Comments on: What does Michael Pollan know about health care reform? http://www.clf.org/blog/clean-water-healthy-forests/270/ For a thriving New England Thu, 14 Feb 2013 21:21:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Plastic Surgeon Liposuction http://www.clf.org/blog/clean-water-healthy-forests/270/#comment-185 Plastic Surgeon Liposuction Sun, 16 May 2010 05:05:39 +0000 http://www.clf.org/?p=270#comment-185 GREAT SCOTT! You must be exhausted. Thank you for this interesting post. GREAT SCOTT! You must be exhausted. Thank you for this interesting post.

]]> By: Luca Penne http://www.clf.org/blog/clean-water-healthy-forests/270/#comment-184 Luca Penne Thu, 08 Apr 2010 14:35:26 +0000 http://www.clf.org/?p=270#comment-184 It simply is not true that lawsuits and defensive medicine account for a significant part of our health care costs. TOGETHER these account for far less than one percent of those costs. Trial lawyers aren't the issue--high physician fees and overblown hospital costs are a much, much larger part of the problem. Unwanted children? I doubt that this is a real factor. We've got to get real and face up to the genuine costs of health care and stop politicizing non-political issues. It simply is not true that lawsuits and defensive medicine account for a significant part of our health care costs. TOGETHER these account for far less than one percent of those costs. Trial lawyers aren’t the issue–high physician fees and overblown hospital costs are a much, much larger part of the problem. Unwanted children? I doubt that this is a real factor. We’ve got to get real and face up to the genuine costs of health care and stop politicizing non-political issues.

]]> By: Stanley Espailat http://www.clf.org/blog/clean-water-healthy-forests/270/#comment-183 Stanley Espailat Fri, 26 Mar 2010 17:16:32 +0000 http://www.clf.org/?p=270#comment-183 My personal opinion this whole health argement even the bill is a fraud. Because Obama healthcare bill has many unwanted articles the bill doesn't target the major issue. Fast-food, high food prices, money hungry insurance companys contributed to this problem. The bill doesn't regulate arguiculture and the bad practices farmers use with fertlizers and chemicals. congress and the house fail to rise up and argue about the real issues on healthcare. This whole healthcare bill will be another formed of taxtation for middle and working class. My personal opinion this whole health argement even the bill is a fraud. Because Obama healthcare bill has many unwanted articles the bill doesn’t target the major issue. Fast-food, high food prices, money hungry insurance companys contributed to this problem. The bill doesn’t regulate arguiculture and the bad practices farmers use with fertlizers and chemicals. congress and the house fail to rise up and argue about the real issues on healthcare. This whole healthcare bill will be another formed of taxtation for middle and working class.

]]> By: Jovan Ryerson http://www.clf.org/blog/clean-water-healthy-forests/270/#comment-182 Jovan Ryerson Thu, 25 Mar 2010 01:09:11 +0000 http://www.clf.org/?p=270#comment-182 The Federal Gov't is killin' me. Why can't the whole population get that the health care bill will raise taxes for everybody and even create brand new ones for us all? The Federal Gov’t is killin’ me. Why can’t the whole population get that the health care bill will raise taxes for everybody and even create brand new ones for us all?

]]> By: buck http://www.clf.org/blog/clean-water-healthy-forests/270/#comment-181 buck Wed, 24 Mar 2010 09:08:44 +0000 http://www.clf.org/?p=270#comment-181 the world is coming to an end... the world is coming to an end…

]]> By: Ross Lewis http://www.clf.org/blog/clean-water-healthy-forests/270/#comment-180 Ross Lewis Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:09:49 +0000 http://www.clf.org/?p=270#comment-180 Here are some other important things to think of. Everyone having healthcare is best. Some people not having healthcare while others do is not bad, but less better. The cost oh health insurance is contingent upon the costs of providing that healthcare. The cost of this new bill represents the cost of the unhealthy aspects of our exsistance. People want health care reform to cost less. It can only cost what it needs to If every one single individual human made a commitment to do one thing that would be less detrimental to their health then we would be healthier and in turn the cost would be less. Health care can not regenerate what has been lost it can only stop or slow the process of destruction. Wether or not people want to pay for this health care reform to me seems unfathomable logically. The only people who control the cost is us, all of us, it can only cost less when we make it. I would pay any cost to help the people, it would be morally wrong of me not to if i helped cause this hurt, and i admit that i did. Can you admit it, and will you pay for it. you can, you don't want to, but that doesn't mean you cant. If we don't pay the high prices of today, then we will ultimately pay a higher one tomorrow. Here are some other important things to think of.

Everyone having healthcare is best.

Some people not having healthcare while others do is not bad, but less better.

The cost oh health insurance is contingent upon the costs of providing that healthcare.

The cost of this new bill represents the cost of the unhealthy aspects of our exsistance.

People want health care reform to cost less.

It can only cost what it needs to

If every one single individual human made a commitment to do one thing that would be less detrimental to their health then we would be healthier and in turn the cost would be less. Health care can not regenerate what has been lost it can only stop or slow the process of destruction.

Wether or not people want to pay for this health care reform to me seems unfathomable logically. The only people who control the cost is us, all of us, it can only cost less when we make it. I would pay any cost to help the people, it would be morally wrong of me not to if i helped cause this hurt, and i admit that i did. Can you admit it, and will you pay for it. you can, you don’t want to, but that doesn’t mean you cant.

If we don’t pay the high prices of today, then we will ultimately pay a higher one tomorrow.

]]> By: Sheldon D. Ruda http://www.clf.org/blog/clean-water-healthy-forests/270/#comment-179 Sheldon D. Ruda Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:13:56 +0000 http://www.clf.org/?p=270#comment-179 Mr. Pollan: Beware of the sin of parochialism. (Evaluating something on the basis of how well it attacks a problem--as seen by the speaker) True, Pres. Obama's proposals do not address the problems that Mr. Pollan deals with in his books. (Am reading his In Defense of Food, now.) This does not necessarily mean that they are bad. Pres. Obama was attacking different issues. (Besides, his wife--undoubtedly with his assent--began to attack Mr. Pollan's "devils" when she started the garden at the White House.) P. Obama's health care proposals, good or bad (and I happen to think that they are excellent), stand on their own merit independent.of how they stand on the food v. nutrient issues of Mr. Pollen (& vice versa). Don Mr. Pollan: Beware of the sin of parochialism. (Evaluating something on the basis of how well it attacks a problem–as seen by the speaker)

True, Pres. Obama’s proposals do not address the problems that Mr. Pollan deals with in his books. (Am reading his In Defense of Food, now.) This does not necessarily mean that they are bad. Pres. Obama was attacking different issues. (Besides, his wife–undoubtedly with his assent–began to attack Mr. Pollan’s “devils” when she started the garden at the White House.)

P. Obama’s health care proposals, good or bad (and I happen to think that they are excellent), stand on their own merit independent.of how they stand on the food v. nutrient issues of Mr. Pollen (& vice versa).

Don

]]> By: Joe waiter http://www.clf.org/blog/clean-water-healthy-forests/270/#comment-178 Joe waiter Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:17:39 +0000 http://www.clf.org/?p=270#comment-178 I haven't heard many people discussing the effect of fraudulent malpractice lawsuits on the price of insurance for the doctors. This drives up the price of OUR health-care. Or how we pay $50 for a bandaid or how hospitals rape self pay patients. Change starts with us, not them. I haven’t heard many people discussing the effect of fraudulent malpractice lawsuits on the price of insurance for the doctors. This drives up the price of OUR health-care. Or how we pay $50 for a bandaid or how hospitals rape self pay patients. Change starts with us, not them.

]]> By: Yeti+ http://www.clf.org/blog/clean-water-healthy-forests/270/#comment-177 Yeti+ Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:09:12 +0000 http://www.clf.org/?p=270#comment-177 The major problem with our current practice of tying health care coverage to the job takes the paitent out of the loop and transfers control of health care to those primarily motivated by profit. The major problem with Obamacare is that it will transfer control to those primarily motivated by power. Freemen beware. There are only two kinds of Democrats - those who would be masters and those who would be slaves. The major problem with our current practice of tying health care coverage to the job takes the paitent out of the loop and transfers control of health care to those primarily motivated by profit.

The major problem with Obamacare is that it will transfer control to those primarily motivated by power.

Freemen beware. There are only two kinds of Democrats – those who would be masters and those who would be slaves.

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