tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35681091.post2149400261289682298..comments2023-03-31T23:40:42.954-05:00Comments on Revolution 21's Blog for the People: MediĀ¢ine the$e day$The Mighty Favoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15757347349470913066noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35681091.post-45083623047222262502010-03-08T12:32:08.504-06:002010-03-08T12:32:08.504-06:00Honey, you just don't get it, do you?
There i...Honey, you just don't get it, do you?<br /><br />There is something fundamentally wrong -- staggeringly unjust -- about a system where folks MUST BE ABLE TO AFFORD A SUPERSIZED CUP OF OVERPRICED COFFEE EVERY DAY, WORLD WITHOUT END in order to have good medical care. This in a country where people are losing decent jobs every day that will be replaced, if at all, by crappy jobs with meager, if any, benefits.<br /><br />Here's a news flash for you: $2,500 is a lot of money, and $4,000 for the "good stuff" is even more. Lots of people don't have that kind of money to, in effect, pay a retainer just to get a damn doctor.<br /><br />Capitalism is a fine system for selling widgets and, when properly regulated, for making the economy generally hum along. But when pure profit motive meets health care, capitalism becomes a grotesque, evil abomination.<br /><br />God doesn't just love latte-swilling, well-off people with a supersized sense of entitlement, and Jesus Christ didn't die on the cross only for folks who run in trendy social circles.<br /><br />So you'd think the least the medical profession can manage in the richest friggin' country on earth is leaving someone's bank balance out of the equation when deciding who it can and can't -- will and won't -- treat.<br /><br />In the Good Book, in the parable of the rich man and Lazarus the beggar, you will recall it didn't end well for Mr. Moneybags. Neither will it end well for a nation that so unashamedly values all the wrong things.The Mighty Favoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15757347349470913066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35681091.post-48991529730738898112010-03-08T07:18:10.946-06:002010-03-08T07:18:10.946-06:00the "fees" are about what people pay for...the "fees" are about what people pay for their daily dose of caffine at Starbucks. And the care is better. You can reach your doctor -- not the office person -- 24/7 by cell, email, text, etc and be seen the same day. For many people, it's well worth the cost. And they are not necessarily wealthy. do you know that the typical family practice has 3000-5000 patients PER DOCTOR? A concierge practice limits the patients to a few hundred so each is guaranteed access. I would think all doctors would want to practice this way and patients should investigate for themselves. We did!Laura Havertynoreply@blogger.com