tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post2568709806261639640..comments2023-10-17T08:19:58.196-04:00Comments on FreeThinke: FreeThinkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-47812418831464935062012-12-30T11:51:23.810-05:002012-12-30T11:51:23.810-05:00Ooh! I'd love to move to Iceland! ;)
But you...Ooh! I'd love to move to Iceland! ;)<br /><br />But you are correct, the same thing does go on here, vis a vis Belize, Costa Rica, etc.<br /><br />Would you believe Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina, has started a subsidiary company, Companion Global Healthcare, to offer medical tourism services to individuals and businesses?<br /><br />Cheers!Finntannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09234170229108668040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-26961415983246771222012-12-30T07:38:41.809-05:002012-12-30T07:38:41.809-05:00FT,
You might want to read THIS ARTICLE: Revealed:...FT,<br />You might want to read <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9771022/Revealed-3-in-4-of-Britains-danger-doctors-are-trained-abroad.html" rel="nofollow">THIS ARTICLE</a>: <i><b>Revealed: 3 in 4 of Britain's danger doctors are trained abroad<br /></b></i>Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-14709285940089977182012-12-29T18:00:27.038-05:002012-12-29T18:00:27.038-05:00Life is very difficult even under the BEST of circ...Life is very difficult even under the BEST of circumstances, but every Socialist Workers Paradise on earth presents a fine living example of HELL.<br /><br /><b>Abandon Hope, All Ye Who Subject Yourselves to Marxism.</b>FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-73039852037298882142012-12-29T17:57:06.079-05:002012-12-29T17:57:06.079-05:00" ... I think building homes outside Germany...<i>" ... I think building homes outside Germany for their elderly is a perfect idea. If health care is cheaper in Slovenia, so be it. Let the Germans build homes there, employing Slovenians ..."</i><br /><br />All well and good, Z, but -- seriously -- how would you feel if it were YOU who was forced to move to -- let us say Nicaragua -- or Iceland -- because you couldn't afford t live out the remainder of your years in sunny California?<br /><br />This is why I advocate dying a bit early while I still have something to say about where, how and with whom I may live.<br /><br />I do know several people who are thinking seriously about leaving the USA. Apparently, there ARE places -- in Mexico and Central and South America -- where a modest monthly income buy you a HELLUVA lot more than it can here.<br /><br />But I'd rather DIE than be forced to leave my home. And I think I ought to have the right to make that choice -- for MYSELF.<br /><br />HAPPY SCREW YEAR! ;-)<br /><br />~ FTFreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-34309693175827697492012-12-29T17:05:28.185-05:002012-12-29T17:05:28.185-05:00Not likely. The train has left the station. Thrott...Not likely. The train has left the station. Throttle wide open. Engineer and Conductor partywwing over their great achievement. Whoppee, let he good times roll.<br /><br />Me, I have a mountain awaiting.Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-4736968691700194652012-12-29T15:19:19.039-05:002012-12-29T15:19:19.039-05:00SF is right....Britain needs not heed this any mor...SF is right....Britain needs not heed this any more than we should.<br /><br />And, of course, Americans still think "German healthcare is free" when my 41 yr old stepdaughter pays $1000 a month. Some 'free'..it's always been like this, but Americans have used Germany as the land of free health insurance like some kind of model. Some model...it's NOT TRUE.<br /><br />Personally, I think building homes outside Germany for their elderly is a perfect idea. If health care is cheaper in Slovenia, so be it. Let the Germans build homes there, employing Slovenians,...you can rest assured it's the Germans paying for those elderly, not dumping their bills on Slovenia. Something not mentioned here.<br /><br />I wouldn't be surprised if, with Obama care, Americans won't be going to Canada for their retirements...<br />I can't wait for some of the laws to kick in and watch Americans learn what they voted for! YIPPEEE!! Then we can MAYBE fix it?Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-13149629475780517132012-12-29T12:09:27.591-05:002012-12-29T12:09:27.591-05:00On the other hand I have given a great deal of tho...On the other hand I have given a great deal of thought to doing what some native Americans did at one time. When I can no longer be of productive use to society just taking a blanket, go up in the mountains and give it up. Simple, cost effective, with extremely low burial costs.<br /><br />My time may ne sooner rather yhan later. Very progressive line of reasoning wouldn't you say Ducky?Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-67434817463480508602012-12-29T11:01:11.417-05:002012-12-29T11:01:11.417-05:00Wow... In the workers paradise of Germany...
I t...Wow... In the workers paradise of Germany...<br /><br />I thought they had all these social services issues all worked out? <br /><br />Of course, this is the model Obama and the Progressives are driving us to.Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-66892326887780798892012-12-29T10:04:07.974-05:002012-12-29T10:04:07.974-05:00I should mention that it takes a very strong famil...I should mention that it takes a very strong family member to carry through a loved one's end-of-life wishes.<br /><br />Back when Mr. AOW had his stroke in 2009, I refused to allow intubation. I know enough about medicine to know that intubating a person immediately after a stroke can lead to consequences that are horrendous: the brain will "forget" how to breathe. The ICU was pressuring me to allow the intubation -- never mind that Mr. AOW's oxygen levels were just fine. I suspect that a lot of medical measures are taken or proposed out of fear of litigation. Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-40199889634445079182012-12-29T10:00:55.659-05:002012-12-29T10:00:55.659-05:00Duck,
I know for a fact that here in Virginia one ...Duck,<br />I know for a fact that here in Virginia one can set up an advance medical directive with a designated medical proxy -- a directive that specifies a morphine drip in the event of an illness from which one can have no meaningful recovery.<br /><br />I'm not sure why this provision in Virginia isn't termed <i>assisted death</i>, but it isn't -- even if the doses of morphine are so massive as to directly result in death.<br /><br />As a society, we delay "the conversation" for far too long. In Mr. AOW's case, he and I decided back in 1993 exactly what extraordinary measures we would allow or not allow; he had brain surgery in 1993, and Georgetown University Medical Center insisted that we delineate end-of-life wishes prior to surgery.<br /><br />My father, upon the advice of a very expensive but outstanding attorney, set up the legal documents To fulfill Dad's end-of-life wishes after my mother died. I was Dad's medical proxy, and, along with the long-time family physician, made the final decision for Dad according to his wish of "No nursing home <b>EVER</b>!"Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-28102761216091886112012-12-28T19:22:17.438-05:002012-12-28T19:22:17.438-05:00We are largely in agreement FT regarding end of li...We are largely in agreement FT regarding end of life health issues.<br />Massachusetts defeated an "assisted death" ballot measure by a small margin this year.<br /><br />Somehow passing peacefully rather than experiencing God's mercy through an inoperable brain tumor damages out puritan heritage.<br /><br />I wouldn't pass out the cyanide and I'd construct the social welfare state to allow seniors a basic level of comfort and dignity. It can be done fairly easily.<br /><br />As a point of order I must remind you I'm no commie. My take on Marxist economics is more accommodating.Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-41922617422474440052012-12-28T18:09:47.426-05:002012-12-28T18:09:47.426-05:00I hope I do drop dead in the street, Ducky -- very...I hope I do drop dead in the street, Ducky -- very suddenly and without any warning whatsoever. Beats the hell out of prolonged invalidism -- unless one is fortunate enough to have a wife like AOW -- or may late mother -- or a son like me for that matter.<br /><br />Leading a short merry life is not a bad objective. The only thing that could beat it would a long merry life. Merry being the operant word, of course.<br /><br />The best things in life may be free, but medical care is never going to one of them.<br /><br />A truly enlightened society would provide a cyanide capsule to each of its citizens (minors excepted, of course) free of charge to be taken whenever the citizen feels its appropriate for whatever reason. <br /><br />Safe, cheap, decisive, effective.<br /><br />Your tendentious Marxian fantasies about life at the turn of he last century are just that -- FANTASIES -- retrograde propaganda designed to justify the atrocities people of your benighted political persuasion have visited on a once-thriving-now-moribund society.<br /><br />HAPPY NEW YEAR anyway, you cockamamie commie, you! ;-)<br /><br />~ FTFreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-58572460864854796172012-12-28T15:51:29.449-05:002012-12-28T15:51:29.449-05:00FT, maybe we could just have them dropping dead in...FT, maybe we could just have them dropping dead in the streets as we did in the early part of the last century.<br /><br />You know, let the Repubs give them the Full Ayn Rand.<br /><br />And make sure elder care is a "for profit" activity.<br />Don't get Kapital upset. <br /><br />Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-9033561863727190332012-12-28T15:29:46.429-05:002012-12-28T15:29:46.429-05:00I'll choose "an alternative" rather ...I'll choose "an alternative" rather than be deported. If I'm physically capable of effecting that alternative, that is.<br /><br />Now, I wouldn't mind downsizing my abode at this stage of my life, particularly so that Mr. AOW and I would be living in a one-level dwelling. But I'd need help with the cleaning out. And I sure as hell wouldn't own a house that couldn't accommodate my piano (upright) and the choicest of our cherished family heirlooms (antiques) and our beloved kitties.<br /><br />To some extent, the moral fabric of a society can be judged by the way that society treats the disabled and the elderly. Deporting the elderly is an abomination as far as I'm concerned.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.com