I'm not asking for your approval....I need several thousands of dollars worth of dental work here that would cost me hundreds of dollars elsewhere and yes.....it's a choice.....but policy has put me in a position to make that choice when I believe it should be something I could save money doing at home instead of outsourcing the work.
This is good news...and as a fellow Iowan, I approve.
Anything Steve "Clash of Civilizations" King proposes is instantly suspect. Repubs always blame rising healthcare costs on "frivolous lawsuits" mainly because the healthcare industry donates to Repubs while lawyers tend to donate to Dems. I'd like to see any evidence that lawsuits are driving up healthcare.
My neighbor retired from being an emergency room surgeon in frustration from law suits...she could explain it better than I can but after I listened to her take on TORT reform, I was convinced...I don't believe it's a partisan conspiracy, I believe it is an ambulance chasing issue that has sparked health care increases in costs and doctors fear of being tied up in court for trying to save some crackheads life in many, many cases. Big pharma as well....insurance companies have made out like bandits in my life's contributions....I've paid way more than I've ever received in care here in the states. In Taiwan it was the opposite...family insured for 20 bucks a month and national health care covered almost anything we needed with minimal copays....I was quarantined in a hospital for 2 weeks with a flesh eating bacteria I got swimming in the ocean on a scrape.....they saved my life....my copay was 800 bucks ......that wouldn't cover one day in a hospital here. Our healthcare system has been broken for a long, long time...if an airborne virus ever breaks out here....it'll be a wake up call for the privileged who don't care if poor folks outside have access to sanitation or health care
Oh Horse Shit!
Can't you do better than "utter nonsense"? What about "poppycock" or "monkeyshines"?
"Utter" fits.
