tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1640145326942707855.post172081177774805873..comments2023-11-02T08:54:33.024-07:00Comments on Throckmorton's other signs: (re)tardive dyskinesiaThrockmortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12362147065452723155noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1640145326942707855.post-68506264387331886332010-03-30T17:06:00.621-07:002010-03-30T17:06:00.621-07:00Medicaid and subsidized insurance for the poor and...Medicaid and subsidized insurance for the poor and elderly is only half the story.... or less<br /><br />The other half is that income inequality has increased dramatically since the 1970's. Working class and Middle-class America are both in danger of disappearing, due to technology and globalization. Manufacturing, which used to be a respectable upper middle class job, is now nearly gone. Who profits? The richest of the rich. The rich Americans who own the factories that are now in Asia. The Americans who own the factories in America that are now more automated than ever. <br /><br />Thus, the cost of services, including the service you get from hospitals, nurses, and doctors, have gone up relative to the wages of the average American. What really needs to be done is a proportional redistribution of wealth from the richest 1% of Americans, who have reaped all the rewards of globalization and technology. This calls for a new age of socialized wages and socialized healthcare. A "New Deal" for the 21st Century. However regrettable this outcome is, it is inevitable and required if America wants to once again be a fair society.oygphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10434955145176005815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1640145326942707855.post-61044314274006815822010-03-06T10:24:24.710-08:002010-03-06T10:24:24.710-08:00Okay ..that's funny! I had to look it up befo...Okay ..that's funny! I had to look it up before I got it though. :)<br /><br />Excellent points!<br /><br />I wish there was affordable pet insurance.<br /><br />Our dog became suddenly ill back in January and looked like he would have astronomical bills and we would've had to have him put down. But we had a thousand dollar limit we would go to *if* the vet would take payments. He graciously agreed to.<br /><br />It became apparent it was serious that morning when son rushed him to the vet. So he said he would do some x-rays and labs. I mentioned lyme disease.<br /><br />Turned out to be a hemangiosarcoma and had to be put down. I'll blog about it when ready.<br /><br />But the bill ended up being approximately 431.00. I really wish he did the x-rays first and would've saved a good portion of the bill. The lyme alone was 98.00. <br /><br />I just heard someone on the radio saying that if the senate bill gets pushed through the president will sign it and we'll be suck with it. I thought it was off the table..but admittedly have not been following the last few days. Just tell me it isn't so.<br /><br />For the life of me ..I truly do not understand ..why they don't just tackle (bipartisan effort) the actual problems ..fix what we have since there is also so much that is right with the current system.<br /><br />And if we know they are skewing the numbers to make it look like it will be financially feasible ..well how is THAT right?<br /><br />And if you look at the financial state of mdcd/mdcr and the hardship the cuts from those programs put on providers ..well then why in the world would they think this massive overhaul with all the pork ..during this challenged economic season is a viable plan??<br /><br />What about logic - reasoned thinking .. cause and effect ..abstract thinking/the big picture.. avoiding the surely detrimental consequences of their myopic agenda?SeaSprayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07906503090688697222noreply@blogger.com