Health Care Debate - who gets hurt? helped?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Interesting piece about the British NHS: http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/08/22/nhs/

Yes, this seems like a different experience than the British woman who was forced to give birth on a sidewalk last week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Interesting piece about the British NHS: http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/08/22/nhs/

Yes, this seems like a different experience than the British woman who was forced to give birth on a sidewalk last week.

Well that lady lived 300 feet (yes, 300 feet) from the hospital. She wanted an ambulance to pick her up. They told her to walk over. 300 feet is less than the distance from the parking lot to the door at Fairfax Inova.

So do you think she was wronged, or did they use common sense to prevent waste of taxpayer's money?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/leicestershire/8204824.stm

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Interesting piece about the British NHS: http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/08/22/nhs/

Yes, this seems like a different experience than the British woman who was forced to give birth on a sidewalk last week.

Well that lady lived 300 feet (yes, 300 feet) from the hospital. She wanted an ambulance to pick her up. They told her to walk over. 300 feet is less than the distance from the parking lot to the door at Fairfax Inova.

So do you think she was wronged, or did they use common sense to prevent waste of taxpayer's money?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/leicestershire/8204824.stm

Yes, if she went into labor quickly, the hospital should have either picked her up, or paramedics should have been on hand to deliver the baby. At the very least, they should have had someone go bring her to the hospital in a wheelchair.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Interesting piece about the British NHS: http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/08/22/nhs/

Yes, this seems like a different experience than the British woman who was forced to give birth on a sidewalk last week.

Well that lady lived 300 feet (yes, 300 feet) from the hospital. She wanted an ambulance to pick her up. They told her to walk over. 300 feet is less than the distance from the parking lot to the door at Fairfax Inova.

So do you think she was wronged, or did they use common sense to prevent waste of taxpayer's money?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/leicestershire/8204824.stm

Don't know about you, but I was dropped off at the hospital entrance and did not have to walk across the parking lot. If she had the baby outside on the ground, she clearly was incapable of making the walk. Maybe a misunderstanding, I don't know, but laziness or seeking special treatment do not enter into my interpretation of events.

I was amazed to learn last week that Canadian national medical insurance does not cover an ambulance - in any circumstances. If you want an ambulance, you better carry special insurance. Perhaps that is why the state of Kentucky has more medical air ambulances (helicopters) than the entire country of Canada?

[Anonymous]

Seems at this point the biggest loser is Obama and his political capital. However, to quote Yogi Berra, "It ain't over till it's over." I don't think the White House is down for the count yet - should be an interesting September.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Interesting piece about the British NHS: http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/08/22/nhs/

No personal injury lawyers there, hmmm.