February 03, 2005
Other People's Stuff
I've figured a nifty extra use for my newsreader. As you all know, I'm not a very good linker. I don't know why really except possibly that I'm a greedy, lazy roustabout. Or maybe it's because I see something linkable, say to myself "Hey, self - that right there is eminently linkable" but then I fail to link it and then forget it.
Yeah, either one of those excuses will work.
Anyway, I've started to save 'must link' posts in my newsreader. When enough of them accumulate so I begin to get pangs of guilt, I'll link them all. True, you won't be getting the freshest content in the world in my link posts but you will get the best stuff I've read in the past howeverlong-it's-been-since-my-last-link-post.
Y'all ready? Okee dokee:
Start out with Simon and his much lauded effort The New Blog Showcase. This has been doing great as a site and has launched more that a few worthy young blogs. Simon's taking it on the road now as a Carnival and he's looking for hosts.
Next stop is Ambient Irony where Pixy explains the mindset of relativistic enminity. He doesn't use big words like that, I'm just showing off. Basically he lays out why certain elements of our society view the liberation of Iraq as a bad thing.
Jennifer reminds us what's really important to remember about the Holocaust. Ask 100 American high school students to tell you who Anne Frank is; then ask them to tell you which concentration camp she died at...and precious few will know the camp. But most of them will know her story.
generic cracks my shit up with Aunt Stubby's Cautionary Tales for Children Not Yet Defeated by Life. I can't even exerpt this. Go read - if you're twisted like me you'll bust a gut.
Riding in the caboose is Lovely Wife. Hmmm...Lovely Wife's caboose... Gimme a minute here...
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As I was saying, our final stop is at Flaptrap where Lovely Wife tells y'all a story about our neighbors. We're lucky enough to have neighbors who very quickly became friends and boy are they a hoot.
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I'm Bill Murray?
I don't know if it's an insult or an honor to be compared to Bill Murray but take a gander at my Gay Factor! This is one hunka primo boobie lovin' man right here ladies.
(Click for biggie size)
Get your face analyzed.
(Hat tip to The Owner's Manual)
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That's you? I didn't recognize you w/o a cow's tit in your mouth.
Posted by: Victor at February 03, 2005 09:20 AM (L3qPK)
Posted by: Jim at February 03, 2005 09:33 AM (tyQ8y)
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Yanno what I hate? I hate it when the trackabacka thingie - doo doesn't work.
Well, that and the fact that those fuckers said I had average intelligence and low social something-or-other.
Based on the lousy picture I submitted, though, I can see where they came up with the idea.
Aheh.
Posted by: Margi at February 04, 2005 01:30 AM (zalxZ)
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I think it's a bit iffy, that gadget-wotsit... I did it three times with the same photo, and it came back with three different results. Once it said I was 100% European, once 50% Anglo-Saxon and 50% European, and once 100% Chinese...
It said I looked like Vince Vaughan (bah!), Mike Myers, and Kim Jong-Il...
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February 02, 2005
January 28, 2005
Is this like pants and anti-pants?
Lovely Wife and I are like anti-nerd and nerd.
She's a 16 and I'm a 74. On the positive side our kids should be at least passably good in sports while still being able to figure out mathematical proofs.
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My nerd score was 32.
Yuck!!!!
Posted by: Rachel Ann at January 30, 2005 03:17 AM (0UA8w)
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50% - Somewhat nerdy. I mean face it, you are nerdier than about half the test takers
Posted by: Clancy at January 30, 2005 09:54 PM (lJX9L)
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Just remember, a family that nerds together stays together. Better get that girls quotient up! ;^)
Posted by: Paladin at January 31, 2005 10:05 AM (XeCL+)
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I have other....."qualities"...that do not require nerdness......;-P
Posted by: LW at January 31, 2005 02:09 PM (MDLz3)
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Quite true there. There's more to life than nerditude. If there wasn't, we'd never get nerdlings.
Posted by: Jim at January 31, 2005 02:22 PM (tyQ8y)
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106.
It insists I cheated.
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Nipples...just beacons for boobies or do they serve a higher purpose?
Blogdaughter Tiffani's
got the skinny.
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Would you PLEASE stop chumming the blogwaters with Harv-bait? It's NOT going to work! I'm NOT commenting on...
DOH!
Posted by: Harvey at January 29, 2005 10:06 AM (tJfh1)
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Hey thanks for the link blogdaddy. I know it's been awhile.
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January 24, 2005
May the Lord have mercy on your souls
I just took the
20 Questions to a Better Personality quiz (found at
LeeAnn's place).
Wackiness: 50/100
Rationality: 24/100
Constructiveness: 58/100
Leadership: 72/100
You are a SECL--Sober Emotional Constructive Leader. This makes you a Politician.
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
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Hey,
I was voting for you for vice president. Don't tell me you weren't serious.
Dang, there went a good vote!
Posted by: Rachel Ann at January 24, 2005 09:40 AM (o1lfe)
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btw, apparently I work for you since I'm a white house staffer...
(sigh) always the dresser, never the star.
Posted by: Rachel Ann at January 24, 2005 09:45 AM (o1lfe)
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You are a SEDF--Sober Emotional Destructive Follower. This makes you a
Evil Genius.
Muh Ha Ha Ha HA!!!
Posted by: Clancy at January 24, 2005 09:52 AM (JxYJc)
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Oh, I was serious enough, Rachel Ann. It's just that now I have validation. ;-)
Clancy - That was not entirely unexpected. Heh.
Posted by: Jim at January 24, 2005 10:27 AM (tyQ8y)
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Wackiness: 28/100
Rationality: 56/100
Constructiveness: 36/100
Leadership: 56/100
You are a SRDL--Sober Rational Destructive Leader. This makes you a Mob Boss.
You are the ultimate alpha person and even your friends give you your space. You can't stand whiners, weaklings, schlemiels or schlemozzles. You don't make many jokes, but when you do, others laugh out loud. They must.
People often turn to you for advice, and wisely. You are calm in a crisis, cautious in a tempest, and attuned to even the finest details. Yours is the profile of a smart head for business and a dangerous enemy.
You have a natural knack for fashion and occupy a suit like a matinee idol. Your charisma is striking and without artifice. You are generous, thoughtful, and appreciate life's finer things.
Please don't kick my ass.
Of the 79801 people who have taken this quiz since tracking began (8/17/2004), 3.5 % are this type.
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Posted by: pylorns at January 24, 2005 10:35 AM (FTYER)
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Well,here is mine..
Wackiness: 46/100
Rationality: 50/100
Constructiveness: 56/100
Leadership: 56/100
You are a SECL--Sober Emotional Constructive Leader. This makes you a Politician.
You cut deals, you change minds, you make things happen. You would prefer to be liked than respected, but generally people react to you with both. You are very sensitive to criticism, since your entire business is making people happy.
At times your commitment to the happiness of other people can cut into the happiness of you and your loved ones. This is very demanding on those close to you, who may feel neglected. Slowly, you will learn to set your own agenda--including time to yourself.
You are gregarious, friendly, charming and charismatic. You like animals, sports, and beautiful cars. You wear understated gold jewelry and have secret bad habits, like chewing your fingers and fidgeting.
You are very difficult to dislike.
Of the 79828 people who have taken this quiz since tracking began (8/17/2004), 7.4 % are this type.
Posted by: LW at January 24, 2005 11:40 AM (GCA5m)
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I came up as a hacker.
Go figure...
Posted by: Paul at January 24, 2005 11:56 AM (vbP6L)
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Well, here's mine:
Wackiness: 62/100
Rationality: 60/100
Constructiveness: 78/100
Leadership: 28/100
You are a WRCF--Wacky Rational Constructive Follower. This makes you a Paul Begala.
You are unflappable and largely unconcerned with others' reactions to you. You were not particularly interested in the results of this test, and probably took it only as a result of someone else asking you to.
You have a biting wit and intense powers of observation. No detail is lost on you, and your friends know it--relying on you to have the facts when others express only opinions. You are even-tempered, friendly, and educated. Foolish strangers may mistake your mildness for weakness--they will be surprised.
You entire approach to life is enviable. You will raise good kids.
Of the 79975 people who have taken this quiz since tracking began (8/17/2004), 4.8 % are this type.
Surprisingly accurate. I came out higher on the wacky scale than Jim? Unbelievable.
Who the hell is Paul Begala?
Posted by: diamond dave at January 24, 2005 05:14 PM (ezH4o)
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Paul Begala is a CNN news ancore/reporter.
CNN.....that'll explain...
Posted by: LW at January 24, 2005 10:42 PM (GCA5m)
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I thought he was Fish from Barney Miller.
Posted by: Jim at January 25, 2005 05:05 AM (GCA5m)
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No,I was going to put the link here but it wouldn't let me post anything that had cnn dot com in it....said it was "questionable content" and refused my post.
Posted by: LW at January 25, 2005 12:42 PM (GCA5m)
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That's weird. cnn.com isn't in the Blacklist.
Posted by: Jim at January 25, 2005 12:50 PM (tyQ8y)
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"Questionable content"? HERE?
You gotta be kidding.
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January 21, 2005
Order up!
It's food time! The
Carnival of the Recipes is up Caltechgirl's World. Lovely Wife's pea soup is in this one.
Mmmmmm... pea soup...
I'm doubly thankful for the Carnival today. Looking at some of those yummy-food recipes has finally gotten my mind off of that pancake sandwich I had for breakfast.
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January 17, 2005
Is it Monday already?
Egads this weekend went fast. It must me Monday though since I'm at work and there are lots of grumpy people all around.
What to do to dispel that fine case of the Mondays? Get a cup of coffee and look over the Bestofme Symphony. It beats the hell out of working and today's a holiday so you don't even have to feel guilty about it.
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yeah, unfortunately its monday.
Posted by: pylorn at January 17, 2005 09:57 AM (FTYER)
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They have some nice content there, but it's layout is quite disorienting. Thanks for the link though!
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January 14, 2005
I'm on the grill
And you can add the briquettes. I'll be interviewed by
Jen, Queen of History and Stuff, and the questions get supplied by y'all. And the one or two readers she has that don't read this blog, I guess. And maybe a few folks who just follow the interviews. And the occasional flightless bird.
Anyway, send your questions to her by noon central next Thursday (1/20/05). She'll put them all together and give them to me in anonymous fashion. Not that she'll be anonymous. I mean, when somebody comes up and says "Yo! Here's the interview questions" and hands you the interview questions that's not really anonymous at all. I mean she collects them and gives them to me without telling who asked what question. So ask away in the knowledge that you will be free from my diabolic retribution.
I will of course naturally assume that boob related questions come from Harvey.
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If I submit questions, I have a feeling you'll know where they came from. I have the inside track, you know... and I bet I could come up with some doozies you'd rather not answer!
But hey... family first. I wouldn't do that to you!
Posted by: Garret at January 14, 2005 01:02 PM (IOwam)
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Go for it. You've been reading this blog for a year. Surely you realize by now that I have no shame.
Posted by: Jim at January 14, 2005 01:07 PM (tyQ8y)
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That doesn't mean that ONLY Harvey can ask boob related questions, does it?
Posted by: RP at January 14, 2005 03:31 PM (LlPKh)
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Oh, of course not. It just means that if you do ask a boob related question I'm going to blame Harvey.
A reputation can be a terribly weighty thing.
Posted by: Jim at January 14, 2005 03:33 PM (tyQ8y)
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mmmm... weighty boobs...
Posted by: Harvey at January 14, 2005 04:00 PM (tJfh1)
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So if I ask if you were breastfed as a child, you would blame Harvey? Cool!
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January 12, 2005
January 11, 2005
The curtain is withdrawn
Random Penseur has another installment of his
Behind the Curtain series where he shines the spotlight on history's supporting players.
Claudius Smith was a swashbuckling cowboy, jailbreaker, and "a bold, handsome man, around whom secretly clustered all those unprincipled and daring men". He was also a murderer and villain, an American who terrorized New York and New Jersey in support of the Crown of England.
Go read. It's a good 'un.
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January 05, 2005
SharpMT
Paul
lost a big-ass post. Don't you just hate it when that happens? I don't. That is, I would hate it if it happened but I learned long ago to protect my sanity and will to live by typing my posts in Notepad. There's an even better way now!
Rob found this nifty little utility called SharpMT. Offline post creation integrated with your Moveable Type blog! Holy sweetness, Batman!
It's got spellcheck, auto book lookup, some music thing I haven't figured out yet, formatting, URL and formatting doohickeys, multiple categories, extended entry and excerpt support, all those doohickeys at the bottom of the MT entry screen that you never use but just might want to check out some day ... hot damn!
I wrote this post in it, by the way.
Update: And I updated it in SharpMT too! Damn, I love toys. Especially useful ones!
Update: Okay, editing seems to just make a new post so don't do that.
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January 03, 2005
Part VI is up!
Yay! Like a belated Christmas gift the
sixth installment of
The Great Dismal has arrived.
Oh, and Mr.Fielek? If I have to wait the better part of a quarter year for part VII after the way you ended VI, I will go bat-shit nutso. No pressure now but I thought you should know about the possible ramifications.
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If you're taking up a collection to have his kneecaps broken so that all he can do is sit and type, I'm in :-)
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December 30, 2004
Help a lady out
Annette of More Than Words is moving to Atlanta. This shows that she has class and taste and some not insignificantly challenging mental issues. I joke - her writing shows the class and taste. The move to Atlanta only illustrates the mental thing.
Anywho, she's doing a photo scavenger hunt and needs items for the list. Pop on over and give her a few ideas of what she should shoot.
I should specify that "shoot" means with a camera. It won't default to gun use until she's been a Southerner for at least 12 months.
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December 22, 2004
The cure for Atlanta's traffic woes
Dusty has it all figured out.
At the four corners of most intersections there are usually light posts or some other weapon mounting system.
It's generic enough to work for just about any big city, too!
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December 21, 2004
Looking for some holiday cheer?
You won't find it at Protomonkey. You will find a
twisted little Christmas story by
Michele though, accompanied by a
Christmas thriller by yours truly.
And once your holiday jones has been sated you can take a well deserved breather with shank's first contribution. Don't breath too deeply though - his protaganist is about as sympathetic as mine.
Hmmm...that's a spooky Christmas story two years in a row for me. Does that make it a trend or a tradition?
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The link below "twisted little Christmas story" is bonked. Jes' sayin'.
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All fixed. Thanks for the catch, Tig!
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December 20, 2004
It's twins!
I've got a new blogson and blogdaughter. Go say hello to the dynamic duo at
Loggerheads. Or @Loggerheads? Whatever, just go say hi.
Actually, I don't know if I get to claim paternity. They were both established bloggers before. I just helped them get a modicum of anonymity for their newest venture. Harvey, can i get a ruling?
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Not enough information. I say that blog parentage is all about early encouragement and pushing people over the edge to action.
If they were undecided about the whole semi-anonymous blog venture, and you kept telling them "Great idea! Go for it!", then you can claim parentage.
If they were already decided on the idea and were just looking for some tech support, then not so much.
Although you're always free to adopt, if you're willing go give regular love, support, and encouragement.
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December 15, 2004
Must read
I don't say that very often. In fact I don't think I've ever said it, so you know I'm not crying wolf.
Almost three years ago we almost lost little Burger. It was a fantastic collision of poor diagnosis, entrenched medical establishment and insurance company hell. Lovely Wife has written up the whole story.
When you're done over there you might want to read about the other medical calamity we went through. I wrote about that one last year.
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The great thing about you and the missus is you're both sharp enough to place the blame where it belongs--the insurance racket. (Not that I have any good things to say about the dumb bitch NP either, though.) When people take up the rallying cry for socialized medicine, they need to realize: This is what you get. This is just a tiny little wicked, evil preview of what you get.
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I'm glad the problem was finally handled. Having children myself, I can sympathize.
My blood boiled a bit reading it, however, because I am a surgeon and because so many broad statements were made about my profession and lack of care. Let me submit that physicians all start off being some of the most caring people this world has to offer...their experiences with patients tend to beat a lot of it out of them. I know I do my best for patients, and unless one has gone through the process of becoming a physician, one cannot possibly understand the level of CONSTANT commitment it takes. I am a doctor. I do not stop being a doctor when I come home. I get calls at all hours, on vacation, in church, or when I am sitting in the emergency room with my own daughter.
Patients are not patient. They want answers right away (as do I when one of my family is sick). Doctors lie awake at night and wonder if they did the right thing...and sometimes find out that we didn't...and we never, never, never forget that. When patients do well...when a life is saved...we don't often even get a thank you. The majority of the time it is complaint over the copay or the hospital bill (over which we have no control) or postoperative aches and pains, or scars.
Most doctors try to reflect about our behavior, decisions, and patient complaints. Most of us are very self critical, and take the patients' complaints to heart. And yet, there is a growing public feeling that we are a public utility like electricity or water that is a right to have and a luxury to pay for.
We spend 10 of the most productive years of our lives going deep into debt and earning nothing. When we start practice, it may be 5 years or more before we can even afford to buy a home. By then, most of us are in our mid-forties. So, we have twenty good years of work to pay our debt, raise our kids and try to save for retirement. It is a meager existence, even when you finally make $200k a year at age 50, paying 50% in taxes with nondeductible med school loans. You find yourself looking in the mirror and wondering why you get up at 4am every day and come home at 7-8pm. Then worrying that if our own health fades and we can't continue the rigorous schedule, we will face ruin.
It's for the patients...and we are steadily losing the good will between doctors and patients.
I read newspaper articles, see an occasional sit-com, TV commercial, or blog and it drives a dagger into my heart to see perpetuated this growing perception that all doctors are greedy and careless...but I don't see it in real life.
My colleagues work extremely hard and sacrifice much for their patients. And the majority are DAMN GOOD.
Lastly, on the issue of where the ins premiums go...spend ONE night in the intensive care unit and you have spent two or three YEARS worth of premium there. God forbid a family member (or two) is injured in an accident and is in the ICU for a month. I see it almost every single day. Ins co's pay for the VERY sick...routine care is mostly the patients' responsibility.
Don't get me wrong, my colleagues and I perform as much as 20% of our service without ever being compensated for it. I have my issues with ins co's, but the state and federal plans (that's right, medicare too) are truly LOUSY. Not many other businesses where you are legally required to render service for which you have huge financial liability, even if there is NO CHANCE you will be paid.
Hindsight is always 20/20, but you should always remember (especially with children) to just take them to the emergency department if you are concerned. Go to a big hospital if you have time to get there, they see a greater variety. Your child would have been admitted right then and there, gotten the needed workup, and (sometimes) get the surgery too during the same admission. Ins co's have less power when dealing with emergent care.
When you see a doctor, especially the younger ones who chose medicine already knowing it is going down the tubes, you should ask yourself: Why on Earth did this person go through all that knowing they would work so hard, rack their brain, live with unshakable guilt, get sued (all of us do), be under appreciated and eventually treated like a natural resource?
The answer (which I'm sure is different for many) is that 1) for many of us it's a true calling and we still enjoy helping people and 2) if we could have REALLY known what it was like, some of us would NOT have chosen it.
Personally, I had a great career for 7 years before I went into medical training. I knew much of what it was all about, but even knowing now the whole truth, I would probably still have done it. The only thing that would make me leave it now is if the government decides to try and run the whole affair. The good surgeons will leave...and in will come the public servants...and I am afraid the post your spouse wrote would seem trivial in comparison with the tragedies that would follow. Just ask a veteran how care is at the VA. I have trained at one and can assure you that the federal government is TERRIBLE at running healthcare.
Less with babies, but in places like Europe and Canada, if you are Bill Clinton's age and start having chest pain...you will die before you get your bipass surgery. The wait list for EMERGENT bipass in Canada approaches one year.
I may sound uncaring, but I am being blunt (which I often have to do). I am glad your Burger was finally diagnosed and treated successfully. I know that if one of my girls needed surgery and the copay was $150,000, I would somehow get the money first and worry about ins later. You can always sue ins co's for not paying. You can't (to my knowledge) sue God to bring someone back to life or reverse permanent disability. I am sure, though, there is a line of lawyers around the block who will give it a shot anyway--IF you have the money up front...
If your car broke down and you needed a $200 part for it to run, how long would you wait without transportation? Most people wouldn't wait a day, yet the same for life saving surgery is somehow absurd? You are not even scratching the surface of the cost of that surgery, which is many thousands (mostly hospital cost).
Ins co's make profits...it's what they do. They do this in two major ways...decrease what is covered for patients (mostly routine care and elective surgery) and pay less for what is covered (take it out of the doc and hospital). All of us (docs too) should keep cash aside for rainy days...that usually means problems with health. As a correlary, docs often don't accept insurance because they pay too little...it's the
American way.
When we devalue the service someone provides, we will eventually get a less valuable service.
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I kept pressing deliberatly the "surgeons admin".The surgeon himself we never had a chance to talk to about this.I know a family who went to him and did have a chance and he helped them for free.
About the car.....you have NO IDEA how many times we drive with a dangerous car because we had no money to fix it.And we never hesitated when it came to the surgery.THEY DID.We did NOT have the money and the only person who wanted to give it to us was my MIL.Where would we have gotten the money?Steal it?We didn't have credit nor credit cards.I know what the surgery cost,I still have the bill.200 may not sound much for someone who has it,but for someone who hasn't it is.
The situations about ICU or accidents are IF situations.Plus the fac that even WITH coverage most people STILL have to pay a lot on top.Medical bills can push a person into desperation.And believe me,I KNOW what I am talking about because we did haev so many that we had to file bankruptcy years ago.
I would love to keep cash on the side for rainy days.Its easier said then done and so far has never worked out for us.
People can make it look so easy,especially when they are on the better financial end.
You make it sound like we didn't care,EXACTLY like they did.Like we didn't do what we could to get the money.
What you are saying about Europe is untrue.I am from there and till the point I left there the medical cre was GREAT.Better and for sure as hell the docs cared more.
Posted by: LW at December 16, 2004 10:05 AM (GCA5m)
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Thinking...I also want to say this:
Saying thank you to a doc should come natural.However...for the amount of money he just received,I would imagine you better damn well do a good job!
And also:yes,docs are human beeings,too,and that reason in particular they (the ones that are acting nasty)have NO right to treat another person like a car or some other piece that just needs some "adjustment".
And what the hell does it matter where the money comes from?Goverment,a person,an insurance....what right does a doc have to messure the quality of service he gives to where the money comes from?
Is THAT what you swear when you take the oath?By God I hope not!
You make it sound like every person is out to sue you.Thats BS.There are morrons outthere that do that,but thats not ALL people and therefore a doc should not even look at every patient that way!
The typical additude of "its the American way" is also absolute crap.The only American way I have experienced so far is that people are too affraid to change something,God forbit you'd wake up in the morning and the country would look different.Everyone hates it but only few want to do something about it.In a country this large with this many people that is absolute terrible!
NOONE will die if things change for a change!
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