Why most people in America don't want government run health care...

Mac 'N' Cheese ^ | 10 Sept. 2009 | John Walker

[walkwu]

It was just like any other day for me as a college student. I woke up, got dressed, ate breakfast and went to school.

Today, however, was not destined to repeat the normal pattern.

With about a little over an hour before my next class I decided to stop by the financial aid office as I was told the other day on the phone that that was the only way to cancel my school loan application.

Every other time I had walked by that office, it seemed 30 or so people crammed themselves into a line to wait their turn to talk with a representative. Most were looking at the walls, listening to an iPod, reading a book or some other task to pass the time away.

But this time, I was in luck, or so I thought. Only six people were in front of me.

“How long can it take to service six people?” I thought.

So I stood in line and waited. And waited. And waited.

Someone came out of the office and the person at the front of the line walked up to the counter. Suddenly, there were five in front of me; all with the same ecstatic look on their face. And I waited some more. And waited. And waited.

[nutmeg]

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[Uncle Miltie]

"White House health-care adviser Ezekiel Emanuel blames the Hippocratic Oath for the 'overuse' of medical care." (WSJ)

Instead of "First, Do No Harm" Dr. Emmanuel recommends the following (his chart:)

This graphic is from Dr. Emmanuel's article: "Principles for Allocation of Scarce Medical Interventions" The Lancet, January 31, 2009.

White House health-care adviser Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel is Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel's brother.

Q: Do you want babies and Grandma treated this way?

[This_far]

My non negotiable wall went up when “MANDATORY” became part of the pogram. (which, for some reason, the media has just recently recalled)