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Why I'm skeptical about socialized medicineFrom: Steven
Subject: General
Date/Time 2010-03-11 13:01:24
Remote IP: 76.247.152.202
Message>>>Okay, bad mental images from that last post that I need to erase.
>>>Bad
>>>Bad.
LOL. Sorry :) I made my point though, right? ;)
>>>As a canadian, I think that semi-socialized health care
>>>seems to actually work pretty well despite all the
>>>drug dealers masquerading as doctors.
The thing I worry about is that if health care is socialized
or semi-socialized, then I worry that our personal legal
choices for care could be limited even further than currently.
I worry about additional regulations that interfere with
my ability to my free choices. I worry about the quality
of care decreasing even further than the already dismal
state it is in currently.
Granted, I don't plan on using Western medicine unless forced,
but I want my options open. Moreover, I don't want some
"authority" telling me that I can only seek treatment
via some approved scheme.
I learned that I can't trust the medical establishment to
make the right decisions for me. Here's a story:
Three years ago, I got really sick with some strange flu.
Now normally, I just deal with such things myself, but
my temperature soared to 105degrees! It had been about
ten years or more since I had been sick like that. With
105degree temp, and feeling so dizzy I couldn't stand, I
decided to have a friend take me to Emergency. BIG MISTAKE.
After an hour and a half of waiting, I was finally taken
into the back to the examination rooms. As I was being
lead into the examination room, there was tons of BLOODY
GAUZE PADS all over the bed/table. Seeing this, the
orderly said "OH, I'M SORRY. THEY DIDN'T CLEAN IT. Wait
outside the room in this chair. She put a folding chair
outside the entrance to the room and I sat there. Another
45 minutes go by, and staff continuing to walk past ignoring
me. Finally, someone stopped and asked me, "what are you
doing here? are you a patient?" They THEN had the room
cleaned and directed me inside. Another 10 minutes of
waiting, and a staff woman comes in and says they need
to take blood. She takes 6 vials of blood from my left arm.
She then says she needs my right arm. I say "why?". She
says she needs to take MORE blood. I ask "why?". She says
"THAT'S JUST HOW WE DO THINGS HERE." She then starts taking
6 more vials of blood. After the 12th vial of blood, the
room started spinning and I passed out. When I opened my
eyes, the STUPID WOMAN was laughing at me. She said,
"oh, you probably fainted because of the thought of me
taking all that blood". NO, I DIDN'T. It's because I have
105degree fever, I'm already dizzy, and you took 12 vials
of blood from me. Anyone would pass out, you dumb bitch.
Then the doctor sees me and gives me Tylenol to bring my
fever down. After examining me, he then says that I
probably have a bad flu and I don't need to get X-rayed,
and that he's going to write a prescription for me . . .
and he'll be back in 2 minutes. (What did they need the
12 vials of blood for, I wonder? To feed vampires?)
At any rate, he leaves. A minute later, a staff member
comes in, loads me onto a gurney, and tells me
"X-RAY wants to see you". Wait a minute.
The doctor just told me that I DIDN'T NEED ONE. It
falls on deaf ears as I'm given 2 full chest X-rays.
I return to have the doctor give me my prescription.
To be honest, I'm lucky to have gotten out of that DEATH TRAP
alive. Since that time, I've been proactive at trying to
keep myself healthy by taking probiotics, Goji, etc. as
well as Healing Tao methods, etc. The LAST thing I want
to do is go to another hospital.
Point: I worry about increased demand on our
health care system due to socialization, when
the CURRENT system already can't handle the patient volumes,
and the staff is already inept.
What say you?
Steven
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