tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231145.post114075819621584089..comments2023-12-30T23:02:57.931-08:00Comments on Deep Thought: The Bush healthcare plan post-Katrina: Don't Get Sick.Eli Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00792743206074537073noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231145.post-1140838202350647012006-02-24T19:30:00.000-08:002006-02-24T19:30:00.000-08:00Eddie,This post dealt with healthcare for the unin...Eddie,<BR/><BR/>This post dealt with healthcare for the uninsured. If you live in N.O., are uninsured, and break your arm, they will write you a prescription, and nothing else. Explain how this is a 'good world' to live in.Eli Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00792743206074537073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231145.post-1140813757716979422006-02-24T12:42:00.000-08:002006-02-24T12:42:00.000-08:00Eddie must be invincible, infallible, unable to be...Eddie must be invincible, infallible, unable to become victimized by any circumstance, and must also be3 certified in a variety of disciplines including medicine and teaching. <BR/><BR/>I knew a man who spoke the same way, until his wife became terminally ill and he had to cope with three small children and working. I knew another person who had the same view, until he had an accident and was no longer able to do the construction work he did before and had to apply for a whole new career. For lucky people with unlimited resources and unlimited opportunities, who are immune from nature,accidents, or their own physicality... but who lives in that world? <BR/><BR/>its easier to blame people and forget that government is paid ALOT to care about the real world as it is, not what people argue it to be. <BR/><BR/>Eli, thanks for the post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231145.post-1140809750148207342006-02-24T11:35:00.000-08:002006-02-24T11:35:00.000-08:00I am so glad that I live in a world where I am res...I am so glad that I live in a world where I am responsible for taking care of myself and my family. Thank goodness I do not live in your world, where the government is responsible for everyone.<BR/><BR/>Jeeezzzzz!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231145.post-1140800248411761922006-02-24T08:57:00.000-08:002006-02-24T08:57:00.000-08:00Jaime,The article is dated yesterday. It focuses o...Jaime,<BR/><BR/>The article is dated yesterday. It focuses on the uninsured (in fact it does acknowledge that there are several hospitals running, but that they don't treat the uninsured.)<BR/><BR/>I will ask my Congressman to tour the area but it is likely a waste of time-- he doesn't even live in Arizona, he is a Virginian who bought a house in Flagstaff and spent big bucks to get elected to Congress. In odd numbered years, he only sleeps in his 'house' about ten times, when he is in town for photo ops.Eli Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00792743206074537073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231145.post-1140761507279040742006-02-23T22:11:00.000-08:002006-02-23T22:11:00.000-08:00That must be an older article. As of last week we...That must be an older article. As of last week we now have three hospitals open in New Orleans (2 for adults) with 2 ER's, along with the MASH unit in the convention center. It's not much but it is more than we had. Last I heard, in St Bernard, heath care consisted of a couple of trailers - thats it. Also, the stress levels so high that strokes and heart attacks seem to be happening every time you turn around. Since the storm, personally I know 5 people who have had strokes and 3 or 4 with heart attacks.<BR/><BR/>We are also being beaten up by fires. With 13 out of 26 trucks gone and 10 closed stations it's bad. Water preasure is often low and instead of working in 4 man teams they are doing 3 so firemen are getting hurt trying to do their jobs. The city can't afford overtime so every shift is short on manpower. <BR/><BR/>I could go on and on about all of the basic needs that are compromised. You would not believe. <BR/><BR/>If you want to help - write to your representitives in DC. Ask them to tour the area. Less than 30% of them have done so. It is impossable to grasp the scope of this without actually seeing it. <BR/><BR/>JaimeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com