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To: Leisler
Look at what Mitt "the Myth" Romney brought to the USA.

"Hospital patients 'left in agony'"
"Patients were allegedly left screaming in pain and drinking from flower vases on a nightmare hospital ward.
Between 400 and 1,200 more people died than would have been expected at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust over three years, a damning Healthcare Commission report said.
The watchdog's investigation found inadequately trained staff who were too few in number, junior doctors left alone in charge at night and patients left without food, drink or medication as their operations were repeatedly cancelled.
Patients were left in pain or forced to sit in soiled bedding for hours at a time and were not given their regular medication, the Commission heard.
Receptionists with no medical training were expected to assess patients coming in to A&E, some of whom needed urgent care.
Sir Bruce Keogh, medical director of the NHS, said there had been a "gross and terrible breach" of patients' trust and a "complete failure of leadership".
The Healthcare Commission's chairman Sir Ian Kennedy said the investigation followed concerns about a higher than normal death rate at the Trust, which senior managers could not explain.
He said: "The resulting report is a shocking story. Our report tells a story of appalling standards of care and chaotic systems for looking after patients. These are words I have not previously used in any report.
"There were inadequacies in almost every stage of caring for patients. There was no doubt that patients will have suffered and some of them will have died as a result."
Julie Bailey, 47, was so concerned about the care being given to her 86-year-old mother Bella at Stafford Hospital that she and her relatives slept in a chair at her bedside for eight weeks.
She said: "We saw patients drinking out of..."

14 posted on 03/25/2009 6:43:32 PM PDT by Diogenesis
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To: Diogenesis

DISINGENOUS, and your VANITY posts are sure credible and worthwhile. LOL.


16 posted on 03/25/2009 6:48:02 PM PDT by GOP_Lady
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To: Diogenesis
I live in Massachusetts (walking distance from Romney's home).

Recently I was unemployed long enough for my COBRA coverage to run out. Dreading my upcoming ordeal, I did a quick Google search for available individual coverage. In a few minutes I was signed up with Blue Cross. A better plan than I had with the old employer and about a hundred less. No lengthy form. No doctor's exam. Just fill out basic details and submit!

How's it work in your state?

38 posted on 03/25/2009 9:46:04 PM PDT by cynwoody
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