tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14192095.post7252613469864070441..comments2024-02-07T02:14:50.146-08:00Comments on Dogwalk Musings: But The Tip Of The IcebergMari Meehanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09322012728807169863noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14192095.post-75585028745652688332009-07-21T10:38:21.611-07:002009-07-21T10:38:21.611-07:00I can understand his frustration and wanting one b...I can understand his frustration and wanting one by August. After all they have been talking about it for over 30 years.. With Kennedy's in the 80's and Hillary in the 90's. And the AMA has been involved for years... knocking every corner. There is so much abuse on both sides..Drs as well as the patients. Those of us in the middle are the ones who lose. <br /><br />Also information I just found out. A friend did a I-town meeting with Sen. Crapo over the weekend, and someone asked about their insurance. The surprise was that the Senators have to pay for their insurance. I thought it was part of their bennie package. I don't know the answers, but I like to see insurance that is not the same price as your mortgage payment.Word Tosserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03519547102435672497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14192095.post-82346194098520498892009-07-21T10:16:57.483-07:002009-07-21T10:16:57.483-07:00The AMA likes it but the doctors don't. Go fi...The AMA likes it but the doctors don't. Go figure.Mari Meehanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09322012728807169863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14192095.post-56562113113451802642009-07-20T21:38:07.389-07:002009-07-20T21:38:07.389-07:00And yet, the AMA has endorsed the House healthcare...And yet, the AMA has endorsed the House healthcare bill. There must be something they like about it. I wonder if we'll like it, too.Bettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07309266986583326824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14192095.post-64404010204707078872009-07-20T20:13:17.032-07:002009-07-20T20:13:17.032-07:00The end of the year is a far cry from August 1st.The end of the year is a far cry from August 1st.Mari Meehanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09322012728807169863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14192095.post-28677097346065452862009-07-20T17:40:34.669-07:002009-07-20T17:40:34.669-07:00Much of your post sounds like the conversation I h...Much of your post sounds like the conversation I had with our family practice physician.<br /><br />Representative Roy Blunt (R MO) said on TV the other day that he would support a plan like government employees have today. Apparently they have some choices under that plan. I think that should be looked into.<br /><br />I do not believe the fear email whirling through computers that says President Obama and Congress have said they will not be a part of the new system.<br /><br />Whatever they do I want people to be automatically enrolled, otherwise we will have a mess on our hands. Some people are so used to using emergency rooms as clinics that they will not understand they have to enroll, or some just flat won't put forth the energy to learn what they need to do. <br /><br />I'm not the alarmist you seem to be in your last paragraph. I would like to see a bill on the President's desk by the end of the year. The best way to kill health care reform is to talk it to death and continue to delay it. If not August, then by the end of the year. Journalist Bill Kristol is thrilled with this delay. He's announced this to be the time to kill Health Care Reform. I say, not so fast Bill.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11586429675286969340noreply@blogger.com