tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post4602964856651889519..comments2024-03-28T11:00:59.091-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: Selective denial or 'rationing' of health care?Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-58370958805505505912017-04-21T02:51:16.673-05:002017-04-21T02:51:16.673-05:00If you are a type 2 diabetic, the most effective t...If you are a type 2 diabetic, the most effective treatment is barbell strength training. Dr Jordan Feigenbaum talks about the effects on diabetes at the 24:40 mark here: https://youtu.be/7tsTwcOb_0kKirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00281501537458008069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-15266769621234499372017-04-19T14:06:14.406-05:002017-04-19T14:06:14.406-05:00"Quick! Dump the patient on the floor. The ..."Quick! Dump the patient on the floor. The surgery is a success if the patient is not on the table when he codes!"Eaton Rapids Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102166969915526172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-28954112990150321512017-04-19T07:14:28.050-05:002017-04-19T07:14:28.050-05:00> Quentin, UHC would runs costs up unless you r...> Quentin, UHC would runs costs up unless you ration care as the British NHS does.<br /><br />You do realise that we have private health care on top? And I included the cost of that in the savings?<br /><br />Don't let the search for the perfect get in the way of the good enough.Quentinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-2102915166641291172017-04-18T16:33:59.108-05:002017-04-18T16:33:59.108-05:00I managed to stop just short of diabetes (had an A...I managed to stop just short of diabetes (had an A1C of 10.4, 2 years later it's 4.9) by losing weight and drastically changing my diet. Carbohydrates tempt me, but I will not give into temptation. I will not become dependent on modern medicine to keep me alive because I could not resist sweets.tweellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164718561825615886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-39283017743092595742017-04-18T11:50:44.909-05:002017-04-18T11:50:44.909-05:00What was being done to you is called defensive med...What was being done to you is called defensive medicine.<br /><br />Quentin, UHC would runs costs up unless you ration care as the British NHS does.Quartermasternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-16845702641793814942017-04-18T10:34:49.398-05:002017-04-18T10:34:49.398-05:00If America were to adopt UHC, it would save approx...If America were to adopt UHC, it would save approx $1T.Quentinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-68146689393952686052017-04-18T10:34:37.255-05:002017-04-18T10:34:37.255-05:00The other way to ration care is by reducing reimbu...The other way to ration care is by reducing reimbursement rates below the cost of service - there are already many doctors who won't accept new medicaid/ medicare patients because they lose money doing it; if Congress ever 'forgets' to pass the 'doc fix', rates will further drop and even more people will have trouble getting care. <br />As people have been saying, if something can't go on forever - IT WON'T!<br />Jonathan Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10476185257203343474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-80085294969484397752017-04-18T10:18:51.585-05:002017-04-18T10:18:51.585-05:00Trying to starve an old woman to death because she...Trying to starve an old woman to death because she has pneumonia:<br /><br />http://www.bbc.com/news/health-23698071<br /><br />Dead old people are cheaper than live ones; the gov pays so they make the decision.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-20190571848640150742017-04-18T10:15:27.074-05:002017-04-18T10:15:27.074-05:00It is simple economics. The first rule of economi...It is simple economics. The first rule of economics is that resources are limited, but human desires are unlimited. Any economic system- socialism, free market etc must put in place a limitation on consumption, or all resources will be used until consumed.<br /><br />Under the free market, the limited on consumption of health care is that we are limited to the health care we can or are willing to pay for ourselves.<br /><br />Under single payer or government care, limitations are still present, but the decisions are not made by the patient but by the government. Thus rationing, long wait times and poor quality care.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-30893950550695746622017-04-18T09:31:08.763-05:002017-04-18T09:31:08.763-05:00Or, we could emulate the British NHS and implement...Or, we could emulate the British NHS and implement something like the "Liverpool Pathway", which is to deny care to anyone they think isn't cost effective. If hospitalized, they'll sedate and deny food and water to them until the patient dies off. Originally intended for "terminal" patients, denying them water made it a self-fulfilling diagnosis. It eventually got applied to babies that required inconvenient amounts of care. <br /><br />The Brits, Canadians, and other paragons of compassion deny many types of common procedures, like hip replacements, to the obese because they need suffer more. <br /><br />Obamacare was designed in part by advocates of the "whole lives system". That system openly says it's OK to screw you over and deny you care when you're 70, and not screw over someone who's 25 because anyone who's 70 now was 25 at one time, and the majority of those who are 25 now will be 70 some day". In other words, "we can screw you now because we didn't screw you earlier; and if we're not screwing you now, wait until you're 70 and then you'll really be screwed." <a href="http://www.ncpa.org/pdfs/PIIS0140673609601379.pdf" rel="nofollow">PDF of the article</a> the whole lives approach is based on.SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.com