tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post8668735696216487847..comments2024-02-11T01:14:21.904-08:00Comments on SURVIVING IN ARGENTINA: Diabetic Son - Finding medicine during troubled timesFerFALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07578136334334588454noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-62097657904610241732010-05-01T11:00:15.473-07:002010-05-01T11:00:15.473-07:00To the person with the diabetic son:
I believe tha...To the person with the diabetic son:<br />I believe that your son will have great trouble finding medications in the future. I don't know much about this, but save up the medications if possible. If you remember the Katrina survivors were in great need of drugs for a long while afterward. <br />There are some alternative solutions. Again, I don't know much about diabetes, so do your due diligence and be very careful. NaturalNews is a good start for research. If it's not working, try something else, be vigilant of adverse reactions.<br />Get out of the government dole, if possible. Very difficult as the "safety net" only keeps us in poverty as the vast holes let thousands into poverty every year.<br />Best wishesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-51198648268750592402010-04-28T14:20:02.826-07:002010-04-28T14:20:02.826-07:00F.Y.I. Right Now in the U.S. there are doctors who...F.Y.I. Right Now in the U.S. there are doctors who will no longer accept Medicare Or Medicade as a result of the recent lawmaking - is that cosmetic?<br /><br />I just read a story about how some doctors at a U.S. hospital (JH?) were surprised to learn they will get a 50% cut in pay as a result of the new Obama-corporatist plan... and that's just one example, I suspect there are many others. The ripples to the latest have just begun to radiate.<br /><br />People react according to what's in their best interest, are there jobs outside the care system which pay higher salaries? If so, that may be where any smart doctor will go after a 50% pay cut, not some ditch.<br /><br />Shortages of doctors don't affect the rich in other countries? <br /><br />"The American Medical Association and the American Hospital Association are both enamored of the Obama administration's quest to socialize medicine. This position would seem curious, given the large majority of clinical physicians is strongly and vocally opposed....<br /><br />For those of us who can see clearly what lies ahead, we must prepare ourselves. Opt out of government programs such as Medicare and Medicaid while you still have a choice. Cancel membership in the AMA. Join and support organizations that defend our right to practice medicine voluntarily, such as the American Association of Physicians and Surgeons."<br /><br />http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig10/scott-m2.1.1.html<br /><br />And... doctors offices use IT people, having a contract with a few of those might be valuable? Undercut the current price of the competition, it may be tomorrows top price? Can you golf or caddy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-76248647796734821212010-04-27T21:28:28.884-07:002010-04-27T21:28:28.884-07:00It is unfortunate, but medical insurance coverage ...It is unfortunate, but medical insurance coverage for mental illness is very bad in the USA. It's a tragedy, considering the wealth of the country.<br /><br />But it is not true that anything has changed, or will change, as a result of the health insurance reform recently passed into law. The insurance companies practically wrote the law; their practices and profits will remain unchanged. The largest organization of doctors- the American Medical Association (A.M.A.) was fully behind it. No doctor is going to "go galt" instead of remaining in the top 5% of income earners. <br /><br />Healthcare in the USA isn't so different than Argentina. If you have money, you will be taken care of. If you don't have money, you must navigate the byzantine maze of government programs and corporate give-aways to procure the treatment and medicine you need. <br /><br />Anyone who believes that Obama has radically changed the healthcare delivery system in the USA is misguided. The changes are cosmetic only and the partisans on each side are using them as public relations material to inflame their constituents before the next election.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-54714536773285853422010-04-27T20:37:30.108-07:002010-04-27T20:37:30.108-07:00There may be alternatives, as a start, in this art...There may be alternatives, as a start, in this article they talk about a small Doctors office that charges only $20 per visit. More of these will probably pop up all over the nation, well, maybe except for california, probably new jersey too and places like that that can't seem to get enough regulation in their lives.<br /><br />Declare Your Medical Independence<br />Patients and doctors don't have to submit to Obamacare<br /><br />http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig11/watson-g1.1.1.html<br /><br />It looked like a very nice post-SHTF business opportunity too.<br /><br />Next up, cheap disposable in-home virtual surgery? What else are all those doctors who quit going to do?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-44920854572746547542010-04-27T18:57:21.542-07:002010-04-27T18:57:21.542-07:00I suspect that what will happen in the US is that ...I suspect that what will happen in the US is that for full Social Security you will have to work full time to an ever-increasing age. This fulfills two purposes: Wage earners paying taxes for more years, and fewer of them living long enough to collect it all back.Josephnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-52272642438573935432010-04-27T16:20:27.440-07:002010-04-27T16:20:27.440-07:00The psychiatrist who treats my autism is so good t...The psychiatrist who treats my autism is so good that he only accepts cash. He has a tiny number of "free" clients, like me, that he uses to show the public what a great stand up guy and pillar of the community he is-he is very prominent, speaks at conferences, etc. Usually the free clients are the most difficult to treat, I'm on 7 or 8 psychiatric medications. If somebody in the USA can get one of these concierge doctors, and they don't advertise and they're mostly known to the wealthy, that would be best, and simply pay them in cash, that would be best. <br /><br />I however still rely on the national health care plan to PAY for all those medications. Paying for the medications is no easy task without insurance-America has a two tiered system, one for those with a health plan and the other much more expensive one for those paying cash. Health plans cut special deals with drug companies to supply medication at bargain prices unavailable to those paying cash. <br /><br />Lately the fashion has been for hospitals to ignore the health plan system and attempt to extort extremely large fees from people through thuggery, since the health plans pay so little. Even if you have a health plan, if you go to a hospital you WILL get billed $50,000 or more in an attempt to get you to pay. The media actually urges people not to seek treatment if they get sick, that's how bad it is here. <br /><br />I've heard of the elderly being told by their advisors to "bite the silver bullet", ie blow their brains out, if they get too sick. I suspect that legal suicide will become the preferred option of those needing long term care for chronic conditions under Obamacare, and it will be encouraged by the government. Obamacare contains a provision that would require the old and sick to attend seminars where they are encouraged and taught how to commit suicide! <br /><br />The American system seems to be defaulting to extorting money out of someone for medical care, then celebrating when they kill themselves (with official encouragement) to escape the crushing burden. The Obama administration is full of people who support euthanasia. America has always had a soft spot for the Final Solution. <br /><br />Many doctors are going to retire or Go Galt and only accept cash rather than belong to Obamacare.Loquisimonoreply@blogger.com