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43. That stuff like this happens so often here in this country is sickening

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Tue Feb 12, 2013, 09:34 AM

Feb 2013

american exceptionalism my ass.

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Best health care system in the world my fuckin ass! [View all] Glamrock Feb 2013 OP

our health care system is awesome if you are a congress person or the president and his family. or msongs Feb 2013 #1

Dear me... MrMickeysMom Feb 2013 #2

Another sad thing is this isn't unusual. I hear it frequently. nt snappyturtle Feb 2013 #3

Yeah, tavalon Feb 2013 #4

Wait until you see the bill just1voice Feb 2013 #5

20 Grand? That's just for a band-aid. Fuddnik Feb 2013 #10

My wife's been suffering with shingles for years and the shot did nothing for it. xtraxritical Feb 2013 #18

This message was self-deleted by its author CountAllVotes Feb 2013 #31

I can't believe how much I'm hearing about shingles just recently LibertyLover Feb 2013 #46

that is BULLSHIT CountAllVotes Feb 2013 #49

Shingles is Chicken pox. It's only contageous to people who haven't had them Viva_La_Revolution Feb 2013 #50

I found that out CountAllVotes Feb 2013 #51

I have had Chicken pox twice. i think i should look into that vaccine Heather MC Feb 2013 #88

Doctor wouldn't let me get the shingles vaccine until after I turned 60 csziggy Feb 2013 #52

This message was self-deleted by its author CountAllVotes Feb 2013 #53

I had to pay over $300 for the vaccine csziggy Feb 2013 #58

that is plain SAD CountAllVotes Feb 2013 #59

It really stinks csziggy Feb 2013 #63

I'm afraid I'm up against the same thing CountAllVotes Feb 2013 #65

Change is needed so badly csziggy Feb 2013 #87

relax. barbtries Feb 2013 #68

I had shingles last year arikara Feb 2013 #89

Remember This --- This System Is Just The Prototype For What The GOP Has In Mind TheMastersNemesis Feb 2013 #6

This System Is Just The Prototype For What The GOP Has In Mind CountAllVotes Feb 2013 #54

I've got one for you KT2000 Feb 2013 #7

Jesus christ! Glamrock Feb 2013 #9

one thing I learned from this KT2000 Feb 2013 #21

Not you, why did the basic ER not route her to a regional trauma center? nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #8

Get in the car and head to Mexico. JEB Feb 2013 #11

I'm very sorry for the problems you and your family had... cynatnite Feb 2013 #12

Yes, echos of Cynatnite's expression nightscanner59 Feb 2013 #16

I'm hip to what you're saying Glamrock Feb 2013 #32

That price tag also covers the uninsured... cynatnite Feb 2013 #47

what you said may apply to you orleans Feb 2013 #36

I never said all. I said most. I do agree that a few are real fucking assholes. n/t cynatnite Feb 2013 #48

True about hand injuries. meaculpa2011 Feb 2013 #40

Are most hospitals really public or non-profit? enlightenment Feb 2013 #55

No statistics, but for-profit corporations... meaculpa2011 Feb 2013 #97

Wish they were barred in my city. enlightenment Feb 2013 #102

These circumstances are far too commonly reported to be burnsei sensei Feb 2013 #78

You don't think that we in the health care have to deal the hand we're dealt with? cynatnite Feb 2013 #92

The conditions you describe burnsei sensei Feb 2013 #95

You're right. It sucks! And this is a common scenario. Not rare. America does NOT have the greatest judesedit Feb 2013 #13

Actually, we're 51st in the world, by CIA World Factbook figures: LongTomH Feb 2013 #62

But it IS the best! Exen Trik Feb 2013 #14

Hospitals are not what they used to be.... ReRe Feb 2013 #15

Whoops.... NOT a good idea. at all. nightscanner59 Feb 2013 #17

Agreed. n/t cynatnite Feb 2013 #19

Sorry Bud... ReRe Feb 2013 #24

But it's also a good idea tblue Feb 2013 #26

She was in there for 2 & 1/2 weeks... ReRe Feb 2013 #28

It is scary undergroundpanther Feb 2013 #33

So, if one documents poor care, care gets worse? blueamy66 Feb 2013 #27

i don't think he snapped a pic of the staff orleans Feb 2013 #37

Message auto-removed 5133PY Feb 2013 #44

Nurses (RNs) are the most expensive item in the budget. Guess what gets cut the most? Hekate Feb 2013 #20

They are? nightscanner59 Feb 2013 #23

Ahh, but there are more than 3 nurses per hospital -- many many more.... Hekate Feb 2013 #77

They literally treat animals better. UnrepentantLiberal Feb 2013 #22

I hear ya! I was once denied a cancer test tblue Feb 2013 #25

All the best to your Mom. jambo101 Feb 2013 #29

that is horrible!! CountAllVotes Feb 2013 #30

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

Having worked 40 years in hospitals across America newfie11 Feb 2013 #35

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

You're probably right. I overlooked that it was an open "compound" fracture. Quantess Feb 2013 #99

I was once in a minor traffic accident that looked worse than it was because both maddiemom Feb 2013 #74

Depressing reality abelenkpe Feb 2013 #39

This not hospital related OwnedByCats Feb 2013 #42

The U.S. is the most self-deceived society in the world. burnsei sensei Feb 2013 #79

That stuff like this happens so often here in this country is sickening libtodeath Feb 2013 #43

I blame doctors and nurses sorefeet Feb 2013 #45

BS marions ghost Feb 2013 #61

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

Great technology- worst delivery loyalsister Feb 2013 #60

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Feb 2013 #64

That all really sucks. Only thing I'll say though in their defense is that you can't Evoman Feb 2013 #66

I see a Letter to the Editor of every newspaper for 200 miles around. RC Feb 2013 #67

I know you're upset, Glamrock and I'm sorry about your mom. Th1onein Feb 2013 #69

Wendell Potter on "the best health care system in the world"...spinmeisters succeeded antigop Feb 2013 #70

Your mom has joined the club I have been initiated to. Hugs to her. appleannie1 Feb 2013 #71

That's disgraceful. Sorry that your step mom had to go through that mike dub Feb 2013 #72

You should have driven her from one hospital to the next. matt819 Feb 2013 #73

That is one horrid story. I had a similar injury to my arm when I was 11, in 1963. truedelphi Feb 2013 #75

You and your step-mom have my greatest empathy. crim son Feb 2013 #76

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

america has the most expensive health care system in the world riverbendviewgal Feb 2013 #81

As an American tourist in London, I had to go to the hospital for an emergency emsimon33 Feb 2013 #82

They were going to pay for your taxi ride to the hospital? tclambert Feb 2013 #84

Yes I was going to mention the S word newfie11 Feb 2013 #85

I don't run from the word DissidentVoice Feb 2013 #91

They could only reimburse. They had no process for accepting payment for services. emsimon33 Feb 2013 #103

Any health care system based on profit is doomed to failure magic59 Feb 2013 #83

I know. If i listed all the crap that they did wrong when my mom had a stroke glinda Feb 2013 #86

We do not have a health care system DissidentVoice Feb 2013 #90

For years, mass indebtedness burnsei sensei Feb 2013 #96

Medical anarchy. jambo101 Feb 2013 #94

All I can offer is.. sendero Feb 2013 #98

Every time I go to the doctor I'm afraid to say anything. Ganja Ninja Feb 2013 #100

ditto burnsei sensei Feb 2013 #101