tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post139690668824893928..comments2024-02-14T11:00:03.180-05:00Comments on Tom McLaughlin: Genuinely MisguidedTom McLaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07691546351143209227noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-78431743972775283352017-04-05T04:55:46.051-04:002017-04-05T04:55:46.051-04:00Nice Post keep updating like this,
IPL Players 2...Nice Post keep updating like this,<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://iplfixtures2017.blogspot.in/2017/03/list-of-players-in-ipl-2017.html" rel="nofollow">IPL Players 2017</a>Pinkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04276661887533402060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-63284331856093822102016-02-05T14:25:16.927-05:002016-02-05T14:25:16.927-05:00I love how not even a whimper can be mustered up a...I love how not even a whimper can be mustered up anymore after being presented with facts!Briannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-25054155588607171952016-02-04T12:28:39.983-05:002016-02-04T12:28:39.983-05:00Wow, some people keep getting suckered by corporat...Wow, some people keep getting suckered by corporations.<br /><br />There was the tobacco industry ignoring facts and science and lying to the public about the dangers of smoking.<br /><br />Then there's Big Oil ignoring facts and science and lying to the public about global warming.<br /><br />Now there is the Insurance industry ignoring facts and lying to the public about the "dangers" of singer-pay socialized medical care.<br /><br />Are you really so blind to the fact that when corporations are at risk of losing billions of dollars they resort to such devious tactics? Or do you just gaze lovingly and naively at your corporate idols, thinking they can do no wrong?<br /><br />Read the following link from an ex insurance executive who talks about being part of a never ending effort of defamation, usually by citing a few anecdotes about those enduring long waits for care. (you know, the stories the Captain swallows up and spits back out at us). He says that the industry's propaganda got little resistance from the mainstream corporate media. He admits now that Britain's medical system is superior.<br /><br /><br />http://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/02/23/16799/socialized-or-not-britains-health-care-system-superior<br /> Mr. Enoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-36850004478410395882016-02-03T19:17:27.545-05:002016-02-03T19:17:27.545-05:00Yes, "Captain", overcharging runs rampan...Yes, "Captain", overcharging runs rampant in our medical system. Are you somehow claiming it would get even worse under Sanders proposal? How could it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-75176535343235082822016-02-03T17:55:53.404-05:002016-02-03T17:55:53.404-05:00Yes, Canadians generally do have to wait longer fo...Yes, Canadians generally do have to wait longer for non-emergency visits, however on most measures of patient reported physician quality, Canada comes out ahead of the U.S. Few errors, and more satisfaction with their doctors. In Canada life expectancy is higher, infant mortality is lower, and maternal mortality is significantly lower. <br /><br />And how about the medical tourism so many Americans take to get greatly cheaper prescription drugs?<br />Briannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-12561727849341336782016-02-03T16:23:19.540-05:002016-02-03T16:23:19.540-05:00Oops.
... a "medical tourism industry to the ...Oops.<br />... a "medical tourism industry to the US, AND South East Asia..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-81970900550358189042016-02-03T16:20:24.462-05:002016-02-03T16:20:24.462-05:00Oooo, I like the part about doctors practicing pol...Oooo, I like the part about doctors practicing political science , under the guise of macro economics.<br />I ALSO like the bit about doctors autonomy over patient care, it streamlines the coded billing slicker than owl poop on a cold porcelain door knob. <br />I wonder how many doctors are invested in "health corporations", and historically, have been um...tempted... to embezzle "the system", with overcharged, and unneeded, tests, pharma, by "specialists" within their own "health corporation"?<br />I was AMAZED at the number of doctors, in three piece business suits, that urgently needed lab coats for the White House Lawn photo op, in "support" of PP ACA 2010. <br />I've been there, they do NOT like it when you ask for a "*fully decoded-full invoice", and return to ask embarrassing questions. "Unexpectedly", no one seems to know what those codes mean!<br />* you only get to see these if YOU are the so-called single payer.<br />That Social Medicine works SO well in Canada, there's a "medical tourism" industry to the US (Well, PP ACA certainly put a damper on THAT) The wait times for the actual "care" part of "Social Healthcare" in England are PHENOMINAL, and the Socialist System in general in Cuba are SO successful, that despite "important" film maker's claims, folks risk death to get away.<br />But SURELY, It just hasn't been done RIGHT yet! <br />But Mr. Sanders is the one who can effectively "actualize" it?<br />Or appoint more career Socialists to "administer" it? <br /> <br />Yep, if you build it, they will come. <br />CaptDMO Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-54469502450528367572016-02-03T10:06:24.214-05:002016-02-03T10:06:24.214-05:00The previous post should have mentioned that the c...The previous post should have mentioned that the comments came from doctors, disputing people like Tom trying to claim it is "taking over" the medical profession.Briannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-66727387099547692872016-02-03T10:04:37.054-05:002016-02-03T10:04:37.054-05:00“Single pay is a system in which the delivery of c...“Single pay is a system in which the delivery of care remains largely in private hands. All citizens would be covered and the program would be funded by the savings obtained from replacing today’s inefficient, profit-oriented, multiple insurance payers with a single streamlined, non-profit, and by modest new taxes based on ability to pay. Premiums would disappear; 95% of all households would save money. Patients would no longer face financial barriers to care such as co-pays and deductibles, and would regain free choice of doctor and hospital. Doctors would regain autonomy over patient care.”<br /><br />http://www.pnhp.org/facts/what_is_single_payer<br />Briannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-77456722184251901972016-02-02T15:20:36.834-05:002016-02-02T15:20:36.834-05:00I am reposting this now for the eighth time. I can... I am reposting this now for the eighth time. I can post other comments but not this one.<br /><br />Here goes again.<br /><br />This is what doctors have to say about the falsehood of "taking over the medical industry:<br /><br /><br />Single-payer national health insurance, also known as “Medicare for all,” is a system in which a single public or quasi-public agency organizes health care financing, but the delivery of care remains largely in private hands. Under a single-payer system, all residents of the U.S. would be covered for all medically necessary services, including doctor, hospital, preventive, long-term care, mental health, reproductive health care, dental, vision, prescription drug and medical supply costs.<br /><br />The program would be funded by the savings obtained from replacing today’s inefficient, profit-oriented, multiple insurance payers with a single streamlined, nonprofit, public payer, and by modest new taxes based on ability to pay. Premiums would disappear; 95 percent of all households would save money. Patients would no longer face financial barriers to care such as co-pays and deductibles, and would regain free choice of doctor and hospital. Doctors would regain autonomy over patient care.<br /><br />http://www.pnhp.org/facts/what-is-single-payerBriannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-17875163360265029702016-02-02T10:09:29.330-05:002016-02-02T10:09:29.330-05:00Tom said "You stole my thunder Captain"
...Tom said "You stole my thunder Captain"<br /><br />Mentioning supposed vigilante groups in Sweden is "thunder"?!!?<br /><br />Like vigilante action against immigrants is a Swedish problem? Like we do not have the same thing going on in Texas? No, not a Swedish problem, but an ignorance problem. <br /><br />Thunder? More like the Captain stole your wimper. Mr. Enoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-87421617158232789982016-02-02T07:44:22.907-05:002016-02-02T07:44:22.907-05:00As for Snopes - I guess if you don't like the ...As for Snopes - I guess if you don't like the message, attack the messenger.<br /><br />What "trustful" site that counters that information did you rely on?Briannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-18580293864518270062016-02-02T06:41:50.153-05:002016-02-02T06:41:50.153-05:00Uh, Snopes? Seriously? The website run by David an...Uh, Snopes? Seriously? The website run by David and Barbara mikkelson? The couple with no background in investigation who use google to "fact check"? That snopes?<br /><br />Hahaha.....Brainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-81371293583449220762016-02-01T18:47:40.529-05:002016-02-01T18:47:40.529-05:00Not sure which Faux News report you are in a tizzy...Not sure which Faux News report you are in a tizzy about, but here is the factchecker Snopes:<br /><br />http://www.snopes.com/sweden-refugee-center-arson/<br /><br />Interesting that you had no response to the other comments, or to any comments concerning Cruz.<br /><br />Briannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-14917818240568237542016-02-01T18:34:16.520-05:002016-02-01T18:34:16.520-05:00You stole my thunder Captain.You stole my thunder Captain.Tom McLaughlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07691546351143209227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-40133622671740269822016-02-01T17:15:11.075-05:002016-02-01T17:15:11.075-05:00Bernie want's to turn us into Sweden?
Oh, no! ...Bernie want's to turn us into Sweden?<br />Oh, no! Dos that mean we have to form vigilante groups out of desperation, to hammer the "new arrivals" disrupting utopia, that the Gub'mint WON'T, as "promised"?<br />CaptDMO Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-14225097222290956942016-02-01T16:27:07.646-05:002016-02-01T16:27:07.646-05:00Bernie wants to turn us into Sweden?
Oh No! Does...Bernie wants to turn us into Sweden?<br /><br />Oh No! Does that mean we will lower our crime and murder rates, improve our education, and have a higher life expectancy?<br /><br />How awful!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-46805861384249168822016-02-01T16:16:33.418-05:002016-02-01T16:16:33.418-05:00Now on to "Bernie would take over the entire ...Now on to "Bernie would take over the entire energy industry" <br /><br /> Let's start with the fact that over the past century, the federal government has pumped more than $470 billion into the oil and gas industry in the form of generous, never-expiring tax breaks. Once intended to jump-start struggling domestic drillers, these incentives have become a tidy bonus for some of the world's most profitable companies.<br /><br />Taxpayers currently subsidize the oil industry by as much as $4.8 billion a year, with about half of that going to the big five oil companies—ExxonMobil, Shell, Chevron, BP, and ConocoPhillips. <br /><br /> But there is not much more I can say about your statement unless you clarify how Sanders intends to "take over" the industry. By helping alternative, cleaner energies? <br /><br />Just as was shown previously that there will be no "take over" of the medical industry, it also seems ridiculous to claim a "take over" of the energy industry.Briannoreply@blogger.com