tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post96815643544751853..comments2024-02-14T11:00:03.180-05:00Comments on Tom McLaughlin: Picturing ThingsTom McLaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07691546351143209227noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-50721310142455630622009-10-29T10:35:10.329-04:002009-10-29T10:35:10.329-04:00http://www.calgaryherald.com/Canadians+face+week+w...http://www.calgaryherald.com/Canadians+face+week+wait+surgery+Report/2158443/story.html <br /><br />Canadians looking to undergo surgery can expect to wait a total of 113 days in 2009, a slight improvement over last year, a national health-care survey has found.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-71825279501928337572009-10-28T00:35:41.029-04:002009-10-28T00:35:41.029-04:00In Alberta, the chickens are coming to roost.
One...In Alberta, the chickens are coming to roost.<br /><br />One prays that there isn't a pandemic, and secondly that heads will roll after this has passed.<br /><br />But you see, it is illegal to have private health insurance here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-20826124693561496182009-10-28T00:33:32.258-04:002009-10-28T00:33:32.258-04:00You want public opinion? Read the opinions of the ...You want public opinion? Read the opinions of the public of a public health care society just north of the US.<br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/yflbohb<br /><br />"This is beyond gross incompetence. I've never witnessed such poor planning for delivering a high demand service to Albertans. AHS has been quite vocal regarding the need for people to receive this vaccination and the dangers associated with this pandemic, yet mindlessly throw together 4 clinics in a city of over a million people. There appeared to be no thought into these 4 locations, whether people would be out in the cold, where people could sit, and how grossly understaffed they were---even though they have had to pull nurses from other areas to staff these clinics (but there is no nursing shortage, right Mr. Leipert?). I think the bottom line comes down to MONEY. This is a disgrace to all Albertans. Mr. Stelmach, Mr. Leipert and Mr. Duckett have cut millions and millions of dollars from our health care system, and this is the kind of service you can now expect. If this is all the money AHS is willing to pay out for pandemic clinics (these gentlemen don't wan't to lose their bonuses!!), just imagine what horror lies ahead in acute care hospitals once this pandemic spreads (they have already closed hundreds of acute care hospital beds and deferred hiring nurses into hundreds of empty positions). Be afraid people. This government and all of these men need to be fired."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-51286058325764262262009-10-27T18:41:01.293-04:002009-10-27T18:41:01.293-04:00Anon, I'm still confused. Why don't you a...Anon, I'm still confused. Why don't you answer my question? I'm not a mean fellow you know. You might even like me once you get to know me.<br /><br />But I ask AGAIN, where can we find this?<br /><br />"I refer to the public option that should be passed in the health care reform bill."<br /><br />That's not an answer. I am public among others in here and don't think it should be passed, so I am missing something to your reference.<br /><br />Where? Physical location. Please. Public opinion is just that, opinion, not proven or fact.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-25102573996185583052009-10-27T13:09:05.529-04:002009-10-27T13:09:05.529-04:00I refer to the public option that should be passed...I refer to the public option that should be passed in the health care reform bill.<br /><br />Sorry this is so confusing for you - you DID know about this, right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-91461729666138409952009-10-27T12:56:33.472-04:002009-10-27T12:56:33.472-04:00Anon, stop teasing me!
Your Statement: "Ther...Anon, stop teasing me!<br /><br />Your Statement: "Therefore, a non-profit health system would be better"<br /><br />My Question: Where can we find this?<br /><br />Your Answer: "A Public option." <br /><br />---------------------<br /><br />*blink*<br /><br />(I didn't think I asked that hard of a question...note to self, maybe I should try rephrasing it a bit simpler.) <br /><br />---------------------<br /><br />Anon, "WHERE" can I find this non-profit health system functioning today?<br /><br />("WHERE" infers a locale, a location, a country, a tangible and definitive place.)<br /><br />-tomax7<br /><br />PS - Oh yes, please infer that you have actually lived under this type of system to give it somewhat of an authoritative reply.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-17572500198659970542009-10-27T09:57:11.145-04:002009-10-27T09:57:11.145-04:00Anon, ok I'll bite. Where can we find this?
&...Anon, ok I'll bite. Where can we find this?<br /><br />"Therefore, a non-profit health system would be better."<br /><br /><br />A Public option. <br /><br />Are you really that confused?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-40612583321060762972009-10-27T00:33:37.094-04:002009-10-27T00:33:37.094-04:00A 5-6 hour wait! I don't know what our health ...A 5-6 hour wait! I don't know what our health board boses are thinking, and I sure will be mad(der) if they get bonuses for this botched planning job<br /><br />No wonder the USA makes a mockery of any attempt to have a public system. Four outlets for a population of over 1 million, and people wonder why we are upset about our health care system. Get with it people, and start demanding a choice. We are not sheep to be herded into a pen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-40530212457228369052009-10-26T15:47:02.453-04:002009-10-26T15:47:02.453-04:00Anon, ok I'll bite. Where can we find this?
...Anon, ok I'll bite. Where can we find this?<br /><br />"Therefore, a non-profit health system would be better."<br /><br />-tomax7Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-9022438810896168582009-10-26T14:45:59.161-04:002009-10-26T14:45:59.161-04:00Anon: "I do NOT want them to be in the hands ...Anon: "I do NOT want them to be in the hands of a system in which the prime goal is PROFIT. How can anybody feel comfortable with health car providers that will cut corners and do everything they can to make an extra dime?"<br /><br />- You got to be living in a dream world if you think that isn't the prime goal. <br /><br />EXACTLY, tomax! The prime goal of health care providers is profit. That should not be the case when dealing with people's health. Therefore, a non-profit health system would be better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-10454672800746015752009-10-26T14:11:53.915-04:002009-10-26T14:11:53.915-04:00Here's a couple of articles.
http://tiny.cc/Y...Here's a couple of articles.<br /><br />http://tiny.cc/YEOKs <br />- read the comments from people below the article if you think it is a slanted article.<br /><br />http://tiny.cc/sIb4t<br />- Alberta's medical system spent $22.5 million on severance costs last year after firing several regional health bosses when the province moved to a single superboard for the entire province.<br /><br />Audited financial statements for Alberta Health Services, released Tuesday at the organization's public board meeting, show taxpayers footed a$6.6 million bill related to the severance payments to former Calgary Health Region executives.<br /><br />That includes almost $1.7 million for former Calgary Health Region chief executive Jack Davis.<br /><br />The payouts come after nine health bosses and several other executives were fired last summer when Health Minister Ron Liepert dissolved regional medical authorities to move to a single superboard.<br /><br />The documents confirm Alberta Health Services received$80 million from the province to cover expenses associated with the transition such as severance and consulting costs.<br /><br />The financial statements also suggest former deputy minister Paddy Meade, who moved to the superboard for less than one year before losing her job as an executive operating officer, received a $1.3 million severance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-39373243624362709902009-10-26T14:04:34.699-04:002009-10-26T14:04:34.699-04:00Anon: "I do NOT want them to be in the hands ...Anon: "I do NOT want them to be in the hands of a system in which the prime goal is PROFIT. How can anybody feel comfortable with health car providers that will cut corners and do everything they can to make an extra dime?"<br /><br />- You got to be living in a dream world if you think that isn't the prime goal. <br /><br />The reason things DO NOT get done up here get done is the bottom line. Where do you think hospital budgets come from? Or the money for it? Thin air?<br /><br />No offense, but the US has it better than Canada. You still have to pay a monthly $20-100 Provincial Health Premium. Although Alberta doesn't, other provinces do.<br /><br />Oh, remember who runs the hospitals, not the Nuns, but administrators with ties to the government.<br /><br />Or in simple English, politicians.<br /><br />-tomax7Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-77314164698994930882009-10-26T13:53:50.616-04:002009-10-26T13:53:50.616-04:00You have to highlight the whole link and paste it ...You have to highlight the whole link and paste it into the address bar.<br /><br />http://www.calgaryherald.com/health/Calgary+family+wants+answers+after+pregnant+woman+dies/2121512/story.html<br /><br />But here's a simpler way.<br /><br />http://tiny.cc/sIb4t <br /><br />-tomax7Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-5229219951787947592009-10-23T12:58:49.614-04:002009-10-23T12:58:49.614-04:00Let me state first off that I am not against capit...Let me state first off that I am not against capitalism. However, when it comes to the health and survival of my loved ones I do NOT want them to be in the hands of a system in which the prime goal is PROFIT. How can anybody feel comfortable with health car providers that will cut corners and do everything they can to make an extra dime? Sure it is good BUSINESS sense to do things such as not covering people with pre-existing conditions, but I don't want some business man deciding that his bottom line is more important than the health of my loved ones.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-9057261835397176022009-10-21T13:58:21.399-04:002009-10-21T13:58:21.399-04:00above link does not workabove link does not workAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-89704355708501833652009-10-21T13:13:04.705-04:002009-10-21T13:13:04.705-04:00http://www.calgaryherald.com/health/Calgary+family...http://www.calgaryherald.com/health/Calgary+family+wants+answers+after+pregnant+woman+dies/2121512/story.html<br /><br />Sad.<br /><br />-tomax7Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-10223199455996576552009-10-20T17:04:50.549-04:002009-10-20T17:04:50.549-04:00Hey Anonymous wuss:
Tomax7 lives in Alberta. That...Hey Anonymous wuss:<br /><br />Tomax7 lives in Alberta. That makes him a primary source for information on the Canadian health care system you insist is so wonderful.Tom McLaughlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07691546351143209227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-602535781150830672009-10-20T15:41:21.532-04:002009-10-20T15:41:21.532-04:00Anon. As this isn't your blog, I suggest you ...Anon. As this isn't your blog, I suggest you take your crusade somewhere else possibly?<br /><br />Regarding Mr. Moore, if you swallow everything he says, that explains a lot.<br /><br />Sure maybe I should take him up on his $10K offer.<br /><br />Reality is, there are long waiting times and lack of top skilled doctors in Canada.<br /><br />They move to the States at one point.<br /><br />As you say, hmmm.<br /><br />-tomax7Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-319220175582640422009-10-20T11:39:13.068-04:002009-10-20T11:39:13.068-04:00...and 91% prefer their system to the one in the U......and 91% prefer their system to the one in the USA!<br /><br />http://blogs.e-rockford.com/sweenyreport/category/canada-poll/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-53944894621963369222009-10-20T11:35:42.682-04:002009-10-20T11:35:42.682-04:00Yes, a source would be nice for those silly commen...Yes, a source would be nice for those silly comments about the Canadian system. I guess Canadians don't know about these "facts" - Check out polls done in Canada - over 70% of Canadians say their health care system is doing well or very well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-27677092115883800532009-10-20T11:29:27.492-04:002009-10-20T11:29:27.492-04:00Hey tomax7, where did you get your information? I...Hey tomax7, where did you get your information? I suggest you get more well-rounded info and not just listen to right wing propaganda. Perhaps you should watch the movie "Sicko". Let me guess, you will claim it is full of lies. In that case it may be your lucky day. Did you know that Michael Moore is offering $10,000 to anybody that can find a lie in ANY of his movies? So far no one has been able to claim the money. Hmmm.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-12686672393502829272009-10-19T20:13:39.785-04:002009-10-19T20:13:39.785-04:00Anon, considering the health care 'debate'...Anon, considering the health care 'debate', why not ask a Canadian about it? Because that is where the US is heading - 2nd rate care.<br /><br />4-6 hour wait times in EMERGENCY for gall stone operation <br /><br />3-4 month wait for various scans.<br /><br />1-2 year wait for knee or hip operations<br /><br />So, how many doctors are moving to Canada vs moving to the US?<br /><br />But I suggest you get your own blog where you can spew your garbage.<br /><br />-tomax7Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-54542709629494555752009-10-19T20:09:39.648-04:002009-10-19T20:09:39.648-04:00Great pictures Tom, my favorite is the one of the ...Great pictures Tom, my favorite is the one of the castle on the hill. <br /><br />Yes, pictures are personal, and I for one am glad you freely share them with me/us.<br /><br />- tomax7Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-7713522115454118432009-10-15T14:48:31.719-04:002009-10-15T14:48:31.719-04:00Very nice photos and column. I too carry a camera ...Very nice photos and column. I too carry a camera most places I go, to enjoy the photo for that moment in time and usually for nothing more than my own enjoyment.<br /><br />Andy in CT.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-90473573020426342732009-10-15T11:32:44.723-04:002009-10-15T11:32:44.723-04:00Nice pics. Thanks for sharing them. Like you, I g...Nice pics. Thanks for sharing them. Like you, I get more pleasure out of merely viewing & sharing my photography (via my fav art/literature community website deviantART) than I would winning any contests.<br /><br />Keep snapping!Garnethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02401188830560417180noreply@blogger.com