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Re: Politics and MedicineFrom: Paul Prior MD (pprior@fast.net)Thu Aug 29 22:37:49 1996
On Thu, 29 Aug 1996 14:57:40 -0500 (CDT), you wrote:
>At the risk of starting a flame war I, nevertheless, am adding my $.02 worth. At least you're honest about such dubious achievements ;)
>Who cares about length of stays after delivery? Not the Republicans. Length of stay has become a politicized issue, which is VERY much underestimated by most ob/gyns, IMHO. Sure it SOUNDS good to have the friendly goverment come in and assure women their god-given rights to 48 magical hours in the hospital (after all, there must be mounds of clinical data to support such a position, right??), but anytime we have the government (read=paper pushers) deciding what medical care should/shall/will be, the slipperly slope gets a LOT slippier. These issues should be fought by the markets - if women want longer stays then let them achieve it with their wallets (bad publicity much more so than legislation has caused most HMOs in this area of the country to abandon the 24hour stay).
>Who cares about the well being of women? Not the Republicans. Blatently false. In making such statements you follow blindly along with the "party line" of the Democrats who attempt to demonize the philosophy that more government is not better....
>Who cares about women's reproductive rights? Not the Republicans. This is the area in which I have the greatest dificulty with my party. However, in the big picture, the long term financial health of this country is far more important than abortion rights (not to minimalize that issue, mind you, but there -are- other things that matter, even to Ob/Gyns! ;) It's up to we "pro-choice" republicans to change our party's stance on this issue - and that is happening slowly (platforms aside, we all know the fanatics on both sides who write platforms...)
>Who wants to reduce the benefits to Medicare patients? Yes, the Republicans. Blah, blah blah... Slowing the rate of GROWTH is NOT the same as reducing benefits. Again, the media perpetuated party line lives on... The differences between the reduction in growth proposed by both the president and by the republican congress were fiscally minute - but the liberal press has turned them into huge differences. It matters not unless we slow it - people (some perhaps associated with the ACLU <G> who desire more spending and more spending to cure society's ills, not only miss the fact that such spending has not been shown to actually do so, but also that if we continue to spend in such a manner, there will be NO money left to spend at ALL! And -then- what will the liberals do?
>Feel free to throw your arrows at me. I'll be out of touch for a few weeks! Somewhere warm and pleasant, I hope! My apologies for the loose connections to this mailing list. But we are discussing reproductive rights as well as some issues regarding the delivery of health care in the midst of the other issues mentioned. I feel that noone is going to muse through this particular thread expecting any great clinical discussion and that its topic clearly indicates the dangerous pathway within =8^)
-- Paul Prior MD pprior@fast.net Home deliveries: PGY-III Ob/Gyn ok for pizzas TRHMC-Reading, PA not for babies
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