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Once Again, "A Little Help" The Iron Is HOT...so STRIKE!! and save BILLIONS
A day or two ago I rambled on about the massive hoops those dealing with Chronic Pain must jump through to get treated. See=======> HERE
Today I see the argument on SCHIP and how to pay for it and ONCE AGAIN the answer is to allow doctors to be doctors and not drag them and their patients into law enforcement.
PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO READ THIS (same link as above) and call your representatives, it is the foot in the door to "SPUHC" (Single Payer Universal Health Care).
By the way I think we all should make it official "SPUHC" is our official term for Single Payer Universal Health Care.
THANKS for ANYTHING YOU CAN DO!!
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SPUHC IS FINE WITH ME. AND YOU KNOW THAT I ALREADY READ YOU AND YOUR POST YESTERDAY.
YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY TO ME.
January 27, 2009 4:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
DD,
Yep I surely do appreciate your help and support.
Spread the word and feel free to use that other post any way you like.
THANKS Buddy!
January 27, 2009 6:02 PM | Reply | Permalink
I like the abbreviation ... I think I already adopted it after your last post.
January 27, 2009 6:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
The problem with abbreviations is that they don't convey the real meaning to people that may casually pass by the diary, article or comment.
Just think what the republicans calling something "The Blue Skies Act" did for a plan that had the exact opposite goals in mind.
I have a tendency to talk about H.R. 676, but I tend to be read by other Bloggers (how do I put this kindly?) that are not "low-info voters."
I really should make a point of using its full name more often, so a passer-by that isn't following politics rabidly understands that it is really:
The United States National Health Insurance Act
"Expanded & Improved Medicare For All"
H.R. 676
Something that Ct Bob pointed out to me:
"When I interviewed Chris Murphy, I referred to a bunch of bills by number, many of which he personally SPONSORED, and he didn't know what I was talking about. But when I used the common name for the bill (like "The Transportation Bill") he knew exactly what I was talking about."
We need to be more conscious of these things.
SCHIP: What is that? Some bill for computer geeks? Or like the V Chip?
No. It is expanded health care for children.
Clammyc expanded some more on this stuff the other day at dkos. And, as we have all seen: Words are an important tool in this fight.
January 28, 2009 3:57 PM | Reply | Permalink
KGB,
You Did.
BTW who is that avatar? I know it but just can't place him.
January 27, 2009 6:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
kgb's avatar is Christopher Lloyd's character in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?".
SPUHC Finn with me.
January 28, 2009 1:43 AM | Reply | Permalink
CVilleDem has posted a comment at thinkprogress .org, that could be submitted to John Podesta, (Obama transition team), regarding whether Single payer UHC will even be considered by the Obama administration. You can go there to vote on it. Please follow these link(s) and rec her comment which was ranked #46 when I was there.
January 28, 2009 2:37 PM | Reply | Permalink
I really feel for you!
I have been a pain patient since 1994, after an attempt at installing a dorsal pump machine fitting failed. I went once every 4 - 6 months to a pain management group fro prescriptions until....
Bush sent out that directive to doctors saying they now had to see each patient EVERY MONTH.
Three months later I was dropped by the clinic, along with most of the other "medication management" patients. They didn't give any real explanation, and NO assistance in finding a replacement Dr.
The story I heard later was that it was "too expensive" to do that. That it took them just as much time to see one of us at the price of a simple office visit as it did for them to perform a procedure, which they could bill far more for.
So not only was I screwed, but I was then forced to search for a new Dr. at the same timie almost 300 OTHER patients in the area were looking for one.
I called both Duke's and UNC's pain mngmt. groups, and one wasn't accepting any patients (I later learned they couldn't get any doctors to staff it under the new rules), and the other had a waiting list for 6 MONTHS just to get an initial evaluation!
What does a 10 year pain patient do when they have run out of medication? Its not pretty, and I never want to deal with it again!
Luckily, I, with a lot of help from sympathetic friends and doctors, found a retired pain professor who took patients, no insurance allowed, strickly for pain management, and he was a staunch believer that the Feds didn't know enough about pain control to EVER start telling doctors what to do, and after getting stabilized, he sent me to a GP he had taught, and who is now my regular doctor.
I was one of the lucky ones.
I read your story and became incensed by what they are making you do, the hoops they are making you jump through!
And you are correct, if you were to become an "addict" it would have happened already. My pain professor said that he didn't believe that most pain patients were any more addicted to their medications than a heart patient is addicted to theirs! That only "chronic use despite harm" qualified as an "addiction", and that you can spot those people almost immediately. And the studies on this subject bear this out.
It is also amazing to me that they will allow you to take almost ANY OTHER MEDICATION, without any controls, as long as it is NOT a narcotic - even though they may kill you, your liver, or both! (Vioxx anyone?)
I hope every day that they will finally fix this screwed up healthcare system, allow doctors to be doctors, and butt the hell out of the middle.
A must watch is the new Panorama program on our healthcare system. Its amazing that it took the Brits doing the story, rather than one of our own fearless news teams.
January 29, 2009 2:00 PM | Reply | Permalink