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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 12:56 PM Original message |
We had to tell a patient today that she is probably going to die. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yes. |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
2. I cannot imagine the pain your job must sometimes bring you. |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 05:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
61. I will cross my fingers for you too. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
3. It should long ago, have had people out in the streets |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 01:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
21. Bewildering, isn't it? Especially since the very same people who SHOULD be out |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 02:04 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Yes, it is bewildering. It's apparently the result of a lot of |
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BlancheSplanchnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 08:03 PM Response to Reply #23 |
84. propaganda and the wide reach of corporations |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 02:10 AM Response to Reply #84 |
101. You make a good point. I don't understand it but that would |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 05:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
52. Perhaps There Were People Out In the Streets |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 05:33 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. that's right |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 06:02 PM Response to Reply #52 |
64. Our clinic and staff fought for and will continue to fight.. |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 06:01 PM Response to Reply #3 |
63. We are doing what we can for her ... |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 09:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
90. We have gotten lazy. In the 50's and 60's |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
4. Recommend |
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lapislzi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
5. I'm so sorry. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 01:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
132. "when one's helping hands are tied behind one's back." Excellently and poetically worded! |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
6. Are online donations possible? nt |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 01:26 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Donations can be made at the local bank. |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 04:17 PM Response to Reply #12 |
39. Thanks. nt |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 06:03 PM Response to Reply #39 |
65. Thanks to you. |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 02:55 AM Response to Reply #65 |
104. Medical Admin, my heart goes out to you |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
7. What do you expect from the greatest nation on the face of the earth??? |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
8. Unbelievably sad. And unnecessary. |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 06:06 PM Response to Reply #8 |
66. Her entire community is rallying around her. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
9. Life in America shouldn't be like this |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 02:34 PM Response to Reply #9 |
24. Good point - I'll do that. |
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ceile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
10. So sad. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 03:59 PM Response to Reply #10 |
30. You can do both. I do. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 05:03 PM Response to Reply #30 |
49. Me too... :^( |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 06:07 PM Response to Reply #10 |
67. Yah - me too. It's one of those cancers that is almost |
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murphyj87 (570 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
11. Examples of why the US needs a single payer system |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 03:31 PM Response to Reply #11 |
27. These are great links. |
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murphyj87 (570 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 04:13 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. My cousin... |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 05:06 PM Response to Reply #35 |
50. Dr. Aberle is looking at a primary gig at ... |
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murphyj87 (570 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 05:36 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. Pierre Trudeau said....... |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 05:56 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. Sleeping next to an elephant. |
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stockholmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 06:13 AM Response to Reply #11 |
111. Canada blocks people from coming in if they will be 'burden on society' due to medical problems, so |
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louslobbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
13. I cried while reading this, still am, health care is a right, not a privilege, I am sorry this is |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 06:09 PM Response to Reply #13 |
68. I will give up the fight when they pry my cold dead fingers... |
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louslobbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 06:24 PM Response to Reply #68 |
77. I really feel you my friend, I am so sorry. |
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999998th word (555 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 01:46 AM Response to Reply #68 |
100. What [s]he said.^ K-R |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
14. Unfortunately, the douches in Congress |
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ontime1969 (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
15. rough situation |
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murphyj87 (570 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 01:58 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. I agree to some extent....... |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 03:04 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. Thanks for that info. |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 03:41 AM Response to Reply #26 |
108. ^ Re: "huge overhead needed to fight insurance companies for every payment" ^ |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 10:23 AM Response to Reply #108 |
117. I see nothing in the ACA that will change this. |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 09:02 PM Response to Reply #15 |
89. Sometimes it may depend on the insurance a person has |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
16. . |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 06:11 PM Response to Reply #16 |
69. It's strange but I actually feel blessed to be able to do this job. |
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louslobbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 11:28 AM Response to Reply #69 |
127. They did the same thing for my mother, kept her comfortable, pain free and hospice was wonderful, |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 03:15 PM Response to Reply #127 |
133. Oh, Lou, I'm sorry! |
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louslobbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 03:28 PM Response to Reply #133 |
134. Thanks Bobbo, it was kind of you to say those words to me, I appreciate you also. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 03:44 PM Response to Reply #134 |
136. Yes, I do think we know that. The thought has occurred to me, with this onslaught of Randism, that |
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louslobbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 03:50 PM Response to Reply #136 |
137. I like the way you think........all the best, Lou |
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louslobbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 03:31 PM Response to Reply #133 |
135. I also left you an email on your private email address, read it when you can, thanks |
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Pool Hall Ace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
17. Recommended. |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
18. This is why some of us are so "uncompromising" on the issue of health care reform |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 06:12 PM Response to Reply #18 |
70. Amen brother. |
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MuseRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
19. Repeated over and over again. |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 06:14 PM Response to Reply #19 |
71. Thanks. |
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libmom74 (577 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
20. I worked in an Oncology unit for |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 04:04 PM Response to Reply #20 |
32. Would it be possible to write that as an LTTE? |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 06:15 PM Response to Reply #32 |
72. LTTE? |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 07:14 PM Response to Reply #72 |
81. sorry... Letter To The Editor. |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 10:23 AM Response to Reply #81 |
118. I willl need to check with the pt. but if she OK's it.... |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 12:20 PM Response to Reply #118 |
129. Thank you. You know, that would probably be very difficult for her and her family at |
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libmom74 (577 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 02:46 AM Response to Reply #32 |
103. I haven't done that but it's something |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 03:58 PM Response to Reply #103 |
138. I put in a lot of time with Health Care for All Colorado, and they devoted a lot of energy to |
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Cowpunk (572 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 10:50 AM Response to Reply #32 |
123. Why stop there? Write an editorial |
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anneboleyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 04:14 PM Response to Reply #20 |
36. Great post. Our system is a nightmare, and too many people don't realize this until they are ill |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
25. I remember going to fundraiser for a cancer survivor who needed follow up |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 03:06 AM Response to Reply #25 |
107. ^'Her insurance only covered surgery, refused to pay for the follow up chemo.'^ |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
28. !!! |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 03:52 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Thanks everyone for the feedback and support. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 04:05 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Yes, our "health care system" is a collection jar at the local 7-11. |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 05:58 PM Response to Reply #33 |
59. It's funny but the last time I was in canada a few years ago... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
31. Preventive medicine is a dirty word in America -- !! |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
34. Thank you and your team for doing what you can in a terrible and tragic situation. REC. nt |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 06:17 PM Response to Reply #34 |
73. Thank you DU for your support. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
37. This made me cry |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
38. *hug* nt |
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irisblue (137 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
40. your shoes have been on my feet |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 06:18 PM Response to Reply #40 |
74. What can you say except "it sucks." |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
41. K&R |
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Moostache (905 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
42. My heart breaks for her and her family... |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 06:23 PM Response to Reply #42 |
76. Thanks and thanks for the guinness. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
43. The people we encounter that fear |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 06:29 PM Response to Reply #43 |
78. My brother in law was like that. |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
44. Just think ...all those "freeloaders" who are needing help from big government... |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
45. actually it would take the cost of 300 million screens a year |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 06:31 PM Response to Reply #45 |
79. Actually it wouldn't. |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 02:57 AM Response to Reply #79 |
105. Wow. Simply wow. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 06:12 AM Response to Reply #79 |
110. Technically, that's supposed to be true in the US, as well - 'practicing medicine without a license' |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 10:29 AM Response to Reply #110 |
119. They sneak around that by claiming that.... |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 10:39 AM Response to Reply #119 |
122. Infuriating and scandalous. But they don't care. |
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FourScore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
46. k/r |
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neoralme (812 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
47. I am so sorry for this. I hope your patient goes quietly and painlessly |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
48. This is so sad... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
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Permanut (477 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
55. If the mainstream media WAS liberal, |
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WVRICK13 (930 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
56. We Need Real Nationalized Health Care |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 02:21 AM Response to Reply #56 |
102. I am SO glad my wife was coverd under the German system |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
57. That sucks. I swear our corporate masters want to turn us into a third world country. |
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Desertrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 05:58 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. Want to? I think they are pretty far down that road..... |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 06:21 PM Response to Reply #60 |
75. I hear ya. It's bad, really bad. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
62. That's very sad, unfortunately with good coverage doctors sometimes miss things that can kill you |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 09:37 PM Response to Reply #62 |
91. Which is no argument against single payer. But good try. nt |
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SharonAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 10:18 PM Response to Reply #62 |
94. My husband's doctor killed him by not doing a colonoscopy on him. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 10:30 PM Response to Reply #94 |
96. Ugh. That one runs in my family. |
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OnyxCollie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 11:54 PM Response to Reply #96 |
99. My mom was diagnosed with colon cancer two years ago. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 08:51 AM Response to Reply #99 |
115. Can you afford NOT to get screened? Family history is a strong justification for early screening. |
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OnyxCollie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 10:52 AM Response to Reply #115 |
124. What's to fight? |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 03:01 AM Response to Reply #94 |
106. That's malpractice. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 08:52 AM Response to Reply #106 |
116. I concur. Sounds like a potential major lawsuit, and that doctor should be de-licensed. |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
80. we need single payer |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
82. Thanks for putting this here. So many familiies devastated for nothing. |
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SourFlower (39 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
83. I just lost my mom, puebloknot, the same way. |
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BlancheSplanchnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
85. this is just too heartbreaking....I hope at least she can be spared as much pain as possible |
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Chorophyll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
86. K&R is all I got. |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
87. I shed a tear- you described the majority of my patients,as well. |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
88. K&R (nt) |
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Thumper79 (84 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
92. This is just so sad. |
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MrMickeysMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
93. Recommended... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
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jbeing (116 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
97. EVERYBODY SEND AN EMAIL |
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HolyCity2012 (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 05:21 AM Response to Original message |
109. end-of-life counseling |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 06:52 AM Response to Original message |
112. It can be hard to be a caring human. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 06:54 AM Response to Original message |
113. Terrible story and I feel so sorry for her family. |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 10:33 AM Response to Reply #113 |
120. Not at all. It was a statement, not a judgement. |
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TheManInTheMac (512 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 07:55 AM Response to Original message |
114. Stage 4 cancer |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 10:36 AM Response to Reply #114 |
121. Yes, it does. |
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TheManInTheMac (512 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 11:19 AM Response to Reply #121 |
126. It is a shame |
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louslobbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 11:45 AM Response to Reply #121 |
128. It really is insanity, $1000 in tests approx 2-3 yrs ago, could have stopped this whole painful |
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area51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
125. The U.S. system |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
130. Our president never even considered single payer. |
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keopeli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
131. I don't know where you are located, but if you're in the Seattle area... |
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