Healthcare costs

[Edwina's Secretary]

Again, the same people who are so very adamant about protecting the most intimate part of their lives-medical information-are willing to let the government sponsor a system that will allow that information to be put into a 'paperless' system that HC workers and hackers can access.

If identity theft is so prevalent, what will keep unauthorized people from hacking a system to get info that will allow them to steal an indentity for their own use?

And this is different from today...how? Medical records are hacked into...and published in the National Enquirer all the time.

A doctor recently wrote a prescription for me on a piece of paper. It was for a sore on my ear. I was instructed to put the cream on my right leg twice a day. Bad handwriting or sloppy reading?

How does paper vs. paperless reduce mistakes? How does paper enhance security?

Was that "dude" or duh???

[rosethecopycat]

Paper or paperless....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xNnR...eature=related

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Paper or paperless....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xNnR...eature=related

Golf clap, nicely done.

[RICHARD]

Paper or paperless....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xNnR...eature=related

Paper.

You can hold it in your hand and in a pinch use it for TP.


Try THAT with a Blackberry.

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Try THAT with a Blackberry.

People have, it aint pretty.

[RICHARD]

People have, it aint pretty.

Another reason not to shake hands with people who use PDAs and cells.

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Seriously, Why charge ahead with a problem that affects EVERYONE?

How do you fix something so terribly screwed up without tearing it down and starting over?

Fix the money and lawsuits, first!

[Edwina's Secretary]

Fix the money and lawsuits, first!

And screw the 50 million with no access to health care.... let them eat cake, right?

[Puckstop31]

And screw the 50 million with no access to health care.... let them eat cake, right?

The 50 million number is HIGHLY debateable. And, as most statistics, subject to a great deal of contextual explaination... How many of those people CHOOSE to not have insurance? I know I chose to not have any for a long time when I was younger. When I needed to go to the doctor, I paid for it. How many of those people are between jobs?

Those 50 million, DO have ACCESS to healthcare. Just not insurance. And isn't that what Medicare/Medicade is for?