Quote Originally Posted by Edwina's Secretary View Post
Here's what I mean about people who do not know what they are talking about....

We know a couple. They are both doctors with Seguro Social - the Mexican health system. He is in general practice - at a clinica. She is a specialist at a hospital.

They are every bit as educated as a doctor in the US. In fact they attended a University in Guadalajara where a good number of US doctors go to study. I would (and have) trust them with my healthcare.

I would not think of insulting them by telling them they are considered to be practicing "folk medicine" that they are "shamans" - that they are unfamiliar with X-rays, CAR scans or MRIs. By someone who I suspect has never even seen a clinic in Mexico. Maybe even never have been to Mexico?

So...don't be a jerk and listen to people who enjoy saying the sky is falling - even if they have never seen the sky.
I was going to let this one pass, but I find that you are at times very entertaining and insulting caustic.

You can never let a post of mine go without making it a point to counterpoint a comment that I make.
I try to keep things light, but that is kinda impossible when people who have no sense of humor take me to task.

Of course I have been to Mexico, of course I have been to the clinics and also been to 'curanderas, brujos and brujas'. The Expats who can afford to go to the doctors can and will.

(Just so you know, The Most Interesting Man in the World was my Infectious Disease doctor....You don't have a sense of humor, so I won't explain it to you.)

I have seen the best kind of care offered and been a patient on the receiving end of WORLD CLASS Pat care.

I did put in 30 years in the HC industry and I remember you asking ME for some advice as to how to look at or into a hospital bill.

I may not know all there is about medicine, but might know a bit more about how a hospital runs.

It runs on paper and on that paper is printed dead presidents.

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The real danger of the Obamacare debacle are the people who won't bother to look up into the sky to see what is flying about. They are the dedicated brainwashed who believe the government is too involved with our lives, but go on and crow about how the government will reform an industry that's got it's head shoved so far up the politico's rear end they know exactly how many have prostate problems.

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The next time someone you know or even yourself runs into a problem with the 'system' do not complain about it.

Go back to watching "Scrubs" or "House" and figure out how they resolve a health care issue in 48 minutes.

And watch for the lawyer commercials or the ads that want you to go see a doc when your medication causes you anal leakage, dizziness, an erection that lasts more than 4 hours or tingling in the arms or legs.

That's all you need to know.


Yeb vas.