Comments on: UNINSURED CRISIS CAUSES PROSTITUTION http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/03/16/uninsured-crisis-causes-prostitution/ Cleaning the Augean Stables of the Health Care Debate Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:12:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Marc Brown http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/03/16/uninsured-crisis-causes-prostitution/#comment-65129 Marc Brown Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:07:51 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/03/16/uninsured-crisis-causes-prostitution/#comment-65129 Some 'business cycle' - more like a train wreck. Anyway, you'll be pleased to see that Ava Xi’an has answered your query - 'Yes, the story regarding the cost of my father’s operation is true…' and you can read her full response at http://blogs.ft.com/gapperblog/2008/03/making-a-global-business-of-the-oldest-profession/ And I shall direct her to your item. Some ‘business cycle’ - more like a train wreck.

Anyway, you’ll be pleased to see that Ava Xi’an has answered your query -

‘Yes, the story regarding the cost of my father’s operation is true…’

and you can read her full response at

http://blogs.ft.com/gapperblog/2008/03/making-a-global-business-of-the-oldest-profession/

And I shall direct her to your item.

]]> By: Catron http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/03/16/uninsured-crisis-causes-prostitution/#comment-65089 Catron Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:24:21 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/03/16/uninsured-crisis-causes-prostitution/#comment-65089 I'll concede that the economy is slowing down as it does periodically. It has nothing to do with Hutton's ridiculous conspiracy theory, however. It's just the business cycle. No real need for a villain. I’ll concede that the economy is slowing down as it does periodically.

It has nothing to do with Hutton’s ridiculous conspiracy theory, however.

It’s just the business cycle. No real need for a villain.

]]> By: Marc Brown http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/03/16/uninsured-crisis-causes-prostitution/#comment-65074 Marc Brown Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:57:18 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/03/16/uninsured-crisis-causes-prostitution/#comment-65074 It's as close as you're going to get given that recessions aren't officially declared until it's too late. As Will Hutton writes: 'The United States is about to be trashed by perhaps the greediest, most arrogant, self-deluding financial class in the country's history.' http://www.nzherald.co.nz/feature/story.cfm?c_id=1501241&objectid=10498706 And as an acolyte of a health system that's trashed your people for decades, I guess that also means you - except I doubt you've got much in the bank, unlike those who took Bear Stearns down the tubes. Will you at least concede it's not looking good? It’s as close as you’re going to get given that recessions aren’t officially declared until it’s too late. As Will Hutton writes:

‘The United States is about to be trashed by perhaps the greediest, most arrogant, self-deluding financial class in the country’s history.’

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/feature/story.cfm?c_id=1501241&objectid=10498706

And as an acolyte of a health system that’s trashed your people for decades, I guess that also means you - except I doubt you’ve got much in the bank, unlike those who took Bear Stearns down the tubes. Will you at least concede it’s not looking good?

]]> By: Catron http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/03/16/uninsured-crisis-causes-prostitution/#comment-65046 Catron Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:06:38 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/03/16/uninsured-crisis-causes-prostitution/#comment-65046 Mr. Feldstein isn't allowed to move the goal post any more than you are, Marc. I'm not sure if he skipped his meds or if he's becoming senile, but a recession is measured according to <em>objective</em> data. Mr. Feldstein isn’t allowed to move the goal post any more than you are, Marc. I’m not sure if he skipped his meds or if he’s becoming senile, but a recession is measured according to objective data.

]]> By: Marc Brown http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/03/16/uninsured-crisis-causes-prostitution/#comment-65033 Marc Brown Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:37:32 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/03/16/uninsured-crisis-causes-prostitution/#comment-65033 From: http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/banking_and_finance/article3558517.ece 'The National Bureau of Economic Research is regarded as the official arbiter of US recessions. By careful analysis of the data, it pinpoints when the American economy dips in and out of recession, usually many months after the event. This time, however, Martin Feldstein, its president, is not waiting. Feldstein, a former chairman of the White House’s Council of Economic Advisers under Ronald Reagan, said on Friday that America was in a recession that could be “substantially more severe” than recent ones.' From: http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/banking_and_finance/article3558517.ece

‘The National Bureau of Economic Research is regarded as the official arbiter of US recessions. By careful analysis of the data, it pinpoints when the American economy dips in and out of recession, usually many months after the event.

This time, however, Martin Feldstein, its president, is not waiting. Feldstein, a former chairman of the White House’s Council of Economic Advisers under Ronald Reagan, said on Friday that America was in a recession that could be “substantially more severe” than recent ones.’

]]> By: Catron http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/03/16/uninsured-crisis-causes-prostitution/#comment-64980 Catron Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:12:22 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/03/16/uninsured-crisis-causes-prostitution/#comment-64980 A recession, Marc, is not defined by how many dolts fall for the BS that appears in the "news" media. It is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recession" rel="nofollow">defined</a> as 2 succesive quarters of negative growth. We haven't even had one so far. A recession, Marc, is not defined by how many dolts fall for the BS that appears in the “news” media. It is defined as 2 succesive quarters of negative growth. We haven’t even had one so far.

]]> By: Marc Brown http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/03/16/uninsured-crisis-causes-prostitution/#comment-64921 Marc Brown Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:51:37 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/03/16/uninsured-crisis-causes-prostitution/#comment-64921 As if no one in America hadn't faced major bills they couldn't pay. As for her story, it is self-evident that she is freely pursuing this line of work unless she has a line of relatives all waiting for major surgery, so it's a big so what, as usual. And still think there's no recession, David, both financial and in the glaciers? As if no one in America hadn’t faced major bills they couldn’t pay. As for her story, it is self-evident that she is freely pursuing this line of work unless she has a line of relatives all waiting for major surgery, so it’s a big so what, as usual.

And still think there’s no recession, David, both financial and in the glaciers?

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