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  • Medical malpractice- The myth

    Having investigated and resolved thousands of complex med mal claims since 1985, I see things differently. Please keep in mind that I defend the doctors when they are defensible and pay when it is clear that they goofed. I consider myself a democrat but I am old enough to be a republican. Frist and Clintons approach to curtailing the # of medical ...
    Posted to Medical Examiner by jymbo53 on May 12, 2008

  • My search continues.

    This is day 3 of my search for a single frayster that will endorse John McCain's plan to raise taxes on their health benefits and mail the proceeds directly to ''his friends'' in the insurance biz. I have yet to uncover a single person that likes McCain's plan to expand the income tax onto health benefits. Here are the previous ...
    Posted to Ballot Box by bitterpills on May 9, 2008

  • Re: McCain's plan to raise taxes.

    While still having the option of employer-based coverage, Americans could receive a refundable tax credit of $2,500 per individual or $5,000 per family to offset the cost of insurance, with the credit being sent directly to the insurance provider. To pay for those credits, he would eliminate the tax exemption that workers receive through ...
    Posted to Ballot Box by bitterpills on May 7, 2008

  • McCain's plan to raise taxes.

    Does anyone here like McCain's plan to raise taxes on health care? For those that didn't know. McCain's plan is to raise taxes on your health insurance if you get it through your employer. His idea is to force people to lose their health insurance. That way, they'll have to renegotiate and lose coverage on existing conditions. Then, his ...
    Posted to Ballot Box by bitterpills on May 7, 2008

  • typical reactionary blather

    A bunch of imbecilic claims back up by exactly nothing. Dig as long as you like, but you'll never find the bottom of reactionary ignorance. Trying to educate Republicans is a fool's errand, but for the rest of you here is why this poster is dead wrong as usual, but this time with some ...
    Posted to Today's Papers by Cyrus on May 7, 2008

  • Thanks Ryerson

    Thanks Michaelryerson That was a great post. I'm going to remember it and link to it. I am listening to Hillary now on C-Span she really makes a lot of sense, especially with the health care issue.
    Posted to Best of the Fray by jeqal on April 28, 2008

  • Money & Fear

    I keep asking myself why it has become so fashionable in our country to attack and question scientifically-accepted truths, and I keep coming back to greed and capitalism. Money has become so important to us (and why not when we can no longer afford a doctor visit or tank of gas?) that getting or keeping it justifies harming others through ...
    Posted to Science by Ryan T on April 18, 2008

  • Re: Adherence to prescriptions

    This was one of the best summaries of the issue I have ever read. I would add that pharmaceutical companies are key to solving the problem. I know of a drug used to treat MS, which has adherence rates of 95%, because of the patient support program launched by its manufacturer. Because the drug costs $20,000/year, they can afford to provide ''gold ...
    Posted to Medical Examiner by jeanlalonde on March 22, 2008

  • Re: The Mental Health of our Troops------------

    Rob, I read your post. Thank you for highlighting the problems facing many of our toops who will return from battlefields with post traumatic stress disorder and brain damaged from war wounds. Unfortunately, America's present system of dealing with mentally ill citizens leads thousands on a road to homelessness, jail, and death. My brother, ...
    Posted to Cagle by Mary Neal on March 21, 2008

  • Re: Speed kills

    Samskara: There is a similar pattern in pharmacies, where the need for productivity reduces or even eliminates pharmacist-patient contact. In order to keep costs down, technicians take in, fill, and even do the actual dispensing. The pharmacist, who should be speaking to the patient, reviewing use of over-the-counter medications, discussing the ...
    Posted to Medical Examiner by gzuckier on March 21, 2008
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