Comments on: Health Care Political Cartoon

By: TrueMD

TrueMD — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 17:58:38 +0000

If we want change, we must be the agents of change. How many of us are throwing up our hands in exasperation? How many MD’s are there pushing policy changes? Not many, too proud/lazy/greedy/unindated (?) to use our time for such boardroom boredom…I challenge each of us to carve out just 1% of our daily lives to make the effort…

By: KJ

KJ — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:50:13 +0000

We need to look at the systems that do work: Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland. None of these countries uses a government-run, Medicare-like health insurance plan. They all rely on purely private, nonprofit or for-profit insurers that are goaded by tight regulation to work toward socially desired ends. The problem is America’s private health insurers would not be willing to support or tolerate the tight regulation required for that approach. They are too busy getting fabulously rich and dictating who and what is covered.

By: World Vitamins Online

World Vitamins Online — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:21:42 +0000

By letting politicians and bureaucrats run anything how could it look any different. I am from Boston and just witnessed what they made the “Big Dig” look like. Unfortunately most of us won’t live long enough to pay for it.

By: Teresa

Teresa — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:31:03 +0000

PJ, I posted a link to it in my “nevermind” comment.

By: Katy

Katy — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:08:47 +0000

You should read the arguments for and against over at The Angry Pharmacist. Some good points for both sides.

I’m Australian and personally, while we have our problems, I think our system is 100x better and more efficient (particularly from a pharmacy point of view), but as The Angry Pharmacist said, American’s have a “take take take” mentality which I don’t think will suit universal health care.

By: PJ

PJ — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:52:51 +0000

for the rest of us…it’s the 6/21 cartoon.

By: Teresa

Teresa — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:26:28 +0000

Never mind, I think I found it.

By: Teresa

Teresa — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:22:50 +0000

Could you at least tell us what date to look for the cartoon? I looked at maybe half a dozen or more over there and couldn’t find it.