tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8254272216866737058.post7793350117787090494..comments2024-03-25T20:03:03.657-06:00Comments on Καθολικός διάκονος: Cardinal O'MalleyDeacon Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01385969740195992108noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8254272216866737058.post-16091830420025101102009-09-04T02:35:34.620-06:002009-09-04T02:35:34.620-06:00I'm not sure about Rove's statistics, but ...I'm not sure about Rove's statistics, but I'm sure he's including already publicly-funded health programs. Not much attention is paid to the fact that hospitals are more precarious than before and that there are fewer insurance companies, since a number can't make it financially. Hospitals are closing. On the other hand, new for-profit medical enterprises siphon off the more lucrative procedures which normally help an institution with money-losing procedures and indigent patients. The whole business of health care, as I understand it, is not healthy. I agree wholly that both right and left need to get less ideological and more practical, while preserving the doctor-patient relationship with the least intrusion (including pressure to provide unnecessary costly tests and procedures).clairityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13138008687608851660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8254272216866737058.post-36278556283201345732009-09-04T08:50:40.062-06:002009-09-04T08:50:40.062-06:00Sharon: He is including existing publicly-funded p...Sharon:<br><br> He is including existing publicly-funded programs in his numbers. <br><br>I could not agree more that health care reform includes more than health care coverage. It is an aspect that is rarely discussed amidst all the shouting.Dcn Scott Dodgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09994604395739905637noreply@blogger.com