On Dec 12, 8:13 am, "M. Johnson" <[email protected]> wrote: > My Son's Encounter With Government-Regulated Health Care and the Drug War. > What Saved Him Was His Death.by Gary North > Dec. 10, 2009 > My adult son, Caleb North, suffered from an undiagnosed and fatal affliction. > No physician knew what it was, so we did not know it was fatal until the day > the police discovered him dead in his apartment. > The drug laws pressure users to lie to physicians, who have a monopoly over > writing prescriptions. So, physicians are afraid of lawsuits for supplying > illegal drugs. They train themselves to be callous. They sent my son to his > death without a twinge of concern.
If no physician knew what it was, how is it Mr. North blames the doctors for killing him? It remains unknown as the article doesn't mention what it was or might have been. > Only one physician tried to help him. He does not take government money or > third-party insurance payments. It's a pure fee-for-service arrangement. He > was my wife's physician. He is as far outside the medical establishment as he > can be and not lose his license from the state. Free health care helped? It might have helped a lot more had there been more of it. > My son was at the library and suffered a collapse. Someone called the > emergency ambulance. They were loading him onto the gurney when he recovered, > he later told us. They told him they were taking him to the hospital. He > consented. That was a big mistake. The bill would be huge. > At the hospital, they ran him through tests. He naively consented. They gave > him a CAT scan. They said he was fine. I doubt they said he was fine. > To get his clothes back, some non-medical emplyee told him he had to sign a > release form. There is no such requirement to get your clothes. When he > signed, he accepted the bill. After that, it was all hearsay as to why he had > to sign. > He had no insurance. The bill was large enough that he could not pay it. Had > he refused to sign the papers, they would have had to negotiate a price. Once > you sign, the hospital can charge pretty much what it wants to. Suckers pay. > Wise people hire lawyers and negotiate. He can still negotiate a price after he signs. I know this because I did on several occasions. btw: I paid all my bills because I saved money for just such emergencies. > The public knows that the present health care system is corrupt. Voters don't > know the half of it. This is a system in which hospitals send inflated bills > to families without insurance coverage, while letting the indigent in for > free and negotiating with insurance companies and lawyers. Not quite. Even people who have very little money or no money can have any future income garnished to pay the bill. The problem with health care at the moment is; while you can go to the emergency room and be diagnosed, you might not be able to afford the medication that is required to fix the problem or keep it under control for the next 30 or 40 years. You also will not be able to see a doctor when you think or know you should see one. The facts are; yes the costs are high because of insurance, lawyers, doctors and politicians. All who make big money and vie for a slice of the pie in any dispute. But here's another fact... you can't take your money with you when you die. It's your life or your money, and any policeman will tell you to give your money up to a thief. If Mr. North was so concerned about his son, he would offer to pay or help pay, or just help somehow. He didn't. And that's just as sad as his sons death will ever be. > If you take the government's nickel, you also take its noose. > I offer this advice to young adults: Do not go to medical school. > I offer the rest of you this advice: Do not get sick. That's not helpful advice. -- 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.
