Quote Originally Posted by eraser4g63
I am sorry you and you child had to wait all night in an ED but chances are there people there that were sicker than he was ( did you contact your pcp before rushin of to the ED chances are it would have saved you a trip).


Quote Originally Posted by tony
and waited an entire night for my son to get attention in the ER when he was having seizures,
Maybe I didn't make it clear enough, WHILE he was having seizures. What the hell? I'm restraining myself from taking that personal but I will chalk that up to ignorance. You don't call a "PCP" while your 2 year old child is seizing.


I think this why the opposition to an affordable healthcare plan is frail, there is barely an understanding of the REAL problem and it gets addressed with half ass bandaid fixes like calling your PCP. Fortunately I have probably one of the best health care plans in the country and I don't even pay for it but I still see how fallacious it is for millions of Americans to be without healthcare. Whole families of hardworking individuals getting laid off from GM, Ford, the banking industry, whatever left without any healthcare. Not only that but those with jobs are still paying ridiculous premiums to insure their family.

Now am I saying the people don't have a responsibility either? No, the reason why Hong Kong's plan works so well is because they really stress a healthy lifestyle and one of the dead weights on our current healthcare plan is obesity. That needs to be addressed and individuals need to take accountability of their own health as well.