On Fri, 04 Jan 2008 09:19:53 -0500, HK wrote:

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On Jan 4, 8:50 am, HK wrote:
JimH wrote:
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On Jan 4, 8:16 am, wrote:
On Jan 3, 5:39 pm, Jim wrote:
Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
Woman waits in California hospital for a bed to open up here
Wednesday, January 02 - 11:30:00 AM
A friend of mine, here in the good 'ol USA, dislocated his knee a week
and a half ago. Had to wait a week for the MRI and has a meeting with
the surgeon next Monday. He's in intense pain and can't walk at all.
He's a veteran and has a good HMO (Pacific Care).
Is our system really that good?
Awhile back, I came very close to dying. I have very good insurance. I
waited in the emergency room for six hours, then two hours in triage,
then another day and a half before a surgical suite would be available
for the surgeon to get me in. It was so close at the end that he came
and personally checked on me every half hour.
So, please tell me where you would have rather been, Cuba, Britian,
Iran.??? Please, we will pitch in for a ticket if you want to be
treated somewhere else...
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Booger has exaggerated his story just a wee bit. Anyone close to death
does not wait 6 hours in any emergency room for care but is rushed right in
and attended to, including immediate surgery if needed to save the life.




That's simply not the case. Oh, and if you are really ill, poor, and in
need of an expensive anti-cancer regimen, what do yo think happens to
you? You die.





Yeah, ****head.. as I am doing right now.. you think I would have a
better chance in Canada? I have cancer, I have no insurance, I am
crying to no one for a handout, it's my own ****ing stupid fault....
But I don't want you or anyone else to bail me out for my bad
decisions, and I don't sit around crying about it (ask Tom) I am
however using it as a good example teaching tool for my kids...

You are just such a stupid fucing lying asshole... your life must just
be miserable, I woulnt trade for one extra second of your wasted
life....



Are you upset because I advocate access to good health care for all in
this country, including people in your circumstances?

My advocacy makes me a "a stupid fucing lying asshole...," and my "life
must just be miserable" because I don't believe our country does the
right thing by its citizens?

Isn't it interesting that you, with your claim of being a "conservative
Christian," are so lacking in compassion, while I, most definitely *not*
a "conservative Christian," am appalled by the lack of access to good
medical care for those without the need to pay for it.

I think you and your kind pay lip service to the teachings of Jesus. I'm
not a Christian, yet I am much more of a "compassionate Christian" than
you and your ilk are. I think anyone in this country who is ill should
have access to the same kind of health care services I have, even if
they cannot pay for it.

I'm sorry for your problems.

Harry, you are made what you are by your lies, your better-than-anyone
attitude, and your sickening mouth.
--
John H