Jay said:lordjedi said:Yes, I condone his actions. I also don't believe, and I've stated this here plenty of times, that someone else's medical needs, who I've never met, are my problem.
I guess it's a good thing there are plenty of health care practitioners who feel the opposite, otherwise we'd all be fucked.
And there's plenty of health care practitioners that agree with me too. Unfortunately, they're required by law to take care of someone that comes into the ER, whether they have insurance or not. No wonder medical costs in this country are skyrocketing.
Life is good until it's not. Let's hope you're always fortunate enough to have access to money and good medical care, and that if you ever don't, it's somebody entirely unlike you who decides whether you get treatment or the finger.
My father recently died of a brain tumor. We don't have a lot of money. We're not rich people, so you can shove that statement up your ass. He got good medical care because he had good insurance and a doctor that cared. We didn't use medicare or medicaid or anything else. Just Kaiser (pretty sure it's Kaiser). The survival rate for his type of brain tumor at his age (71) is less than 1%. They operated anyway. Twice in 6 weeks. They were about to start radiation when the doctor determined it would be pointless (he had cancer all over his brain). He had 1 week left to live just before radiation was started. He lasted just under 2 weeks.
My sister died of a similar brain tumor 3 years ago. By the time all her treatments were over, they had given her 3 months to live. She managed to live over 2 years before passing.
Neither one of them ever got upset with the service they received. Sometimes we have to fight for what's due, but that's not a big deal when you have family that's willing to help out.
That woman's family is the ones that need to be taking care of her now. Not the State. It is not the State's job.
I've been through plenty of shit in my life to know that things can go bad in the blink of an eye. Never once have I ever wished the government would be there to help me out. On the contrary, I want the government out now more than ever. It seems that the more they get involved, the more they screw things up. Look at any government service from the DMV to the IRS and tell me if you want your healthcare turning into that. I know I don't.
Funny how people complain about where their tax money goes unless it's a $500,000 Tomahawk missile screaming towards an Iraqi office building.
So when was the last time a Tomahawk missile hit an Iraqi office building? 2003? It's been 5 years, give it a rest. Unlike some of the people around here, I have no problem with one less dictator in the world.
That's $500,000 in Bush dollars, so about €3 at the current exchange rate.
Haha, that's so funny. The dollar may still be low, but it's at a 5 month high against the euro. The way things are going, if the European Central Bank doesn't do something, the economy in Europe is going to end up worse than in the US.
And oil is at a 3 month low (and keeps dropping). I expect it to fall below $110 per barrel either today or tomorrow.
Maybe you should stick to tweaking the forums instead of poking your nose into things you don't know much about (like what some of us have been through).