Re: Not really Kick Counts
From: Jamie (ajfields@pine-net.com)
Tue Dec 20 14:40:50 2005
That is not, however, the case in rural areas. There is no option for
uninsured/underinsured in my fairly poor county other than paying cash
or using the ER-which evaluates everyone but often refuses to treat
nonemergent problems.
At Tue, 20 Dec 2005, Andrew Folley wrote:
>
>I bet there is a wlak in clinic on every 6th block in Houston and every one
>of the 18 hospitals in Houston offer some type of preventative care to the
>indigent population in one form or another besides the traditional ER.
>Unfortunately the indigent populaiton still like to use the ER as their
>"cough and cold" clinic and the 911 ambulance service as their taxi to the
>ER.
>
>>From: "Richard Chudacoff, MD" <rchudacoff@mylinuxisp.com>
>>Reply-To: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net
>>To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L <ob-gyn-l@dns.obgyn.net>
>>Subject: RE: Not really Kick Counts
>>Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 10:36:13 -0600
>>
>>No, because there are emergency rooms
>>
>>Richard Chudacoff, MD, FACOG
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net [mailto:ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net] On Behalf Of Andrew
>>Folley
>>Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 10:16 AM
>>To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
>>Subject: Re: Not really Kick Counts
>>
>>Does anyone know of any women in the US who has not recieved health care or
>>does not have health care access available to her because of racial, age or
>>financial reasons?
>>
>> >From: Dr Eberhard Lisse <el@lisse.NA>
>> >Reply-To: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net
>> >To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L <ob-gyn-l@dns.obgyn.net>
>> >Subject: Re: Not really Kick Counts
>> >Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 09:16:08 -0600
>> >
>> >Zach,
>> >
>> >when you reach my age, you'll realize that I enjoy my posts :-)-O
>> >
>> >I was not posting to the US medical community but to one clueless
>> >individual, though I do stand by the failures of society.
>> >
>> >In some countries the laws mandate health care for all, if only by the
>> >year 2010, 2020, 2030...
>> >
>> >The reason why this is not the case is because lions do not eat hyenas,
>> >hyenas share the spoils of lions' kills, thogh perhaps the lions don't
>> >like it :-)-O
>> >
>> >Same to you.
>> >
>> >el
>> >
>> >Zachariah Newton wrote:
>> > > Eberhard-
>> > >
>> > > You paint with a broader brush than Jackson Pollock, who threw paint
>> > > from cans against a palette.
>> > >
>> > > In the US, the medical community does have some handle on the
>> > > lowest-common-denominator style of the NHS, deplorable as it might be
>>in
>> > > operation.
>> > >
>> > > The laws in the U.S. mandate that accessibility to the health care
>> > > system be open to all, regardless of ability to pay, via the emergency
>> > > room door of access.
>> > >
>> > > Your energy might be better spent by giving us pictures of the lion
>> > > catching a hyena, which is not the case with your prior message.
>> > >
>> > > In true joy, sincerely, Merry Christmas to you and your loving family.
>> > >
>> > > Zach
>>
>
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JFields, RN, BSN
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