tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323692122514281455.post6706275098918475765..comments2024-03-18T17:51:23.018-04:00Comments on MD Whistleblower: Health Care Reform Musings from DixieMichael Kirsch, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07555280388086931097noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323692122514281455.post-12044751615241819552010-01-07T10:45:23.927-05:002010-01-07T10:45:23.927-05:00Dear Dr. Kirsch,
My name is Barbara O’ Brien and ...Dear Dr. Kirsch,<br /><br />My name is Barbara O’ Brien and my blogging at The Mahablog, Crooks and Liars, AlterNet, and elsewhere on the progressive political and health blogophere has earned me the notoriety of being a panelist at the Yearly Kos Convention and a featured guest blogger at the Take Back America Conference in Washington, DC.<br /><br />I’m contacting you because I found your site in a prominent political and health reform blog search and want to tell you about my newest blogging platform —the public concern of health care and its reform. Our shared concerns include health reform, public health, safe workplaces, and asbestos contamination.<br /><br />To increase awareness on these important issues, my goal is to get a resource link on your site or even allow me to provide a guest posting. Please contact me back, I hope to hear from you soon. Drop by our site in the meantime—www.maacenter.org/blog.<br /><br />Sincerely,<br /><br />Barbara O’ Brien<br />barbaraobrien@maacenter.orgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323692122514281455.post-68781480544665340912010-01-05T18:50:34.251-05:002010-01-05T18:50:34.251-05:00I agree that we have the wealth. We lack, however,...I agree that we have the wealth. We lack, however, the political will. The money wasted on unnecessary medical care - performed for various reasons - would provide all the funding we need to do health care right. Excessive medical care is someone else's income. Those who are gaining from the system will fight to protect their interests. Thanks for your comment.Michael Kirsch, M.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07555280388086931097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323692122514281455.post-75736437169204982682010-01-03T11:59:24.713-05:002010-01-03T11:59:24.713-05:00I also enjoy your blog. You appear to be an enligh...I also enjoy your blog. You appear to be an enlightened Doctor. But I respectfully disagree with your health care reform comments. <br /><br />If you were in my situation, subjected to the private healthcare insurance industry with a pre-existing condition, you would understand that all the money in the world cannot buy me true healthcare insurance. I pay for insurance, but I don't really get it. And I fear for lack of coverage if I do put in a claim for a condition I'm supposedly covered for (rescission). <br /><br />First steps are rarely perfect, but this will be a start (I'm paraphrasing from Paul Krugman). <br /><br />Yes, "health care reform does not pose an immediate existential threat to the nation", and individuals like me are often casualties of majority decisions, but I really think our country is wealthy enough to join the rest of the civilized world in providing a baseline of healthcare coverage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323692122514281455.post-66301441637625698392010-01-03T11:16:26.635-05:002010-01-03T11:16:26.635-05:00I enjoy your blog.
I don't know about you, bu...I enjoy your blog.<br /><br />I don't know about you, but I was so busy in December I'm taking the first week off in January to recover from the Post Colonoscopy Stress Disorder. <br /><br />The current machinations about health care remind me of Thrasymachus, who might have been quotes saying, "What is justice other than the triumph of Democrats over Republicans?"A. Baileynoreply@blogger.com