tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077075252525438159.post7481047171017080675..comments2023-10-22T02:35:41.216-07:00Comments on Citizen K.: What Makes For A Good Health Care System, Anyway?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077075252525438159.post-88307791800515222832010-01-02T14:53:03.077-08:002010-01-02T14:53:03.077-08:00Well, try not to let them affect your health. They...Well, try not to let them affect your health. They're hardly worth it.<br /><br />What used to get me down was the thought that these clowns had actual influence. Nihil Obstat pointed me to an article by David Brooks -- no liberal himself -- that argued the contrary. It's <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/02/opinion/02brooks.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10222703055177237209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077075252525438159.post-5401335490960432092010-01-02T13:43:09.173-08:002010-01-02T13:43:09.173-08:00bravo to your post and to your generosity in setti...bravo to your post and to your generosity in setting up the fund for those who are in need.<br /><br />my blood pressure shoots up when I hear idiots like rushbo extolling the virtues of the us health care system. you said it right about the only thing rush got correct is his preface "I don't think" - he could stop there and that would pretty much summarize his view on 98% of the social issues that challenge us....mouse (aka kimy)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09385557065971602436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077075252525438159.post-23398733042402840272010-01-02T13:29:48.112-08:002010-01-02T13:29:48.112-08:00Roy, that's a good -- make that great -- one!
...Roy, that's a good -- make that great -- one!<br /><br />F, you know the people in my experience who are among the most sympathetic are the docs. This surprised me in some ways, and not because of any stereotyping of doctors on my part. It's that the system is geared toward pushing the docs to concentrate on their billable time with the patients and to remain ignorant of financial issues. The onco who took care of me -- and his partner -- are great guys, compassionate and committed to their work and their patients in spite of a system that creates a medical assembly line.K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10222703055177237209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077075252525438159.post-43359601979726878132010-01-02T13:11:22.302-08:002010-01-02T13:11:22.302-08:00It's rare these days to find people who have a...It's rare these days to find people who have and are able to afford decent to good to terrific health care who also care about those of us who can't.<br /><br />Thank you. Most don't even notice, or else like the bigcheetos of the country, believe that is how it is SUPPOSED to be.<br /><br />Love, c.Foxessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06754083123669916994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077075252525438159.post-32490890255225246872010-01-02T13:10:34.299-08:002010-01-02T13:10:34.299-08:00Rushbo saying all is well with the American health...Rushbo saying all is well with the American health care system because he was treated well is like Nero saying all is well with Rome because his fiddle is in tune.Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01648670975466222140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077075252525438159.post-81859781962812715672010-01-02T11:23:16.729-08:002010-01-02T11:23:16.729-08:00Blush.
I should add that the effective medication...Blush.<br /><br />I should add that the effective medication eventually went generic and became affordable. As I understand, it has been surpassed by other meds and is rarely used now.<br /><br />It may not seem like it from the outside, but there have been major advances in cancer treatment since my experience. Tumors can be mapped within a pixel and more and more radiation treatments can concentrate on the precise boundaries of the tumor, if appropriate.<br /><br />Something I learned is that while the push to find a "cure" for cancer may make for good marketing PR, the payoff is actually in tumor management and in reducing cancer to a chronic condition that people can live with. We're still a ways from that -- if we weren't, remission wouldn't typically be a death sentence (I know that this isn't 100% the case) -- but we're getting there!K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10222703055177237209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077075252525438159.post-36174126499873244122010-01-02T11:00:45.401-08:002010-01-02T11:00:45.401-08:00And what Citizen K. fails to mention here, in his ...And what Citizen K. fails to mention here, in his genuine and gentlemanly modesty, is that he set up a fund for cancer patients who couldn't afford this medication, so that they were able to afford themselves that modicum of dignity in the midst of their debilitating treatment.T. https://www.blogger.com/profile/16509409207991963533noreply@blogger.com