Comments on: Showdown Time http://www.diabetesmine.com/2007/01/showdown_time.html A gold mine of straight talk and encouragement for people living with diabetes Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:05:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Flightfire http://www.diabetesmine.com/2007/01/showdown_time.html/comment-page-1#comment-36719 Flightfire Tue, 23 Jan 2007 18:11:55 +0000 http://diabetesmine.dreamhosters.com/2007/01/10/showdown-time/#comment-36719 I think this might be a good plan, but what I don't understand is why the tax on doctors and hospitals? Why would you ask the people who provide the health care to pay for it as well? Don't they already devote their professional lives to caring for these people? Under his plan, would a doctor's office with more than 10 employees be required to pay the 4% as well as the extra 2%. If I were a doctor in California, I'd be getting pretty steamed at this proposal. I think this might be a good plan, but what I don’t understand is why the tax on doctors and hospitals? Why would you ask the people who provide the health care to pay for it as well? Don’t they already devote their professional lives to caring for these people? Under his plan, would a doctor’s office with more than 10 employees be required to pay the 4% as well as the extra 2%. If I were a doctor in California, I’d be getting pretty steamed at this proposal.

]]> By: Michael Park http://www.diabetesmine.com/2007/01/showdown_time.html/comment-page-1#comment-36718 Michael Park Thu, 11 Jan 2007 04:23:04 +0000 http://diabetesmine.dreamhosters.com/2007/01/10/showdown-time/#comment-36718 This is so interesting. I've been hearing about this from the Canadian perspective. It seems that the US is starting to adopt more aspects of universal healthcare that we've had here for as long as I've been around. Meanwhile, Canada is starting to bring in elements of a tiered healthcare system. While I've heard people complain that Canada will just 'turn into the states" or whatnot, I think both systems are coming to maybe form a happy medium... you think that's possible??? This is so interesting. I’ve been hearing about this from the Canadian perspective. It seems that the US is starting to adopt more aspects of universal healthcare that we’ve had here for as long as I’ve been around. Meanwhile, Canada is starting to bring in elements of a tiered healthcare system.
While I’ve heard people complain that Canada will just ‘turn into the states” or whatnot, I think both systems are coming to maybe form a happy medium… you think that’s possible???

]]> By: Adam http://www.diabetesmine.com/2007/01/showdown_time.html/comment-page-1#comment-36717 Adam Thu, 11 Jan 2007 02:24:58 +0000 http://diabetesmine.dreamhosters.com/2007/01/10/showdown-time/#comment-36717 Well said, Amy. Part of the reason for the mess is growers in Salinas and other parts of the Great Valley hire aliens to harvest their crops. Why? Because little old ladies back east won't pay more than 99 cents for a head of broccoli at the grocery. So how do you harvest millions of heads of broccoli, cauliflower, celery, etcetera and then ship them to the other coast and sell them so cheap? Yep. Just hire illegal aliens. They're not gonna form a union. They don't have any mortgage payment to make. Their families live south of the border. They're not gonna take sick leave. They get the job done. If they demand a pay raise, the growers can always call immigration. Unfortunately for the growers, the migrant farm workers are not machines. They're human beings. And human beings fall in love, get sick, occasionally suffer an injury, get diabetes, and well, you know, ....:) Well said, Amy. Part of the reason for the mess is growers in Salinas and other parts of the Great Valley hire aliens to harvest their crops. Why? Because little old ladies back east won’t pay more than 99 cents for a head of broccoli at the grocery. So how do you harvest millions of heads of broccoli, cauliflower, celery, etcetera and then ship them to the other coast and sell them so cheap?

Yep. Just hire illegal aliens. They’re not gonna form a union. They don’t have any mortgage payment to make. Their families live south of the border. They’re not gonna take sick leave. They get the job done. If they demand a pay raise, the growers can always call immigration.

Unfortunately for the growers, the migrant farm workers are not machines. They’re human beings. And human beings fall in love, get sick, occasionally suffer an injury, get diabetes, and well, you know, ….:)

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