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Just wondering if you have contacted your Congress perso
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19/08/2009 10:25:17
 
 
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Politics
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Health
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>>>>>>>You elect a government to govern not court public opinion
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>>>>>>>Someone should have told that to Obama, then. He has been in office almost 7 months and he is still campaigning. His face is plastered all over the television - he is on it in America more than Hugo Chavez is on in Venezuela. From where I sit, it appears that he is unable to govern because he is never in the White House.
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>>>>>>>We elect a government to represent all of our citizens. Our government should not be representing only the left wing loonies. Historically, this country is a center right.
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>>>>>>>If voters don't like it they can say so at the next set of elections.
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>>>>>>>I hear that they are getting ready to let the labor government over there get this message. It's about time.
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>>>>>>Well the American right attacking the NHS might be helping "labor" quite a lot so we can live in hope.
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>>>>>Can you verify, is is true that Health trusts in Suffolk were among the first to announce that obese people would be denied hip and knee replacements on the NHS or that if you smoke you will not be treated for heart disease under the NHS?
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>>>>>I also read this by Mark Steyn (can't verify its accuracy):
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>>>>>amazingly, millions of freeborn citizens’ exercising their own judgment as to which of the latest drugs, tests, and procedures suits their own best interests has given Americans a longer, better, more fulfilling old age to the point where there are entire states designed to cater to it. (There is no Belgian or Scottish Florida.) I had an elderly British visitor this month who’s had a recurring problem with her left hand. At one point it swelled up alarmingly and so we took her to the emergency room. They did a CT scan, X-rays, blood samples, the works. In two hours at a small, rural, undistinguished, no-frills hospital in northern New Hampshire, this lady got more tests than she’s had in the last decade in Britain — even though she goes to see her doctor once a month. He listens sympathetically, tells her old age often involves adjusting to the loss of mobility, and then advises her to take the British version of Tylenol and rest up. Anything else would use up those valuable resources. So, in two hours in New Hampshire, she got tested and diagnosed (with gout) and prescribed something to deal with it. It’s the difference between health “care” (i.e., going to the doctor’s every month to no purpose) and health treatment — and on the latter America is the best in the world.
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>>>>>http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=OTAxYzFjODdiN2E3OWUyNzY1MDU1ODM1ZjZjYmY3YjM=&w=MQ==
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>>>>>I'm trying to figure out what is fact and what is fiction.
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>>>>>Mark Steyn appears to be a pretty staunch conservative (even for a Canadian or Brit/whichever he is!) :o)
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>>>>House is one of my favorite series. Diagnostic Medicine is the way to go, as I see it. But is House representative of the US's system????
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>>>Thats a joke yes ?.
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>>I wasn't sure. :o)
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>A joke? No, like you I'm trying to figure out what is fact and what is fiction. You live over there. You tell me, okay? UPDATE: Ah, I see you did, in another reply. Thanks.

Yes, and my questions seem to be hitting some nerves. If I ask about something and it is true, but not common (an isolated case) then knowing that would be helpful to separate fact from fiction because the media always jumps on the outrageous no matter how isolated it is. For example, there may be long lines in one area because there are not enough medical personnel for the local population but absolutely no waiting time in another area because the ratio of services to each person is greater. That occurs here as well in some areas, but is not common. One insurance company may drop their clients when they develop chronic illnesses and others may not. The one that does hits the news and that is actually a good thing because public awareness and outrage quite often changes practice. That same media could give a distorted view of insurance in America so it has a negative impact as well.
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