On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:43:18 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:

On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:12:38 -0500, Keith Nuttle
wrote:

The US could institute the most socialized health care system in the
world and it would not prevent injuries inflicted by one person on
another, not would it change the survival rate. There is only so much a
Doctor can do to save a life.

It's selective editing on the Assistant Paste Eater's part.

Trauma treatment does not rely on "insurance" for treatment. ER
Trauma centers only treat and stabilize. Once the patient is stable
enough to further testing and treatment, they are moved to the
appropriate facility or in-hospital ward.

What happens at that point may be due to insurance, but the initial ER
treatment has nothing to do with stabilization and life saving.

DILDO:

Please pay attention. Among the things that happen is that people
with serious injuries go to the wrong hospitals and aren't admitted
because they don't have insurance.

If all were insured, the instances where people went to the nearest ER
wouldn't have an impact on their survival rate.

Secondly, even if they do go to the ER with life threatening
circumstances, they may have other uknown medical conditions that are
unrelated to the visit but impact the outcome. A situation brought on
by the fact that they haven't been seen regularly by a primary care
physician

Hello? Are you listening?

What should we call your faction? DDD for deaf dumb and blind?