Comments on: Health Care Reform – the True Test of Equality http://thehealthcaremaze.us/2009/02/21/health-care-reform-the-true-test-of-equality/ A plea for a more rational system Sat, 14 Apr 2012 14:45:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: jimmy1920 http://thehealthcaremaze.us/2009/02/21/health-care-reform-the-true-test-of-equality/#comment-24 jimmy1920 Thu, 19 Mar 2009 02:17:16 +0000 http://thehealthcaremaze.wordpress.com/?p=378#comment-24 Well Larry, it seems that you have grown up just fine. Thanks for recognizing the connection, but also the distinction between universal coverage and health system reform. Too many people focus on one to the exclusion of the other. Personally, I'm with you. Universal coverage first, then we can fix the delivery system. Well Larry, it seems that you have grown up just fine. Thanks for recognizing the connection, but also the distinction between universal coverage and health system reform. Too many people focus on one to the exclusion of the other.
Personally, I’m with you. Universal coverage first, then we can fix the delivery system.

]]> By: Larry Nelson http://thehealthcaremaze.us/2009/02/21/health-care-reform-the-true-test-of-equality/#comment-23 Larry Nelson Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:34:34 +0000 http://thehealthcaremaze.wordpress.com/?p=378#comment-23 President Obama will probably offer some form of universal health care coverage. However, we need to fix the health care system as well. As a patient and a former employee (I used to work at a famous hospital on Long Island) of the health care system - I have first-hand knowledge on how the care system works in America. Close to 100,000 people die each year in hospitals due to medical errors. The hospital I worked at had too much administrative waste. There was endless paperwork in processing patient information. Many of the positions, especially in the non-medical areas were filled through nepotism. Many of the supervisors and mid-level manager at this hospital were mostly concerned about how they impressed top administrators – CYA was (and probably still is) the major activity. A question I would like to ask the general public, particularly doctors - How come doctors never challenge other doctors? Right after I graduated college I was “confused,” doing drugs, and getting into trouble; so my parents sent me to a psychiatrist. The psychiatrist said I was “mentally ill” and he sent me to neurologist for tests. (Our family doctor stated at first I did not need any tests, and then he changed his mind.) The neurologist examined my brain and said I was fine. I just needed to “grow up.” President Obama will probably offer some form of universal health care coverage. However, we need to fix the health care system as well.

As a patient and a former employee (I used to work at a famous hospital on Long Island) of the health care system – I have first-hand knowledge on how
the care system works in America. Close to 100,000 people die each year in hospitals due to medical errors.

The hospital I worked at had too much administrative waste. There was endless paperwork in processing patient information. Many of the positions, especially in the non-medical areas were filled through nepotism. Many of the supervisors and mid-level manager at this hospital were mostly concerned about how they impressed top administrators – CYA was (and probably still is) the major activity.

A question I would like to ask the general public, particularly doctors – How come doctors never challenge other doctors?

Right after I graduated college I was “confused,” doing drugs, and getting into trouble; so my parents sent me to a psychiatrist. The psychiatrist said I was “mentally ill” and he sent me to neurologist for tests. (Our family doctor stated at first I did not need any tests, and then he changed his mind.) The neurologist examined my brain and said I was fine. I just needed to “grow up.”

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