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06 October 2007
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- shadowfax
- I live with The Wife, First-Born Son, Second-Born Son, a new Daughter, and an assortment of small predators. I work in a busy, high-acuity Emergency Department in the Pacific Northwest as an Emergency Physician and administrator. I am also interested in Health Policy and Progressive Politics. My various hobbies include Shorin-Ryu Karate, Violin (Irish Fiddle, mostly), General Aviation, Apple Computers, Craftbrewed Beer, and Skiing. My kids do their best to ensure I have little time in which to pursue these hobbies.
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5 comments:
I think in the name of fairness the Bush side should have their say as well. That is essentially at: http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2007/10/white-house-on-schip.html
On the other hand, the whole problem of lack of insurance is a sad state of affairs. I had a patient today with hairy cell leukemia. He was diagnosed a year ago, but has received no treatment because he can't get insurance (pre-existing condition). So it came to where he was so short of breath that he finally presented to our ER, he's being followed by our Med School Onc team. Bummer though, I imagine he'll be receiving a bill for a few hundred thousand dollars from my hospital when he gets home.
Yeah, it's a pity the president doesn't have access to some sort of pulpit. A bully one would be nice. They have such trouble getting their message out. :)
Shadowfax, your entries are right on. I'll be here daily to share my horror stories (and occasionally some good ones) in the medical profession as well.
"..in the name of fairness" to the Bush side? Are you serious?
Bush had a chance to "explain" his veto....apparently the first point was "poor kids."
There is a fine line between being a folksy common-man president, and being a complete idiot. Apparently someone in the Bush administration needs to get out a new box of crayons and make that line a bit more visible for The Decider to see.
BTW, the context of this post comes from someone whose daughter was in the CHIP program for two years, back when I was grossing $14K a year, and it helped our family stay on our feet and get through post-grad school and on to bigger and better things. And that is the name of the game, right?
If it was not so tragically true, that video would be hilarious.
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