Re: Best Health Care In The World....if you can afford it!

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Thank you for sharing this-- I'll be printing it out for my pain control support group.

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Thank you for sharing this-- I'll be printing it out for my pain control support group.

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Wow. That was really powerful and oh so true isn't it. sad but true. S.olehomepla wrote: Best health care in the world - if you can afford itBy DAVID WATERS, Scripps January 14, 2006Over the holidays, while we were spending billions of dollars to try to transplant our way of life to another country, Garmer Currie Jr., 58, lost his life in Memphis, Tenn., because he didn't have enough money. Or the right insurance plan. Or enough political power. Or the right address. Currie died because he was a high school teacher, not a CEO or a famous entertainer. He died because members of Congress and heads of corporations and the people who pay their salaries and benefits have decided our

unalienable "right to life" is conditional. Shame on all of us. Currie, the son of two teachers, became a teacher himself in 1969. He taught social studies and coached basketball at high schools in Milwaukee and Memphis. He was widely respected and admired. He gave our society the best years of his life. We gave him the runaround. Years ago, Currie developed sarcoidosis, a chronic disease that damages organs. As he got older, it got worse. He spent the past five years wrangling with his insurance company about his need for a liver transplant. His health continued to deteriorate. Finally, on the morning of Dec. 31, Currie was taken to intensive care and his name was put on a liver transplant list. Later that day, he died of liver and kidney failure. "This didn't have to happen," said his widow, Carolyn. Currie's death, in the wealthiest and most medically advanced nation in history, was a tragedy. In

a country that proclaims "justice for all," it was an injustice. Would Currie have had to argue with the insurance company at all if he had been President Currie or Congressman Currie? Gen. Currie or Dr. Currie? Coach Currie of the Los Angeles Lakers or Mr. Currie, chairman of the board of Exxon or Halliburton or the Hospital Corp. of America? That is the way America's health-care lottery system works. Some of us are born or become lucky winners. We have the right name, the right job, the right age and the right amount in our checking account to get the medical miracles we need. Others aren't so lucky. "The health-care system we depend on is plagued with inequities and is collapsing around us," Sen. Breaux, D-La., wrote two years ago this month. "The solution is not a government-run system or a fend-for-yourself marketplace, but instead a middle path that combines the best of what government can do

with the best of what the private sector can do, along with greater individual responsibility for our own health, health care and health coverage." Breaux proposed a fairly simple solution to America's health-care lottery: Provide for everyone the same medical coverage we give the president, members of Congress and all federal employees. Allow everyone to enroll in a system just like the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, which is based on competition among market-based private insurance plans. That includes the uninsured, the underinsured and the uninsurable. If a person is ill and we have the medication or medical procedure to make him well, shouldn't we be morally compelled to provide it, regardless of the cost? Regardless of the person's wealth, power or position? Inability to get necessary (and available) medical care is a form of terrorism. We don't need to start a war to conquer it. We just need

the will. The 14th Amendment requires equal treatment under the law. That should include equal medical treatment. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Good morning, I'm not sleeping well lately, when health permits I find myself reading posts. My stead dose of education and a close companion for now. I appreciate this article. I weep internally for the widow, however, medical care most change otherwise I see my fate. Marge. olehomepla wrote: Best health care in the world - if you can afford itBy DAVID WATERS, Scripps January 14, 2006Over the holidays, while we were spending billions of dollars to try to transplant our way of life to another country, Garmer Currie Jr., 58, lost his life in Memphis, Tenn., because he didn't have enough money. Or the right insurance plan. Or enough political power. Or

the right address. Currie died because he was a high school teacher, not a CEO or a famous entertainer. He died because members of Congress and heads of corporations and the people who pay their salaries and benefits have decided our unalienable "right to life" is conditional. Shame on all of us. Currie, the son of two teachers, became a teacher himself in 1969. He taught social studies and coached basketball at high schools in Milwaukee and Memphis. He was widely respected and admired. He gave our society the best years of his life. We gave him the runaround. Years ago, Currie developed sarcoidosis, a chronic disease that damages organs. As he got older, it got worse. He spent the past five years wrangling with his insurance company about his need for a liver transplant. His health continued to deteriorate. Finally, on the morning of Dec. 31, Currie was taken to intensive care and his name was

put on a liver transplant list. Later that day, he died of liver and kidney failure. "This didn't have to happen," said his widow, Carolyn. Currie's death, in the wealthiest and most medically advanced nation in history, was a tragedy. In a country that proclaims "justice for all," it was an injustice. Would Currie have had to argue with the insurance company at all if he had been President Currie or Congressman Currie? Gen. Currie or Dr. Currie? Coach Currie of the Los Angeles Lakers or Mr. Currie, chairman of the board of Exxon or Halliburton or the Hospital Corp. of America? That is the way America's health-care lottery system works. Some of us are born or become lucky winners. We have the right name, the right job, the right age and the right amount in our checking account to get the medical miracles we need. Others aren't so lucky. "The health-care system we depend on is plagued with inequities and

is collapsing around us," Sen. Breaux, D-La., wrote two years ago this month. "The solution is not a government-run system or a fend-for-yourself marketplace, but instead a middle path that combines the best of what government can do with the best of what the private sector can do, along with greater individual responsibility for our own health, health care and health coverage." Breaux proposed a fairly simple solution to America's health-care lottery: Provide for everyone the same medical coverage we give the president, members of Congress and all federal employees. Allow everyone to enroll in a system just like the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, which is based on competition among market-based private insurance plans. That includes the uninsured, the underinsured and the uninsurable. If a person is ill and we have the medication or medical procedure to make him well, shouldn't we be

morally compelled to provide it, regardless of the cost? Regardless of the person's wealth, power or position? Inability to get necessary (and available) medical care is a form of terrorism. We don't need to start a war to conquer it. We just need the will. The 14th Amendment requires equal treatment under the law. That should include equal medical treatment. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Good morning, I'm not sleeping well lately, when health permits I find myself reading posts. My stead dose of education and a close companion for now. I appreciate this article. I weep internally for the widow, however, medical care most change otherwise I see my fate. Marge. olehomepla wrote: Best health care in the world - if you can afford itBy DAVID WATERS, Scripps January 14, 2006Over the holidays, while we were spending billions of dollars to try to transplant our way of life to another country, Garmer Currie Jr., 58, lost his life in Memphis, Tenn., because he didn't have enough money. Or the right insurance plan. Or enough political power. Or

the right address. Currie died because he was a high school teacher, not a CEO or a famous entertainer. He died because members of Congress and heads of corporations and the people who pay their salaries and benefits have decided our unalienable "right to life" is conditional. Shame on all of us. Currie, the son of two teachers, became a teacher himself in 1969. He taught social studies and coached basketball at high schools in Milwaukee and Memphis. He was widely respected and admired. He gave our society the best years of his life. We gave him the runaround. Years ago, Currie developed sarcoidosis, a chronic disease that damages organs. As he got older, it got worse. He spent the past five years wrangling with his insurance company about his need for a liver transplant. His health continued to deteriorate. Finally, on the morning of Dec. 31, Currie was taken to intensive care and his name was

put on a liver transplant list. Later that day, he died of liver and kidney failure. "This didn't have to happen," said his widow, Carolyn. Currie's death, in the wealthiest and most medically advanced nation in history, was a tragedy. In a country that proclaims "justice for all," it was an injustice. Would Currie have had to argue with the insurance company at all if he had been President Currie or Congressman Currie? Gen. Currie or Dr. Currie? Coach Currie of the Los Angeles Lakers or Mr. Currie, chairman of the board of Exxon or Halliburton or the Hospital Corp. of America? That is the way America's health-care lottery system works. Some of us are born or become lucky winners. We have the right name, the right job, the right age and the right amount in our checking account to get the medical miracles we need. Others aren't so lucky. "The health-care system we depend on is plagued with inequities and

is collapsing around us," Sen. Breaux, D-La., wrote two years ago this month. "The solution is not a government-run system or a fend-for-yourself marketplace, but instead a middle path that combines the best of what government can do with the best of what the private sector can do, along with greater individual responsibility for our own health, health care and health coverage." Breaux proposed a fairly simple solution to America's health-care lottery: Provide for everyone the same medical coverage we give the president, members of Congress and all federal employees. Allow everyone to enroll in a system just like the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, which is based on competition among market-based private insurance plans. That includes the uninsured, the underinsured and the uninsurable. If a person is ill and we have the medication or medical procedure to make him well, shouldn't we be

morally compelled to provide it, regardless of the cost? Regardless of the person's wealth, power or position? Inability to get necessary (and available) medical care is a form of terrorism. We don't need to start a war to conquer it. We just need the will. The 14th Amendment requires equal treatment under the law. That should include equal medical treatment. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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--- Solberg mary_s777@...> wrote:

> Wow. That was really powerful and oh so true isn't

> it. sad but true. S.

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> olehomepla olehomepla@...> wrote: Best

> health care in the world - if you can afford it

> By DAVID WATERS, Scripps

> January 14, 2006

>

> Over the holidays, while we were spending billions

> of dollars to try

> to transplant our way of life to another country,

> Garmer Currie Jr.,

> 58, lost his life in Memphis, Tenn., because he

> didn't have enough

> money. Or the right insurance plan. Or enough

> political power. Or

> the right address.

>

> Currie died because he was a high school teacher,

> not a CEO or a

> famous entertainer. He died because members of

> Congress and heads of

> corporations and the people who pay their salaries

> and benefits have

> decided our unalienable " right to life " is

> conditional. Shame on all

> of us.

>

>

>

> Currie, the son of two teachers, became a teacher

> himself in 1969.

> He taught social studies and coached basketball at

> high schools in

> Milwaukee and Memphis. He was widely respected and

> admired. He gave

> our society the best years of his life. We gave him

> the runaround.

>

> Years ago, Currie developed sarcoidosis, a chronic

> disease that

> damages organs. As he got older, it got worse. He

> spent the past

> five years wrangling with his insurance company

> about his need for a

> liver transplant. His health continued to

> deteriorate.

>

> Finally, on the morning of Dec. 31, Currie was taken

> to intensive

> care and his name was put on a liver transplant

> list. Later that

> day, he died of liver and kidney failure. " This

> didn't have to

> happen, " said his widow, Carolyn.

>

> Currie's death, in the wealthiest and most medically

> advanced nation

> in history, was a tragedy. In a country that

> proclaims " justice for

> all, " it was an injustice.

>

> Would Currie have had to argue with the insurance

> company at all if

> he had been President Currie or Congressman Currie?

> Gen. Currie or

> Dr. Currie? Coach Currie of the Los Angeles Lakers

> or Mr. Currie,

> chairman of the board of Exxon or Halliburton or the

> Hospital Corp.

> of America?

>

> That is the way America's health-care lottery system

> works. Some of

> us are born or become lucky winners. We have the

> right name, the

> right job, the right age and the right amount in our

> checking

> account to get the medical miracles we need. Others

> aren't so lucky.

>

> " The health-care system we depend on is plagued with

> inequities and

> is collapsing around us, " Sen. Breaux, D-La.,

> wrote two years

> ago this month.

>

> " The solution is not a government-run system or a

> fend-for-yourself

> marketplace, but instead a middle path that combines

> the best of

> what government can do with the best of what the

> private sector can

> do, along with greater individual responsibility for

> our own health,

> health care and health coverage. "

>

> Breaux proposed a fairly simple solution to

> America's health-care

> lottery: Provide for everyone the same medical

> coverage we give the

> president, members of Congress and all federal

> employees. Allow

> everyone to enroll in a system just like the Federal

> Employees

> Health Benefits Program, which is based on

> competition among market-

> based private insurance plans. That includes the

> uninsured, the

> underinsured and the uninsurable.

>

> If a person is ill and we have the medication or

> medical procedure

> to make him well, shouldn't we be morally compelled

> to provide it,

> regardless of the cost? Regardless of the person's

> wealth, power or

> position?

>

> Inability to get necessary (and available) medical

> care is a form of

> terrorism. We don't need to start a war to conquer

> it. We just need

> the will.

>

> The 14th Amendment requires equal treatment under

> the law. That

> should include equal medical treatment.

>

>Thats horrable what happened to mr Currie and the

scary part is that it cold happen to any one of

us-Matt

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--- Solberg mary_s777@...> wrote:

> Wow. That was really powerful and oh so true isn't

> it. sad but true. S.

>

> olehomepla olehomepla@...> wrote: Best

> health care in the world - if you can afford it

> By DAVID WATERS, Scripps

> January 14, 2006

>

> Over the holidays, while we were spending billions

> of dollars to try

> to transplant our way of life to another country,

> Garmer Currie Jr.,

> 58, lost his life in Memphis, Tenn., because he

> didn't have enough

> money. Or the right insurance plan. Or enough

> political power. Or

> the right address.

>

> Currie died because he was a high school teacher,

> not a CEO or a

> famous entertainer. He died because members of

> Congress and heads of

> corporations and the people who pay their salaries

> and benefits have

> decided our unalienable " right to life " is

> conditional. Shame on all

> of us.

>

>

>

> Currie, the son of two teachers, became a teacher

> himself in 1969.

> He taught social studies and coached basketball at

> high schools in

> Milwaukee and Memphis. He was widely respected and

> admired. He gave

> our society the best years of his life. We gave him

> the runaround.

>

> Years ago, Currie developed sarcoidosis, a chronic

> disease that

> damages organs. As he got older, it got worse. He

> spent the past

> five years wrangling with his insurance company

> about his need for a

> liver transplant. His health continued to

> deteriorate.

>

> Finally, on the morning of Dec. 31, Currie was taken

> to intensive

> care and his name was put on a liver transplant

> list. Later that

> day, he died of liver and kidney failure. " This

> didn't have to

> happen, " said his widow, Carolyn.

>

> Currie's death, in the wealthiest and most medically

> advanced nation

> in history, was a tragedy. In a country that

> proclaims " justice for

> all, " it was an injustice.

>

> Would Currie have had to argue with the insurance

> company at all if

> he had been President Currie or Congressman Currie?

> Gen. Currie or

> Dr. Currie? Coach Currie of the Los Angeles Lakers

> or Mr. Currie,

> chairman of the board of Exxon or Halliburton or the

> Hospital Corp.

> of America?

>

> That is the way America's health-care lottery system

> works. Some of

> us are born or become lucky winners. We have the

> right name, the

> right job, the right age and the right amount in our

> checking

> account to get the medical miracles we need. Others

> aren't so lucky.

>

> " The health-care system we depend on is plagued with

> inequities and

> is collapsing around us, " Sen. Breaux, D-La.,

> wrote two years

> ago this month.

>

> " The solution is not a government-run system or a

> fend-for-yourself

> marketplace, but instead a middle path that combines

> the best of

> what government can do with the best of what the

> private sector can

> do, along with greater individual responsibility for

> our own health,

> health care and health coverage. "

>

> Breaux proposed a fairly simple solution to

> America's health-care

> lottery: Provide for everyone the same medical

> coverage we give the

> president, members of Congress and all federal

> employees. Allow

> everyone to enroll in a system just like the Federal

> Employees

> Health Benefits Program, which is based on

> competition among market-

> based private insurance plans. That includes the

> uninsured, the

> underinsured and the uninsurable.

>

> If a person is ill and we have the medication or

> medical procedure

> to make him well, shouldn't we be morally compelled

> to provide it,

> regardless of the cost? Regardless of the person's

> wealth, power or

> position?

>

> Inability to get necessary (and available) medical

> care is a form of

> terrorism. We don't need to start a war to conquer

> it. We just need

> the will.

>

> The 14th Amendment requires equal treatment under

> the law. That

> should include equal medical treatment.

>

>Thats horrable what happened to mr Currie and the

scary part is that it cold happen to any one of

us-Matt

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--- Solberg mary_s777@...> wrote:

> Wow. That was really powerful and oh so true isn't

> it. sad but true. S.

>

> olehomepla olehomepla@...> wrote: Best

> health care in the world - if you can afford it

> By DAVID WATERS, Scripps

> January 14, 2006

>

> Over the holidays, while we were spending billions

> of dollars to try

> to transplant our way of life to another country,

> Garmer Currie Jr.,

> 58, lost his life in Memphis, Tenn., because he

> didn't have enough

> money. Or the right insurance plan. Or enough

> political power. Or

> the right address.

>

> Currie died because he was a high school teacher,

> not a CEO or a

> famous entertainer. He died because members of

> Congress and heads of

> corporations and the people who pay their salaries

> and benefits have

> decided our unalienable " right to life " is

> conditional. Shame on all

> of us.

>

>

>

> Currie, the son of two teachers, became a teacher

> himself in 1969.

> He taught social studies and coached basketball at

> high schools in

> Milwaukee and Memphis. He was widely respected and

> admired. He gave

> our society the best years of his life. We gave him

> the runaround.

>

> Years ago, Currie developed sarcoidosis, a chronic

> disease that

> damages organs. As he got older, it got worse. He

> spent the past

> five years wrangling with his insurance company

> about his need for a

> liver transplant. His health continued to

> deteriorate.

>

> Finally, on the morning of Dec. 31, Currie was taken

> to intensive

> care and his name was put on a liver transplant

> list. Later that

> day, he died of liver and kidney failure. " This

> didn't have to

> happen, " said his widow, Carolyn.

>

> Currie's death, in the wealthiest and most medically

> advanced nation

> in history, was a tragedy. In a country that

> proclaims " justice for

> all, " it was an injustice.

>

> Would Currie have had to argue with the insurance

> company at all if

> he had been President Currie or Congressman Currie?

> Gen. Currie or

> Dr. Currie? Coach Currie of the Los Angeles Lakers

> or Mr. Currie,

> chairman of the board of Exxon or Halliburton or the

> Hospital Corp.

> of America?

>

> That is the way America's health-care lottery system

> works. Some of

> us are born or become lucky winners. We have the

> right name, the

> right job, the right age and the right amount in our

> checking

> account to get the medical miracles we need. Others

> aren't so lucky.

>

> " The health-care system we depend on is plagued with

> inequities and

> is collapsing around us, " Sen. Breaux, D-La.,

> wrote two years

> ago this month.

>

> " The solution is not a government-run system or a

> fend-for-yourself

> marketplace, but instead a middle path that combines

> the best of

> what government can do with the best of what the

> private sector can

> do, along with greater individual responsibility for

> our own health,

> health care and health coverage. "

>

> Breaux proposed a fairly simple solution to

> America's health-care

> lottery: Provide for everyone the same medical

> coverage we give the

> president, members of Congress and all federal

> employees. Allow

> everyone to enroll in a system just like the Federal

> Employees

> Health Benefits Program, which is based on

> competition among market-

> based private insurance plans. That includes the

> uninsured, the

> underinsured and the uninsurable.

>

> If a person is ill and we have the medication or

> medical procedure

> to make him well, shouldn't we be morally compelled

> to provide it,

> regardless of the cost? Regardless of the person's

> wealth, power or

> position?

>

> Inability to get necessary (and available) medical

> care is a form of

> terrorism. We don't need to start a war to conquer

> it. We just need

> the will.

>

> The 14th Amendment requires equal treatment under

> the law. That

> should include equal medical treatment.

>

>Thats horrable what happened to mr Currie and the

scary part is that it cold happen to any one of

us-Matt

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