Hypatia's Protege
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Republicans? Possibly! --- Conservatives? - not a chanceBig government will be great when the Republicans do it...
Best regards
HP
Republicans? Possibly! --- Conservatives? - not a chanceBig government will be great when the Republicans do it...
And again, I assert that NEITHER Liberals nor Conservatives have the "little guy's" interests at heart -- That'd require Democrats and Republicans!You don't pay much attention to government do you? Or does the "big government" only apply to helping the 'little guy' not the rich and corporations? Really look into where 'big government' starts.
It's called tribalism, and is the fundamental basis of statism.It seems humans are at their worst in 'numbers' in that they (albeit with many, many exceptions) tend to 'cede' their morality (and, hence, conscience, sense of responsibility/culpability -indeed even guilt- for their actions) to the 'mob', as it were...
---Emphasis Added---It's called tribalism, and is the fundamental basis of statism.
So, if I understand you correctly, what you are saying is "the whole system is corrupt?"Your question would seem to offer a study in classic anthropology?...
It seems humans are at their worst in 'numbers' in that they (albeit with many, many exceptions) tend to 'cede' their morality (and, hence, conscience, sense of responsibility/culpability -indeed even guilt- for their actions) to the 'mob', as it were... Add to this shameful proclivity the 'distance' provided by the many levels of abstraction intervening 'care' and 'administration' and there it is...
So... cynical tho it may sound -- The reply to your question:
Because they can
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HP
Essentially... but with due attention to "Hanlon's razor"So, if I understand you correctly, what you are saying is "the whole system is corrupt?"
Don't you think it's more like covetousness.Essentially... but with due attention to "Hanlon's razor"
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HP
But really, any ideas on how it might be fixed?Essentially... but with due attention to "Hanlon's razor"
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HP
But really, any ideas on how it might be fixed?
Not by the 'rules' as you've presented them -- Clearly, dysfunction of the whole is always down to idiocy! ---- And that, kids, is the downside of cynicism!Don't you think it's more like covetousness.
You looked what up? @ronv if you're privy to a resource unequivocally descriptive of 'the problem' and it's solution{s} I'm certain we'd all like to have a 'gander'!I looked that one up.
Indeed! - Restore a service-centered profit paradigm via dissolution of [health care] 'conglomerates', etc... 'Administrative bloat' is always inflationary and only seldom (if ever) in the best interests of the clients (CIP 'patients')... That said, inasmuch as 'shakeups' are necessarily (albeit transiently) disruptive to service, such would needs be accomplished with no small degree of care -- I'm just old enough to recall the pandemonium immediately attending AT&T's divestitureBut really, any ideas on how it might be fixed?
Yebut: (1) drug 'kitchens', (2) mayhem and self mutilation (intentional and otherwise) and (3) prostitution have long been thriving American 'pastimes' - sans remediation of the 'healthcare system'1) Make your own medications in a home lab.
2) Learn surgery by watching YouTube videos then practice on friends and family (heck real surgeons still "practice" - I don't know when they do anything for real).
3) use the local "Chinese Massage" center instead of a licensed physical therapist. Way more fun.
JoeJester just outed himself - he's really Borat!Yeah, that will work ... NOT.
Yebut, the TV repair shops used to advertise risk if fire and electrocution if you attempt to change your own tubes to discourage DIY - now you are playing the same game to discourage DIY medical procedures.Yebut: (1) drug 'kitchens', (2) mayhem and self mutilation (intentional and otherwise) and (3) prostitution have long been thriving American 'pastimes' - sans remediation of the 'healthcare system'
Best regards
HP
Gophert I say that's flawed logic cuz victims of medical errors are over-represented by ppl who are already sick and so in precarious condition anyhow! So that's like saying digitalis is bad on basis that most users eventually die from heart diseaseThe DIY treatments cannot be any worse for one's health than seeing a medical "professional" - medical mistakes are the leading cause of unnatural death in the US.
And we can all see how much the conservatives learned from that, by doing the same thing. With the back round sticking point in health care legislation being women's health(defunding PP, etc) it's refreshing to see the senate committee having such a good representation of women in it.(not) Daddy state anybody?ACA ... it was passed without any R votes and without being read. I'm laughing at the D's who complained about the same issue the R's did not too long ago.
Actually we have 2 single payer programs. The other is Medicare and it works good.@Hypatia's Protege Ted Kennedy did alot of work on NCLB.
ACA ... it was passed without any R votes and without being read. I'm laughing at the D's who complained about the same issue the R's did not too long ago.
The U.S. government already has a single payer system. It's call the VA. How's that healthcare working out? Maybe the Government can conscript a slew of doctors to run a national healthcare. Yeah, that will work ... NOT.
I guess all those government mandated warning signs and danger signs are useless. Sure people can change their own tubes. Sure people can jump the fence and play chicken with the high tension lines.Yebut, the TV repair shops used to advertise risk if fire and electrocution if you attempt to change your own tubes to discourage DIY - now you are playing the same game to discourage DIY medical procedures.
The political theater has been gotcha for a long time. Chuck Schumer D-NY, current minority leader in the senate, is very partisan, and has been since his days as a representative. He is just like another New Yorker ... the one that sits in the White House.And we can all see how much the conservatives learned from that, by doing the same thing. With the back round sticking point in health care legislation being women's health(defunding PP, etc) it's refreshing to see the senate committee having such a good representation of women in it.(not) Daddy state anybody?
You contributed to Medicare all your working life and still contribute via your Social Security. The government collected the funds and are redistributing your funds back to you.Actually we have 2 single payer programs.
So what?You contributed to Medicare all your working life and still contribute via your Social Security. The government collected the funds and are redistributing your funds back to you.
It really doesn't matter if they borrow the money from you or from China does it?Do you think social security isn't paid for by the workers and employers? Those two are specifically designated taxes, only the people are part of that ponzi scheme, because all funds go into the common treasury for those in power to decide on how to spend. Al Gore is the only one in the USA that thinks there is a locked box holding the social security funds for distribution.
I have no idea. Does it go to the VA? Or is this the beginning of another topic?Do you think the "gasoline tax" actually goes to it's intended destination?