tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403865598460728065.post6478288210061236684..comments2023-10-03T12:24:27.291-04:00Comments on Rainmom: Godotjen graberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10076101215607475480noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403865598460728065.post-91063828970942311712009-09-20T16:34:57.319-04:002009-09-20T16:34:57.319-04:00But Stacy... that doesn't fit the neat narrati...But Stacy... that doesn't fit the neat narrative that either side in this health care reform kerfuffle have advanced as depicting the problem. <br /><br />Rainmom is correct; our current "consumer-health service delivery mechanism" is absurd. [One should not call it a health "care" system as there is rather little systemic service delivery oriented around caring for health. Rather, this mechanism is a system to react to ill-health, though not in a way that maximizes healing]. The only logical solution is eradication and reassembly. Of course, that ain't happening. Thus, our health service delivery mechanism will continue to block efficient solutions (such as paying for a netbook, as in the times story) in favor of inefficient ones, because the inefficiency fits the system.Coreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00119612449610307692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403865598460728065.post-62425522532848659822009-09-17T08:58:59.808-04:002009-09-17T08:58:59.808-04:00It is odd to me that the above poster finds this b...It is odd to me that the above poster finds this blog entry ambiguous as to the question, "what is wrong with the system?" It seems clear to me that rainmom thinks that there are excessive barriers to receiving care put in place by insurance companies and the government. When you read the nytimes story she is referencing, it is clear that the chief specific difficulty she is addressing is getting the appropriate technology to help the patient cope with a long-term disability.<br /><br />By and large we have had reasonably good care provided by our doctors and nurses and therapists. However, as rainmom describes it above and in previous posts we have often felt hampered by "the system" which is usually embodied in our insurance provider and sometimes the hospital administration.Stacy Vlasitsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403865598460728065.post-73410708725659360962009-09-16T21:51:49.814-04:002009-09-16T21:51:49.814-04:00If this becomes an op-ed, please be more specific ...If this becomes an op-ed, please be more specific as to what part of "the system" needs fixing. Have you had poor care from doctors, nurses, and therapists? Or is it that for-profit insurers are unwilling to cover services that are likely helpful?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403865598460728065.post-51352647913759419502009-09-16T15:29:15.484-04:002009-09-16T15:29:15.484-04:00Amen. You should really turn this into an op-ed o...Amen. You should really turn this into an op-ed or letter to the editor, Jen.<br /><br />-VickiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com