I’m of the age where I get medical offers in the mail. Sometimes by phone. And I’m amazed at all the free stuff available. Electric carts? No problem. This explains the racket. Especially good are the comments.
Like this one:
duo
When a week in the hospital ICU costs more than the average worker makes in a career, that means that every person has a negative value to society because they are at risk of running up seven-figure medical bills.
Let’s face it, the US is an HMO that happens to have an army and a Navy.
Or this one:
emersonreturn
a friend’s father was told he had weeks to live…i found this unbelievable, usually they give the stats and the individual generally hears the high number and takes that as the time frame, but then i realized he has private insurance and they know that generally people believe doctors and take what they have to say as gospel, and by telling him weeks it saves the organization thousands, sheeple being so easily programed….then his doctor told him in Washington State he has the right to chose to leave the planet (which i am completely in favour of and feel it is a highly enlightened stance) and that he, the doctor, will supply the father with the handful of pills when the time comes; the father is to administer them himself, thereby freeing the doctor and organization of direct responsibility. great. the father is completely satisfied, as is the medical provider—it saves them all a tremendous amount.
This:
DaveyJones
My favorite latest from criminal law land is OXY. It has exploded into the scene and is screwing up a lot of lives. The drug maker was caught red handed hiding the evidence that this stuff could do a lot of harm. The corporation paid a fine and a few minor execs got a deferred misdemeanor. Meanwhile the addicted teenager does prison.
Aint that America, somethin to see…
And this:
Panafrican Funk…
I work in this field, and my friends, it is a really fucking depressing field to work in. Our sector is 1/6th of the entire US economy, and it is a fucking cancer on our society. It bankrupts people, it causes, maintains, or worsens illness, and it is a fucking cancer on our society.
It is getting depressing:
combatsnoopy
Medicare and Medicaid are both welfare for Big Pharma. With an aging baby boomer market and drugs made for cheap in India, Big Pharma has LOADS of money to lobby Congress with. THey may be as dangerous, if not more dangerous than Wall Street. That contest will def. be a game of wits
Terminally depressing:
DaveyJones
isn’t it interesting that with an aging society and rising health care costs, you would think the first thing we would do is use the world market for drugs where we could find prices one tenth to one one hundredth of what we pay. And the first thing this administration did was cut a deal with pharma that that would never happen. It followed up with the promise that the boss middleman, insurance, whose last interest is health would always get their cut, their now mandatory cut. It’s not medicine, it’s just crime. crime and corruption. Anyone with an ounce of medical and ethical intelligence has called this plan out for what it is.
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Medical Marijuana prohibition is a crime against humanity and a violation of the religious precept – heal the sick.
Pass it on.