Comments for Fraud in the medical field at http://tracypress.com , comment 1 to 5 out of 5 comments http://tracypress.com Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:36:54 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://tracypress.com/content/view/14437/2244/#comment-44461 Dear Scott, (and to all commentators) I would like to share some information on our health care system today. First the United States health care currently is ranked number 37th in the world today according to a WHO(World Health Organization)report. We average one doctor per 1230 residents and we spend about $6100 per capita according to an ABC news report. There is an estimated 47 million Americans uninsured and according to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academics estimates that about 18,000 Americans die every year because they cannot afford to pay for diagnosis, treatment and cure. (about 1,500 a month)According to a Harvard School Public Health Physicians report, put the number of deaths due to medical malpractice in hospitals, excluding emergency rooms, at 80,000 a year. We as concerned citizens reserve the right to take a hard look at these figures and the revenue that insurance companies and the pharmaceutical industry makes to create a better health care system designed to treat and care for our citizens. We, as concerned citizens can create a better health care system for our children. We should be number one or at least in the top 10 of the WHO list of health care systems in the world. - BernieS Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:45:34 +0100 http://tracypress.com/content/view/14437/2244/#comment-44402 I don't know what you do Scott, but you're not the professional here. Your son was ill. Would you chance taking him home to soon. It is actually the other way around. They are making surgery where you don't have to stay overnight for like we use to. Can't even take an extra day off. I had my gallbladder taken out and I went home in 4 or 5 hours from beginning to end, feeling better then ever. - maybenotdumBcommenT Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:54:01 +0100 http://tracypress.com/content/view/14437/2244/#comment-44367 I have never been charged $300 or $400 for an office visit and I think the medical "profession" is a lot different than your run-of-the-mill businesses. These professionals are dealing with your health, your life. I think they deserve a little more respect than you or Galaviz are giving them. I trust my doctors decisions. Maybe that's the difference between your attitude towards the medical profession and mine. - B-dub Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:13:46 +0100 http://tracypress.com/content/view/14437/2244/#comment-44365 Had they released your son and he died, you would of sued them. Unlike a plumber, Doctors cannot guarantee their work because the human body is too complex. In addition, they cannot be sure that the patient will follow their instructions after they leave the office. BTW, in this business of yours did you have to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in educational expenses or did you just have to pay a business lisence fee? If you do not like the kind of medical service you are getting, you are absolutely free to BECOME A DOCTOR YOURSELF! - Huh? Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:10:55 +0100 http://tracypress.com/content/view/14437/2244/#comment-44331 There is some truth to the general claim that there is a perverse incentive to provide unnecessary care, test and evaluation the way the system is currently designed. Anyone who has gone to their PCP more than once has likely encountered the drug reps who vend special privileges/Las Vegas/Napa "conferences" to promote their products. There is a tension, of course, between the 900M$USD to bring a drug to market and the pursuit of earnest medicine but, we must ask, is a profit-driven system capable of erring on the side of science and caution? - Mark Davis Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:18:49 +0100