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In reply to the discussion: Best health care system in the world my fuckin ass! [View all]MrMickeysMom
(20,453 posts)2. Dear me...
Pray, what is the name of that fucking piece of shit health care system, so we can all know?
It's more than inquiring minds...
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our health care system is awesome if you are a congress person or the president and his family. or
msongs
Feb 2013
#1
My wife's been suffering with shingles for years and the shot did nothing for it.
xtraxritical
Feb 2013
#18
Shingles is Chicken pox. It's only contageous to people who haven't had them
Viva_La_Revolution
Feb 2013
#50
Remember This --- This System Is Just The Prototype For What The GOP Has In Mind
TheMastersNemesis
Feb 2013
#6
Not you, why did the basic ER not route her to a regional trauma center?
nadinbrzezinski
Feb 2013
#8
I never said all. I said most. I do agree that a few are real fucking assholes. n/t
cynatnite
Feb 2013
#48
You don't think that we in the health care have to deal the hand we're dealt with?
cynatnite
Feb 2013
#92
You're right. It sucks! And this is a common scenario. Not rare. America does NOT have the greatest
judesedit
Feb 2013
#13
Nurses (RNs) are the most expensive item in the budget. Guess what gets cut the most?
Hekate
Feb 2013
#20
Here are a lot of hugs to your Mum and to the rest of your family. Hope she will have a speedy
idwiyo
Feb 2013
#34
It's not unusual to have to wait days for broken bone surgery, anywhere in the world.
Quantess
Feb 2013
#38
It's common to wait days to surgically clean, reset & close a compound fracture? I don't think so.
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#41
I was once in a minor traffic accident that looked worse than it was because both
maddiemom
Feb 2013
#74
They are not the ones who are controlling things. The MBA's are controlling things.
SharonAnn
Feb 2013
#93
I am curious why she was sent to a second hospital. Were they dumping her, which is illegal, or
still_one
Feb 2013
#56
File a complaint with the hospital and if need be, with your state's Health Department.
DearHeart
Feb 2013
#57
That all really sucks. Only thing I'll say though in their defense is that you can't
Evoman
Feb 2013
#66
Wendell Potter on "the best health care system in the world"...spinmeisters succeeded
antigop
Feb 2013
#70
That is one horrid story. I had a similar injury to my arm when I was 11, in 1963.
truedelphi
Feb 2013
#75
K&R&I'm so sorry your mom and you had to go through this. We do have one of the best
Egalitarian Thug
Feb 2013
#80
As an American tourist in London, I had to go to the hospital for an emergency
emsimon33
Feb 2013
#82
They could only reimburse. They had no process for accepting payment for services.
emsimon33
Feb 2013
#103