tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550428.post7397556003134519528..comments2024-03-27T01:34:23.434-04:00Comments on Pharma Marketing Blog: SiCKO is Boffo but Not Anti-Pharmaco, per seVladhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04114063498108633047noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550428.post-23909827367720930502007-06-22T16:15:00.000-04:002007-06-22T16:15:00.000-04:00I guess you are talking about docs in the UK. They...I guess you are talking about docs in the UK. They may have spent many years getting educated, but how much did they pay for that education?<BR/><BR/>Not that I really know the answer, but if this country had its priorities straight, it would support physician education.<BR/><BR/>If all expenses were paid in return for X years of national health service, maybe that would help.<BR/><BR/>Afterward, like in the UK, physicians who want to make more money could go into private practice and work for the wealthy.<BR/><BR/>This sort of thing is even happening here, except that while the wealthy get concierge care, the rest of us are stuck in waiting rooms or, if we are so unlucky as not to have insurance, thrown out in the streets after getting minimal emergency care.<BR/><BR/>Then there's "consumer-directed" insurance. Don't get me started on that!PharmaGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10211557578124130640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550428.post-29579232807709983472007-06-22T16:03:00.000-04:002007-06-22T16:03:00.000-04:00Maybe realistic, but there would be massive retire...Maybe realistic, but there would be massive retirements of physicians. Universal Health Care could not pay them enough to be able to handle malpractice insurance premiums. So when they overhaul the insurance industry, which don't get me wrong, is needed, they would need to enact some meaningful tort reform to make it work. The one physician shown in the film is in the vast minority. We know of docs who after spending years getting an education are making $40K/year for 60/70hr work weeks and looking at alternative careers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550428.post-8241310198428904892007-06-22T13:51:00.000-04:002007-06-22T13:51:00.000-04:00Probably the most realistic soln.Probably the most realistic soln.PharmaGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10211557578124130640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550428.post-83437837900284352452007-06-22T13:39:00.000-04:002007-06-22T13:39:00.000-04:00About what was said about lawsuits - I haven't see...About what was said about lawsuits - I haven't seen Sicko yet, so I don't know what exactly MM says, but the current proposal for universal health care, HR 676, provides for a government-provided, single-payer insurance system with no deductibles, copays, etc. that reimburses doctors for the care of their patients. However, health care is still provided privately, and doctors would presumably still be held accountable for their errors. So lawsuits would not be directed at the government, but rather private physicians.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15441348267891292512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550428.post-72692211753570839782007-06-21T15:47:00.000-04:002007-06-21T15:47:00.000-04:00Sorry, I cannot solve ALL our problems. Do you wan...Sorry, I cannot solve ALL our problems. Do you want to kill all the lawyers? Other than that, I do not know how we can bypass Congress except for rebellion!<BR/><BR/>Whatever the solution, it takes strong leadership.<BR/><BR/>Congress is a bunch of followers, not leaders.<BR/><BR/>So, my solution to your problem with Congress is to elect a strong leader who has the vision to make these kinds of changes.PharmaGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10211557578124130640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550428.post-73182791276411850602007-06-21T15:35:00.000-04:002007-06-21T15:35:00.000-04:00Thanks for your reply. If families have to sign w...Thanks for your reply. If families have to sign waivers, and there are no more medical malpractice suits, do you think congress, of which most are lawyers, are really going to vote for National Health Care?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550428.post-12128795526606518502007-06-21T09:31:00.000-04:002007-06-21T09:31:00.000-04:00Thanks for your comments.Remember the 911 victims ...Thanks for your comments.<BR/><BR/>Remember the 911 victims fund? Didn't the families have to sign a waiver to forego civil suits to receive coverage from the gov't? Same thing for universal health coverage.<BR/><BR/>QEDPharmaGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10211557578124130640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550428.post-60433150487012188162007-06-21T09:24:00.000-04:002007-06-21T09:24:00.000-04:00Moore didn't mention anything about lawsuits in hi...Moore didn't mention anything about lawsuits in his film, how would our government deal with that? Patients suing to try to get money for any less than perfect outcome? Medicine isn't a perfect science, and the UK, France and Canada know that. The US has let lawyers sue for millions, how did John Edwards make his billions? The government would be bankrupt with lawsuits if we had National Healthcare.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550428.post-63324392785205272762007-06-09T10:42:00.000-04:002007-06-09T10:42:00.000-04:00Our country is in danger, but not to be despaired ...Our country is in danger, but not to be despaired of. Our enemies are numerous and powerful; but we have many friends, determining to be free, and heaven and earth will aid the resolution. On you depend the fortunes of America. You are to decide the important question, on which rest the happiness and liberty of millions yet unborn. Act worthy of yourselves.<BR/>Joseph Warren, Boston Massacre Oration, 1775PharmaGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10211557578124130640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550428.post-60600721192853068322007-06-09T10:13:00.000-04:002007-06-09T10:13:00.000-04:00Like this film will have any real impact. More tha...Like this film will have any real impact. More than 50% of the USA is against continuing the WAR in Iraq and the war goes on.<BR/>http://www.pollingreport.com/iraq.htmMark p.s.2https://www.blogger.com/profile/10529811159862096782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550428.post-63023972660868439442007-06-08T11:42:00.000-04:002007-06-08T11:42:00.000-04:00John, don't waste your breath.The pseudonym "John ...John, don't waste your breath.<BR/><BR/>The pseudonym "John Galt" says it all.<BR/><BR/>A grownup thought from a follower of Ayn Rand? That's as oxymoronic as it gets.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550428.post-52728009275450634342007-06-08T10:42:00.000-04:002007-06-08T10:42:00.000-04:00Grow up, already! and submit a real comment like a...Grow up, already! and submit a real comment like a grownup!PharmaGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10211557578124130640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550428.post-4433020727763939392007-06-08T10:39:00.000-04:002007-06-08T10:39:00.000-04:00Mack wrote "Too bad we are not "family" when it co...Mack wrote "Too bad we are not "family" when it comes to treating fellow Americans. That a hospital can get away with dropping off indigent women in skid row rather than treating them is a travesty, no matter whose "family" you belong to -- conservative or socialist or in between. That, I think is the main takeaway from SiCKO that Moore desires us to have."<BR/><BR/>Oh, but the real tragedy is that they didn't give you water and treat you like a VIP --rolleyes--Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com