Reply #30: and oddly enough ...

[iverglas]

And the people who are supporting that proposal are, as far as we know, not the racist scum of the earth.

... they -- at least the website operator -- seem to do some other actually decent things.

http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2000/04/03/mksa0403.htm

How to sue your HMO

Many physicians rant about managed care plans, but relatively few have translated that rage into a lawsuit. If you're that angry, here's how to get ready for court.

... But just as important is the decision about whether to file a lawsuit, and that major decision comes down to a matter of whether the doctor decides the grievance is an irritant or a matter of "trying to right a wrong," says Clark Garen, Dr. Hodgkin's attorney in his lawsuits against Blue Shield of California and UnitedHealthcare of California. The complaints were filed in December 1999 and are still in their very early stages.

I would assume that non-payment to doctors is just one of the many ways that outfits like HMOs interfere in individuals' ability to get medical care in the US; yup, I follow a link there ... and I was right, almost word for word:

http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2004/02/02/edsa0202.htm

The committee and these meetings <between doctors and Aetna insurance> are a result of the 97-page settlement, reached late last year, of a class-action lawsuit against Aetna over its cutting of physician claims, thereby interfering with recommended treatment to patients.

The NRA done much lately to promote access to healthcare?


They've made a proposal and are honorably trying to build support by making their case.

Oh look: http://www.tpromo.com/gk/mar01/031601.htm

ANTI-GUN vs PRO-GUN
A Personal Dialogue Between Gentlemen

Editor's Note: The following E-Mail conversation took place between Albert Coggs, one of our steady readers, and Clark Garen, an attorney and radio talk show host who happens to take an anti-gun stance. ...

... Thank you for chatting with me on this issue. We have common ground, and I do hope that you'll work as well toward sensible content on our televisions. Perhaps we ought to have a domain/organization called www.goodbye-tv-violence.org :-).
Albert Coggs

YOUR VIEWS ARE VERY VALID, IMPORTANT, AND WELL THOUGHT OUT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO JOIN IN THE PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF THESE ISSUES. THANK YOU,
CLARK

Democratic discourse, looks like to me. (The website looks a little weird to me, so I'm not citing it as anything but a source for the above info.)

I don't agree with Garen, of course, since I do think that there are perfectly legitimate uses for and reasons for possessing firearms in my society, and that it would be improper (apart from impractical) to completely prohibit and attempt to eliminate possession of firearms. But he seems to be able to argue his case civilly -- i.e. to appeal to fact and reason, rather than emotion and prejudice, in making it.

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