >> experience. They are only sounding boards of the pundits. Nearly >> all nurses and doctors support the "public option" (as does the >> American Medical Association). We have a perfect opportunity to >> reform healthcare and I have a feeling we are going to give in to the >> Republicans and BLOW IT! >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
