I'm sure President Obama's parents would be proud that he was able to make people aware of just how much a disaster our healthcare system is. Unfortunately, he failed, as anyone can attest to Doctors and patients alike at improving it. Naive of a politician to think he knows anything at all about how to treat patients.
Sadly, the majority of Docs I know work the minimum to cover their bills. Contrary to popular opinion, doctors are not greedy and go into medicine to help people, only to be burdened by seeing sadness and injustice.
Having had to go to Lurie Children's Hospital recently to accompany my friend with their son, I met a wonderful and warm woman named Lilliana, who came to the USA from Mexico to help her children create a better life. She is a good Catholic woman who loves her child.
I had the opportunity to interview her, and grabbed it by the balls. An expression.
I had asked if I may photo or use her full name but she meekly looked away. So I said no problem.
True story.
She had been waiting for 4 hours for her son to get seen for a severe cough and is lost in a country she doesn't speak the language and has no insurance.
The system is so complicated her only option is to use the ED and have Lurie bill her. When I probed further, asking about finances, she looks away gloomily and admitted she has no way to pay and is very worried about it. But is here to do the right thing. We need more people like this, people that fear the all all mighty and just want to do the right thing for her family.
I wouldn't have even faulted her for stealing the medical bracelet that was left by someone that gave up waiting to be seen, given the disaster of Obama and Biden and the changes they have caused dividing America.
She implied that she'd wait less long if she was me. Sadly that's not the case, it's an overburdened system.
I explained that I myself and my child are unable to obtain insurance for Lurie, until 2024 thanks to this new change. Oddly #Costco has a contract with Lurie Children's Hospital to ask me for donations without fail at checkout. It's insulting and hypocritical and beyond understanding.
We should not have business or politics pretending they know how to be doctors and deciding medical care. Honestly most doctors I know, such as a psychiatrist, Matt in NYC only will take cash. He can charge less and see more patients by removing the burdens of insurance.
Back when my grandfather was a medical doctor in NYC things were harsh, but my grandpa could work with a patient based on need and his time.
He lived thru the beginning of insurance. Initially he ignored the changes and start of organized insurance by business. But it became mandated of course… And so his solution? Not charge.
Fortunately my grandmother was more grounded and realized when she had no funds to buy food for her kids she had to step up and help her husband.
Her business background came in handy, as her father owned a large company, but as a traditional family and the eldest and marrying a doctor her father cut her. He knew she would be unsatisfied with life working and never having kids. Parents know their kids!
We need a huge change. What that looks like is anyone's guess, but it definitely needs to be driven by good, not idol worship of 💰 money.
It's very sad that mom's have to be frightened to get care for their kids and worry about bankruptcy. And it's extremely disappointing that the majority of the world views Obama as Muslim despite his attendance at church. And take it as permission to force views our founding fathers would be apalled by and amplified by social media like an echo chamber of stupidity.
I propose:
Obama admit to the faults of his horrible failed attempt at universal healthcare. In the end it just enriched wallstreet.
We need to have very basic care universal care for citizens and immigrants.
People should not be held hostage by a mandate when they want to use their labor and hard work to pay for healthcare by saving, working, or borrowing.
Hillary had a better solution back in the day but got shot down, for obvious reasons (she is a her/she and female and XX. Obviously there is a war against women in this country when XY athletes are winning women's sports events.
I propose Lurie Children's put a huge marketing campaign into announcing the wonderful news that Obamacare is now acceptable (only one plan out of many).
I propose we have a liberal immigration process that promotes the values of our founding fathers, freedom and liberty. Not pretend hate speech is part of "free speech."
Thanks,
Dr Spirer
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