Comments on: Scaring Women

By: Dr. Mary Johnson

Dr. Mary Johnson — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:21:22 +0000

I’m far from dumb. I support healthcare reform, dear. Just not the kind that panders to entitlement and will create ka-trillion dollar deficits.

Jackie was a class act. Bobby had his moments. Ted left a young woman alone to die in a car that he drove off a bridge.

Reports say Mary Jo was found in a portion of the car where an air bubble would have formed – an probably lived for an hour or two in the pitch black cold water before losing consciousness and drowning.

Do “ya think” she was scared?

By: ngee

ngee — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:44:00 +0000

We are our worst enemies.
Politicians are so focused on making policy that will get them re-elected (blue dogs)instead of what is RIGHT for Americans.
Americans are so focused on one upsmanship because their candidate lost. They would rather be SICK and dumb, than to support reform because it is being spearheaded by that other one.

God Bless American and the Kennedy Family!

By: Fec the Terrible

Fec the Terrible — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:43:44 +0000

Wow, that’s scary. I don’t hear many anecdotes of discrimination against physicians.

BTW, I don’t dislike them, even though my recent experiences have been problematic.

I’ve not yet lost hope. Taibbi says in the current Rolling Stone that the Dems are doing what they have always done: crumbling in the face of a clear mandate. Neither do those in office or shouting most loudly from the right represent the views of the more considerate. A lot of really bright people are working on the problem. We have met the enemy and it is us. Surely, such knowledge has some power to affect change. If I didn’t believe that, I couldn’t get up in the morning.

By: Dr. Mary Johnson

Dr. Mary Johnson — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:22:12 +0000

Fec, I am fully medically insured. But if I was diagnosed with breast cancer tomorrow (for which I am hyper-vigilant), I’d still probably eventually go bankrupt – because I would likely not be able to work or pay the premiums (in my case nearly $700/month to “non-profit” charitable BCBSNC).

You see, I cannot get disability insurance (at any price) – because back in 1994, I (did what I was supposed to do) and sought treatment and counseling for depression and an eating disorder. As a result, I have been locked out completely. Every time I’ve applied, I’ve been turned down.

And that’s because a not-so-long time ago, a number of doctors “retired” from medicine by seeking treatment for depression and going out on full disability. For a while, they got away with it. The insurance companies, assessed their risk and locked down. Now, people like me are screwed.

Of course, it’s not the first time I’ve been screwed over by a “non-profit”. It’s fact that “non-profits” have gotten away with murder over the last 15-20 years – with the government barely blinking an eye. And that’s the reason I do not believe for a moment that the government can fix anything.

There’s a lot to reform. Deaf, dumb and blind doesn’t cut it.

And I’d say it’s accurate to say that a lot of women are afraid.