Posted on 05/28/2011 10:29:22 PM PDT by raccoonradio
Mitt suffers from a horrible proctological condition, anus flammiferus maximus, exacerbated by having to wear Mormon secret undergarments, but I must concede that despite this compelling feature, he is the most boring candidate. It is he, therefore, who is the most completely worthy of being the GOP standard bearer.
Any chance Governor Coolidge might give it another shot? People argue that he is dead. Other people say that about Mitt,and he gives out few signs to the contrary.
I understand that. But like I said, he was shoveling dirt on Milt 2 weeks ago.
Michele McScreamer is on for Howie today; I thought it was going to be Avi and Jen Brien (maybe they were in 1-3;
I only tuned in just now). No thanks.
She’s better than Avi and the colonel...not that that says much.
I like Avi esp. in terms of voice
Really? He reminds me of the “Droopy Dog” cartoon character.
Maybe so, but for me better than the other 2.
Good point!
ER doc hits ‘panic’ button
By Howie Carr | Wednesday, June 1, 2011 |
http://www.bostonherald.com | Columnists
I’m sure it’s some kind of violation of federal law — HIPPA comes to mind — but the physician just pressed the printouts into my hand.
“I want you to see what we’re up against,” he said. “This is what I have to put up with every day in the emergency room.”
He was at one of my book signings. Doc had printed out several of the records of his patients, but he seemed particularly worked up about two, a 47-year-old mom and her 24-year-old daughter.
“They used to be on Mass Health, but now they’re Commonwealth Connector,” he said. It didn’t mean much to me — one way or another, I knew you and I were picking up the tab.
Since 1993, Mom had shown up at the suburban hospital’s ER a total of 183 times. Her daughter, since 1996, had appeared 210 times. The doctor asked me, why did I think they’d appeared at the ER so many times?
“Painkillers?” I asked, in what I thought was a pretty good guess.
“Sometimes,” he said. “But mostly they do it because . . . they can.”
I asked him, do his patients often arrive in ambulances?
“Not always,” he said. “But sometimes. If they do, that’s another $500.”
It’s not often you get a look at the ER records of a pair of gimme girls. Let’s start with Mom. So far this year, she’s shown up at the hospital three times with “depressive disorder,” once with “chest pain” and another time with “headache.”
When was the last time you went to the ER for a headache?
Let’s go back to last year. Mom made eight trips to the ER for “chest pains,” five for “migraines” and four for, yes, “depressive disorder.” In 2009, in addition to the “headaches,” which are not to be confused with “tension headaches,” Mom was treated once for “panic disorder.”
Panic disorder? What, did someone tell her she was going to have to work for a living? And my favorite, two weeks earlier, “dizziness and giddiness.” Giddiness? If I’m giddy, the emergency room is the last place I’m headed.
Let’s move on to the daughter, age 24. As of late March 2011, she’d visited the ER 12 times. In 2010, she had what is (thus far) a career year, with 53 appearances. Among her 2010 “principal diagnoses” were “depression disorder,” “headache,” “skin sensation,” “pain in limb” and, my favorite, “dehydration.”
(May Dr. Carr be allowed to make a diagnosis? When faced with “dehydration,” it often helps to have some water.) That would have been my diagnosis on Sept. 10, 2008, not to mention Jan. 4, 2008, and Nov. 6, 2006. And that’s not to be confused with the Oct. 15, 2002, diagnosis of “alcohol abuse” or the “panic disorder” of Aug. 16, 2002, not to mention the various depression disorders, depressive disorders, recurring depressive disorders, etc.
“Depression disorder.” Can someone please tell me, why is it not supposed to be depressing for taxpayers when the gimme girls are getting everything for free?
It’s not too late, though. Vote for whoever the Republican candidate for president is. Another four years of Obama — that’s what the sawbones call “panic disorder.”
Article URL: http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1342096
Surely, legislation should be written so as to eliminate these abuses. And, if they aren't, then "abuse of welfare privileges" ought to be a felony.
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