Comments on: Not my cup of tea-”Obama Care” http://www.medicalbarista.com/2009/08/not-my-cup-of-tea-obama-care/ Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:59:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: doubleshot http://www.medicalbarista.com/2009/08/not-my-cup-of-tea-obama-care/comment-page-1/#comment-8 doubleshot Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:32:21 +0000 http://www.medicalbarista.com/?p=88#comment-8 The Healthy San Francisco program model is certainly a first step. I noted that it is geared toward primary care, and that may work wonders for millions who work for small business companies or mom and pop shops. If anything like this program is adapted by Obama, I can certainly tell you what not to expect: 1.Do not expect immediate attention to your health problem- and yes, for certain cancers like breast cancer it means life or death. Waiting week after diagnosis can mean shop around for a grave site. 2. Do not expect the doctor with hundreds of thousands in school loans to start working in a public health clinic. I can't comment on the quality of doctors that work in public health clinics in SF, but I have my suspicions about it. Caution: Ask the doctor about his/her credentials. This may be a better model for rural areas with lower populations. Keep in mind the population in the United States is growing faster than some Asian countries that American used to call 'third world'. Taking care of illegals with taxpayer money is going to put this country further behind India and China. Remember the movie "Dumb and Dumber"? The Healthy San Francisco program model is certainly a first step. I noted that it is geared toward primary care, and that may work wonders for millions who work for small business companies or mom and pop shops. If anything like this program is adapted by Obama, I can certainly tell you what not to expect:
1.Do not expect immediate attention to your health problem- and yes, for certain cancers like breast cancer it means life or death. Waiting week after diagnosis can mean shop around for a grave site.
2. Do not expect the doctor with hundreds of thousands in school loans to start working in a public health clinic. I can’t comment on the quality of doctors that work in public health clinics in SF, but I have my suspicions about it. Caution: Ask the doctor about his/her credentials.
This may be a better model for rural areas with lower populations.
Keep in mind the population in the United States is growing faster than some Asian countries that American used to call ‘third world’. Taking care of illegals with taxpayer money is going to put this country further behind India and China. Remember the movie “Dumb and Dumber”?

]]> By: Summerforever http://www.medicalbarista.com/2009/08/not-my-cup-of-tea-obama-care/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Summerforever Fri, 04 Sep 2009 01:47:41 +0000 http://www.medicalbarista.com/?p=88#comment-7 it's important to be well "au courant" while commenting on the new health care program that Obama's government is proposing. the majority of the strong opinions out there are far from the real proposition and somehow misinformed. for instance it seems that they are not only looking at the san francisco health program but also at the current health policy in switzerland. for more information on this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healthcare_in_Switzerland or http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92106731 it’s important to be well “au courant” while commenting on the new health care program that Obama’s government is proposing. the majority of the strong opinions out there are far from the real proposition and somehow misinformed.

for instance it seems that they are not only looking at the san francisco health program but also at the current health policy in switzerland. for more information on this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healthcare_in_Switzerland

or

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92106731

]]> By: Anna http://www.medicalbarista.com/2009/08/not-my-cup-of-tea-obama-care/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Anna Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:21:18 +0000 http://www.medicalbarista.com/?p=88#comment-6 Have you checked out San Francisco's health care program, "Healthy San Francisco"? It's been successful thus far and is a potential model for Obama's plan. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/26/BAB719DL29.DTL Have you checked out San Francisco’s health care program, “Healthy San Francisco”? It’s been successful thus far and is a potential model for Obama’s plan.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/26/BAB719DL29.DTL

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