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Comment on Side Effects Include Being Less Awesome by Anthony

Anthony — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 00:19:58 +0000

You are fine my friend…You are you…people love you…I consider you a great person and you are where you are supposed to be…always remember that. Wherever you go there you are.

Comment on Side Effects Include Being Less Awesome by pete dodd

pete dodd — Mon, 16 May 2011 00:16:46 +0000

This thing is a mess. I use about 9000 unneeded commas, I confused the words adjective and verb. I was going to go fix it but i guess that it’s probably a good snapshot of where my brain is at. I’ll keep it a mess for posterity’s sake.

Comment on Life isn’t fair. News at 11. by Arnée Dodd

Arnée Dodd — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 13:06:56 +0000

I just shed a tear on the train…I couldn’t love you any more.

Comment on The Lutheran Medical Center ER is a piece of shit by Lactose

Lactose — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 16:55:47 +0000

I’m a fan of the podcast and was intrigued by your mention of this story so I thought I would check it out.

I am a Canadian and when I talk to friends and family in the States there is a perception that wait times in our hospitals and emergency rooms are out of control. After reading through the story, I can honestly say that I have never had an experience like you and Arnee went through. I have visited the emergency room a dozen or so times for myself and family, and the care has always been excellent. There are always wait times in the large cities like Montreal and Toronto (nothing like you went through), but they are very good about keeping you informed as to what is going on. The last time I was there (for my son) we were about to be admitted after about 45 mintues, when another kid came in who had just been in an accident – he was a mess – and the nurse immediately told us we would have to wait. While this is annoying, it is also completely reasonable.

Like the US, we have issues with the Health Care system in Canada. Our costs are increasing and it is going to get worse as the population ages. The one difference that I perceive is that the vast majority of people are very happy with the quality of the system and agree that it is something that needs to be invested in. Most people agree that Health Care is of the highest priority. If cuts need to be made to other areas, or taxes need to be increased, it sucks… but it is worth it. More importantly, change is happening. Wait times have gone down in the last decade through better processes and public education. My wife is a physician at one of the largest hositals in Toronto and is always talking about new things they are trying to improve service – from the number of thank you cards she gets I can only assume that some are working.

Anyway, sorry for the long comment. I find the debate on healthcare in the States both facinating and infuriating. Treating healthcare like a product is something that is very foreign to me as I do not believe that market forces work in a situation where the demand is infinite (If my sons are sick, I am willing to pay whatever it takes to make them better – that is likely going to lead to some high prices). Keep up the interesting posts

Comment on The Lutheran Medical Center ER is a piece of shit by pete dodd

pete dodd — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 07:10:28 +0000

And a doctor also gave your diagnosis in front of everyone, though it wasn’t quite as embarrassing as that person’s. It was pretty terrible of her to do that though.

Comment on The Lutheran Medical Center ER is a piece of shit by Arnee

Arnee — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 01:49:24 +0000

Thank you Wendy. I”m fine now, sort of. lol. I could not have expressed my anger and frustrations any better than this. I was going to write a letter to whom ever is in charge at this hospital but i think i might just go down there in person with a laundry list of what happened. Not to mention I found out that giving someone’s diagnosis in public (ie, not a private exam room is illegal) and I listened to a dr. give a diagnosis in the ER to a couple in front of all of us, all 15 of us.

i’m so frustrated i can’t tell you.

Comment on The Lutheran Medical Center ER is a piece of shit by Wendy Phillips

Wendy Phillips — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 23:39:17 +0000

That is awful, but from experience, I don’t think a “nicer”, more suburban ER would be much better. I’ve been in the ER twice in my life here in Utah and it very much mirrored your experience of overcrowding, a lot of waiting and not much care. My insurance also denied payment for BOTH of those visits (one for a kidney stone, the other a “complicated” migraine with stroke-like symptoms) until I sent them the aforementioned “strongly worded letter”/appeal and the threat of a lawsuit. Oi.

I hope Arnee gets to the bottom of this and feels better soon. Take care.

Comment on Liberals fucking piss me off by Hoshneer

Hoshneer — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 19:13:53 +0000

Wow, great article. I get frusterated myself sometimes. I am in the same spot. I am fairly conservative but I believe in gay marriage and increased funding in alternative health care. I guess I am classified as a SouthPark Conservative. Anyways I am glad to see I am not the only one fed up with all the fear mongering on both sides.

Comment on Doing what I do best by DangerWife

DangerWife — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 18:16:13 +0000

i am gonna piss my pants, i love you so much