[Phys-L] Re: [SPAM-4.611] Re: THE WEDGE STRATEGY of The ID Movement

[rlamont at POSTOFFICE.PROVIDENCE.EDU (rlamont)]

Having had to take my daughter into local hospitals for
intravenous medication for severe headaches several times at the
small hours of the morning - I can state that EVERYONE with
non-life-threatening illnesses waits hours on end at an urban
hospital - regardless of their ability to pay.

I cannot cry crocodile tears for the uninsured. Again, if the
child is not receiving care - it is the parents choice. All you
have pointed out is that they may be inconvenienced - but you
seem to agree that they still get treated.

Bob at PC (Who is bowing out for a while - these abortion issues
are not physics related - the Intelligent Design responses
certainly are.)


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Forum for Physics Educators [mailto:PHYS-
> L@list1.ucc.nau.edu] On Behalf Of Shapiro, Mark
> Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 5:27 PM
> To: PHYS-L@LISTS.NAU.EDU
> Subject: Re: [SPAM-4.611] Re: THE WEDGE STRATEGY of The ID
> Movement
>
> This sounds nice, but in reality emergency rooms at private
hospitals
> are only required to treat and STABILIZE patients who present
with
> EMERGENCY medical needs.  The parents of a child with a medical
> problem
> that is not life threatening may have to wait hours for care
for their
> child, and if follow-up care is needed for a problem that does
not
> require immediate treatment they may be referred to the nearest
public
> hospital or clinic, where again wait times may be in the hours.
Parents
> who work minimum wage jobs, may not be able to spend those
hours
> waiting.  And, instead, they wait until the kid gets really,
really sick
> be for seeking treatment.
>
> As a result many children of hard-working parents (as well as
the kids
> of the lazy dysfunctional drug addicts, etc.), particularly
those in
> poorer states, get third-world health care.
>
> Dr. Mark H. Shapiro
> Professor of Physics, Emeritus
> California State University, Fullerton
> Phone: 714 278-3884
> FAX: 714 278-5810
> email: mshapiro@fullerton.edu
> web: http://chaos.fullerton.edu/Shapiro.html
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