Comments on: MICHELLE OBAMA WORKS AT A HOSPITAL?

By: James Bridges

James Bridges — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:12:22 +0000

Again, those who are lossing the race will try to twist anything of the opponents to match thier distorted view. Hospital emergency rooms across this country are being overwhelmed by uninsured for minor, routine complaints. No hospital in this country can, by law , turn away a patient. All who enter the ER lobby have to be seen and asscessed by an RN, then seen and diagnosed by a MD or PA, then treated and stabilized before discharge or transfer. This is the universal standard across this country.
What Mrs. Obama is doing is starting a common program to assist those without insurance to visit a local clinic or Dr.s office for non emergency complaints. What she is trying to do is to steer the colds, stomach viruses away from the ER so after your heart attack or auto injury, you will be seen in less than 15-30 min.s, not 6-8 hours.
I can accept different points of view, however i can’t stand mean spirited ignorance of an issue.

By: feminizedwesternmale

feminizedwesternmale — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:08:53 +0000

b taylor said “Michelle is a wonderful woman. She and Barack are what this country needs.”

Michelle is a sanctimonious human being. She is the acme of liberalism. If she were a white male, she’d be banned from our polite (liberal) society as a bigot, due to her racial polarizing views.

By: David All

David All — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:46:52 +0000

Slightly off-topic, but speaking of Obama David, did you see that Michael Moore endorsed him yesterday?

Makes sense given their mutual love for government run health care.

Sheesh.

By: Marc Brown

Marc Brown — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:45:19 +0000

‘It’s been my experience that there is no correlation between a hospital’s financial position and the salary paid to it’s executives.’

Rich, the evidence I see is that the there are two main factors why your healthcare is so expensive - high salaries and high fees. In other words, just your ‘market’ working to cater for the well off.

See:
Health Spending In The United States And The Rest Of The Industrialized World
Gerard F. Anderson, Peter S. Hussey, Bianca K. Frogner, and Hugh R. Waters
Health Affairs (2005) vol 24 no 4

By: SmartDoc

SmartDoc — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:02:18 +0000

There was a giant stinking “earmark” (cash payment) from Obama to this hospital in the federal budget.

Silence. Sound of crickets chirping. Total absence of media investigation.

By: Rich

Rich — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:02:07 +0000

It’s been my experience that there is no correlation between a hopsitals financial position and the salary paid to it’s executives.

By: Marc Brown

Marc Brown — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:53:28 +0000

Make up your mind - either these hospitals have a lot of cash or they don’t.

By: b taylor

b taylor — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 05:38:47 +0000

Michelle is a wonderful woman. She and Barack are what this country needs.