The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

What is your ideal healthcare system? Obamacare? Obamacare with public option? Everyone just does whatever and if they can't afford good insurance they're dicked?

I think we can all agree that once people can see doctors, they'll never stop. When I pass by hospitals I press my face up against the glass and look forlorn, like a little kid in a Norman Rockwell painting, just thinking about all the physical therapy I could be enduring or the IVs I could be hooked up to. If you tell people it's okay to get cancer now because Job Creators will pay for the super-fun chemotherapy, they're gonna go get cancer. I'm gonna smoke a pack, sit on a microwave, and drink a glowstick. I've been incentivized to get cancer. It's gonna be free and radical.

I still want a place where a hospital Tylenol is not $300 and when a kid is born you pay $500 when you leave and it’s done.

There are "doctor people" and "non doctor people". I don't think money has much to do with it. I have Cadillac insurance and I might not to to the hospital if my arm was half cut off unless my wife dragged me. I have friends who run to urgent care if they have a hangnail.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

I think we can all agree that once people can see doctors, they'll never stop. When I pass by hospitals I press my face up against the glass and look forlorn, like a little kid in a Norman Rockwell painting, just thinking about all the physical therapy I could be enduring or the IVs I could be hooked up to. If you tell people it's okay to get cancer now because Job Creators will pay for the super-fun chemotherapy, they're gonna go get cancer. I'm gonna smoke a pack, sit on a microwave, and drink a glowstick. I've been incentivized to get cancer. It's gonna be free and radical.

I'm a big dumb shitlib baby

I still want a place where a hospital Tylenol is not $300 and when a kid is born you pay $500 when you leave and it’s done.

I am not a legal expert, how many times do I have to say it?

There are "doctor people" and "non doctor people". I don't think money has much to do with it. I have Cadillac insurance and I might not go to the hospital if my arm was half cut off unless my wife dragged me. I have friends who run to urgent care if they have a hangnail.

I'm a big dumb shitlib baby

In grown toe nails are no joke, asshole.

In grown toe nails are no joke, asshole.

I have MANY years of experience in trying to appreciate steaming piles of dogshit.

I think we can all agree that once people can see doctors, they'll never stop. When I pass by hospitals I press my face up against the glass and look forlorn, like a little kid in a Norman Rockwell painting, just thinking about all the physical therapy I could be enduring or the IVs I could be hooked up to. If you tell people it's okay to get cancer now because Job Creators will pay for the super-fun chemotherapy, they're gonna go get cancer. I'm gonna smoke a pack, sit on a microwave, and drink a glowstick. I've been incentivized to get cancer. It's gonna be free and radical.

America's lagging performance in health outcomes has resulted in at least 600,000 excess deaths, a new study suggests

A new study of 20 of the world's richest countries found it's dangerous to be born into the United States.

The U.S. ranks last in child health outcomes compared to 19 other Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development nations with similar levels of economic development and political structures, including Australia, Canada, France, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, according to the study published in Health Affairs, a peer-reviewed health care journal.

In fact, a child born in the U.S. is 76 percent more likely to die before their first birthday than infants born in other wealthy countries, and children who survive infancy have a 57 percent greater risk of death before reaching adulthood. The findings – based on a 50-year time-trend analysis from 1960 to 2010 – come despite America's greater per capita spending on health care for children, the study notes.

For instance they were never taught that Columbus was a slave owner.

Treated, but not sick
Robert Sobieray went to Fata and was given chemotherapy treatments for two and a half years. But he never had cancer.
"It just gets to me," Sobieray said. "What was the motivation? Why, why me? I don't know what did I ever do to him."
The chemotherapy treatments were painful, and made him physically sick. They were so strong that his teeth fell out and his jaw started to change shape. Years after finding out he didn't have cancer, he has lost all but one of his teeth.
"With all the bills piling up, I can't afford to get new teeth," Sobieray said. "(I) would like to eat a good meal again someday. Like salad, used to love eating salad. I can't eat that anymore. A lot of things I love I can't eat anymore."

Patty Hester went to Fata in 2010 after being recommended by another doctor. Her white blood cell counts were low, and Fata was a renowned hematologist and oncologist.
"He was, according to the web page, and according to the fliers, he's world-renowned," Hester said. "When you went in his office, he was top doc."
Hester, who worked in an emergency room at the time, was devastated when Fata told her she had myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS).
"He said, 'You need to start on chemo, like, immediately,'" Hester recalled.
She was in disbelief. And after debating with Fata, he instead put her on iron treatments and, eventually, blood plasma treatments. She was still taking those pricey plasma treatments the day co-workers made her come to the TV and see the news: her doctor had been arrested.
Hester did not have cancer.

Some of Fata's patients did have various forms of cancer.

Chris Sneary faced Fata for the first time since his former doctor's arrest on Tuesday as he read his victim impact statement in court. He turned to glance at Fata, took a deep breath and read his story.
Sneary came to Fata to be treated for testicular cancer from 2010 to 2013. He had 40 days of chemotherapy, 14 days of hydration therapy and dozens of other treatments and procedures.
"I gave full and total trust to this man to get me and my family through this journey I was about to begin," Sneary said.
Sneary discovered after Fata's arrest that he'd been given "gross overtreatment" -- more expensive and harsh chemotherapy than was necessary and, worse, he had a testicle removed that was medically unnecessary.

Our healthcare system is a mess. Almost anything would be better. Doctors hate it. They hate the billing, fear being sued, and almost all report being overworked. Their rates of depression and suicide are one of the huge unspoken tales of becoming a doctor. (Doctors also know what it's like to die slowly in old age.) Medical error is also likely the leading cause of death in the country. It's just under reported.

Some of the most popular content in the past couple of years in my circles have been confessional letters of doctors saying they are burned out or that they feel like frauds. The influence of pharma and medical device companies on our system is incredible and growing. They are also pouring money into data acquisition to influence doctors.

The cancer drug you get is likely the one the doctor knows best or has been paid to promote. The disclosures on some of these guys and girls are incredible. I've seen doctors getting hundreds of thousands from as many as 17 different companies. Most of the guys at that level have gone on to research, but yeah, I am not a doctor person unless it's for something I have no hope of curing on my own.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

A key liberal argument against healthcare reform is that most people who work in medical billing are women, and to reform the system would be to take jobs away from women. Do you...hate...women?

The menstrual cycle changes among Hassidic Jewish women was something as well.

The US spends almost 2x as much (as a percentage of GDP) on health care as most first-world nations yet somehow we rank 26th (out of 35 nations studied) in life expectancy and dead-last in a recent-ish study of infant immortality among the top 20 OECD nations. Doesn't seem like we're getting our money's worth.





Lower life expectancy might be attributable to our violent and automobile-centric society (and McDonald's). But the infant mortality thing seems inexcusable.

A key liberal argument against healthcare reform is that most people who work in medical billing are women, and to reform the system would be to take jobs away from women. Do you...hate...women?

They can go work at Sportclips.

They will find something.

We have more poor people and for whatever reason they tend to not make good decisions about their health.

A key liberal argument against healthcare reform is that most people who work in medical billing are women, and to reform the system would be to take jobs away from women. Do you...hate...women?

For instance they were never taught that Columbus was a slave owner.

Entry into medical billing is an incredible racket. Career Education Corp built several online colleges selling an Associate’s in Medical billing. The degree cost $27,000, and had around a 3 percent graduation rate. But if you are a single mom whose options are work at home doing billing for $15/hr or work at a gas station you go for it. Of course without knowing the full price or the chances of graduating.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

If our Department of Education couldn't stand in the way of predatory bullshit like this, maybe we don't need it after all.

Man, is there anything more despicable than a for-profit "university"?

There is not a damned thing wrong with people who are bull shitters.

For-profit healthcare.

The US spends almost 2x as much (as a percentage of GDP) on health care as most first-world nations yet somehow we rank 26th (out of 35 nations studied) in life expectancy and dead-last in a recent-ish study of infant immortality among the top 20 OECD nations. Doesn't seem like we're getting our money's worth.





Lower life expectancy might be attributable to our violent and automobile-centric society (and McDonald's). But the infant mortality thing seems inexcusable.

Why don't you go get your medical degree and I'll let you look up my asshole for free?

There is not a damned thing wrong with people who are bull shitters.

Eww.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.