http://www.drpribut.com/blog/index.php/2009/08/amputation-costs-and-ops-obama-panic-syndrome/ normalizing it all Sat, 24 Oct 2009 03:57:30 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.drpribut.com/blog/index.php/2009/08/amputation-costs-and-ops-obama-panic-syndrome/comment-page-1/#comment-142 Karen L. Miller, M.D. Fri, 21 Aug 2009 03:18:11 +0000 http://www.drpribut.com/blog/?p=385#comment-142 A well-stated and measured commentary, Dr. Pribut. I'm glad I happened upon your blog. Otherwise I would have retained the impression that all of America had lost its senses in one direction or the other. Bravo! And good luck to us all in rendering a more fair and comprehensive health care system. There are no easy answers, and sensationalizing the Pres's comments rather than responding to their meaning does us no good. A well-stated and measured commentary, Dr. Pribut. I’m glad I happened upon your blog. Otherwise I would have retained the impression that all of America had lost its senses in one direction or the other. Bravo! And good luck to us all in rendering a more fair and comprehensive health care system. There are no easy answers, and sensationalizing the Pres’s comments rather than responding to their meaning does us no good.

]]> http://www.drpribut.com/blog/index.php/2009/08/amputation-costs-and-ops-obama-panic-syndrome/comment-page-1/#comment-136 pribut Sat, 15 Aug 2009 04:43:21 +0000 http://www.drpribut.com/blog/?p=385#comment-136 Thanks for your comments, Alan. I agree with you. And I'm still hanging on to hope it may yet be accomplished. You are correct on the tort reform. I would expect that to be tacked on as an amendment and to pass. Thanks for your comments, Alan. I agree with you. And I’m still hanging on to hope it may yet be accomplished. You are correct on the tort reform. I would expect that to be tacked on as an amendment and to pass.

]]> http://www.drpribut.com/blog/index.php/2009/08/amputation-costs-and-ops-obama-panic-syndrome/comment-page-1/#comment-135 Alan Sherman, DPM Sat, 15 Aug 2009 02:17:21 +0000 http://www.drpribut.com/blog/?p=385#comment-135 This was an excellent editorial, Steve, in which you make some great points. You've seen the opinion polls. If health care reform was attempted in the absence of the financial crisis, I think there really was a chance to pass a significant reform package. Unfortunately, it's being rejected by a traumatized population that sense an uncertain future, and isn't thinking beyond their own selfish needs. People who's homes are in foreclosure, or even who have such a home down the street, lose whatever modicum of civic mindedness they had. It's just a bad time in history for such reform, and though I very strongly believe in it, I don't believe we'll get anything meaningful this year. One more point: can any healthcare reform work without tort reform ? This was an excellent editorial, Steve, in which you make some great points. You’ve seen the opinion polls. If health care reform was attempted in the absence of the financial crisis, I think there really was a chance to pass a significant reform package. Unfortunately, it’s being rejected by a traumatized population that sense an uncertain future, and isn’t thinking beyond their own selfish needs. People who’s homes are in foreclosure, or even who have such a home down the street, lose whatever modicum of civic mindedness they had. It’s just a bad time in history for such reform, and though I very strongly believe in it, I don’t believe we’ll get anything meaningful this year. One more point: can any healthcare reform work without tort reform ?

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