Genesis Health Systems

Health care mess caused by the government itself? HMO's supported by the government skim the 'cream' off the patient population. Leaving the community health system taking care of all the poor and uninsured. This has driven the community health to the brink of bankruptcy. 1 May not sue HMO's (ERISA LAW) when maltreated. 2. Advanced techniques to delay or deny testing or treatment. (Doctors are given bonuses at year end fromr 'left over' money) 3. Retired people are legally worthless. Our government at work.

Philippine health care delivery system that affects the health community of the people? can you help me to have a 20 questions that affects the health community

How can the community health nurse be instrumental in effecting change in the health care delivery system? changes nurses make in home health delivery system

How could someone with a superior immune system use it to benefit the health community? Hi, I am someone who has been made aware (by an angel) that the reason that I got very sick at regular intervals and produced a lot of snot, when I was a child was that people from about 1050 years in the future worked on a virus that would be active to my DNA. Knowing that technology would advance exponentually throughout time, they would probably be a paradox in time. someone did analize my blood and said that I must have recovered from something that would have killed me. How could I prove this is true legally in the country of Canada and once proven be studied.

What is role of family in health care delivery system in the community?

What advice would you give me how to interact with my mental health worker? I have been visiting with a community mental health worker for two years, on average once a week. What advice would you give me on how to steer this arrangement in the right direction? I have been in the mental health system for five years. I had a temporary internship position in the local tax office and my boss told me that I was staring into space and that I was sick. My employer referred me to a psychiatrist and to a public health psychotherapist. The psychiatrist said that I had a psychosis and he settled on a treatment of a small daily dosage of Haldol, the anti psychotic. The psychotherapist said that I had a low level of thought disorder (a one out of ten on the scale of mental disorder). He consulted with me for two years, every three or four weeks. He withdrew from my case and the next year a new mental health worker started seeing me. She meets with me on average once a week, usually for coffee. What can I do with the present arrangement I have got?

Does New Health Czar Challenges Obama's Ethics Reforms? Nancy-Ann Min DeParle, who President Obama appointed as director of the White House Office of Health Care Reform on Monday, took home at least $2.4 million in 2006 and 2007 from serving on the corporate boards of health-care companies whose businesses she would be in a position to affect in her new position. Since leaving the Clinton administration in 2001, DeParle has made a fortune by serving on 10 boards in the health-care industry in addition to her lucrative career as a managing director at private equity firm CCMP Capital and a senior adviser at JP Morgan Partners. Her journey from the public sector to the private sector and back again would seem to represent the type of revolving door relationship between Washington and corporate America that President Obama pledged to put an end to during the campaign and in an executive order. Tom Daschle, who was originally supposed to hold the same "health czar" position in addition to serving as Secretary of Health and Human Services, came under fire after it was revealed that he received $220,000 for giving speeches to health groups over two years. But DeParle's ties to the health-care industry run much deeper. In just 2006 and 2007 alone, DeParle earned $376,140 in cash and stock from Cerner Corp., according to a TAS analysis of the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Cerner is a leader in the field of health information technology, which the Obama administration has made a key part of its health-care agenda. During the same time, she also was awarded $377,319 by DaVita Corp., which specializes in kidney dialysis, and $224,749 from medical device maker Boston Scientific Corp. In addition, she served on the board of Triad Hospitals from 2001 through its merger with Community Health Systems in 2007. When the $54-per share deal was approved, she was paid $1,059,205 for the stock options she held in Triad and she sold an additional $349,164 in common stock, for a windfall of $1,408,369. This analysis only scratches the surface on her overall earnings from corporate boards since 2001. The reason is that some corporations did not specify how much each individual board member received in compensation in their filings in a given year. Philip Klein Pure Rep.Evil: the point is that she is in their pockets with a history of "I scratch your back...." got it? semper-p: hahaha. you have a real talent with words...

You are a community educator for a large health care system. You are preparing for a series of two classes on? smoking cessation that will be followed by a support group for people who want to quit smoking. 1.) Write objectives for the course in all three learning domains. Indicate how you plan to measure each of them. 2.) Write objectives for the first class, with one at each of the six levels of the cognitive domain.

What are examples of political and socio-economic factors that affect health? There are 6 factors that affect community health: political, socio-economic, heredity, environment, behavior, and the health care delivery system. Can someone specify/give more information on the POLITICAL and SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS affecting health?

What are some thoughts on community mental health centers? Are they beneficial to the client populations they serve? Do clients tend to get "stuck" in the system? What are the upsides and downsides?

Is Government behind the Health care mess in America? The government, led by Hillary, pushed the HMO's to continue their mission of taking only paying patients. Thus by skimming the paying patients from the community they removed a massive support of the community health system driving them to the insolvent state they are in now. The government, in the '80's -90's promoted HMO's and gave the HMO's protection from malpractice lawsuits by using the ERISA laws. HMO's have perfected the delay and deny schemes the government so loves, thus saving huge amounts of money for the HMO's. Also aided by giving the doctors bonuses from this saved money at year end. HMO's have also won in courts in the event of a lawsuit slipping through on failed care of retired people by proving the retired are legally worthless as they generally have no earned income losses if rendered unable to 'work'. If the poor have no health care, it is primarily the doing of the govrnment.

Why Doesn't Our Country (the U.S.) and Media Talk About the Lack of Mental Health Resources Available to Us? We hear so much about all the murders and child predators and especially the family murder/suicide rates in our country, but, no one seems to address that many crimes and bad acts by our citizens could be prevented if they had a sound community mental health system to turn to. It's sad that we have not made the same progress in mental health and how we address our emotions and mental states as we have in Cardiology, Onocology, and other Medical Fields. People are still treated like misfits if they have problems, and it's treated in a "hush-hush" manner and the stigma that goes with it is the worse discrimination that takes place. It's sad that Crisis counselors are made available for those affected by the loss of control of others, but, had such help been available to the perpetartors of these acts in the first place, they might have been prevented. We are too used to reacting and grieving instead of preventing. We need to provide help to those that want and need it.

What Impact will a swine flu epidemic have on America's health care system? Back in the cold war days Most communities set up health care districts and built community hospitals. We intentionally overbuilt capacity to ensure it would be there in a true emergency. Now we have huge conglomerates buying up these community funded hospitals for pennies on the dollar and closing them. Simple economics, dry up supply and raise prices. Fewer Emergency room, fewer facilities to care for those truly in need of care. How does this Private unregulated model benefit the country?

Has the government itself caused the mess in health care? Government supported and backed HMO's have been the MAIN cause of the health care system failure. The HMO's are skimming the paying patients off the roles of the community health care system. Leaving the no pay and the welfare to be cared for by the community hospitals. The government has protected the HMO's from malpractice lawsuits using the ERISA shield. The government stands by while the HMO's delay and deny medical treatment to these paying patients. The HMO's have found out that retired people in their system are legally worthless. So even if their care fails the patients they have no worries about paying for any damages from their lack of care. This system was pushed by Hilliary Clinton the last time the Dems were in power. The projected new health 'czar' is a head of Kaiser HMO.

HMO's supported and protected by government destroying community medicine? HMO's skim the 'cream' off the public sector. HMO"s take care of paying patients. This leaves the non paying and welfares overloaded in the community hospitals. The overhead is crushing the community health care system. HMO's while supported by Hillary can not be sued for malpractice (ERISA rule), have perfected the delay and denial game, and have found out that the retired are legally worthless. Therefore, if they could sue they have no money damages to collect. Not a fair level playing field for community health care providers.

has Thialand got a universal health care system in place for the elderly 60+ y/o in the northeast? Thailand has very minimal health care for the elderly if you are employed maybe ok,if you are government servant ok as well! but if you are from the northeast little or no family what has the government got in place for the elderly is there a universal health care system for the poorer communities in the northeast?

How do you deal with drug dealing in your neighborhood when the systems in place have failed? There are systems that are supposed to help communities deal with these issues (safety/protection, education, health). Some communities have less of these services available or pieces of services that are broken (police/justice, schools, city services). How are communities with limited resources successfully dealing with issues of drug dealing in the middle of their blocks when they don't have the same options as other communities?

How might faith communities bring about change in our health care system? Senior Govt. question based on the movie SiCKO. ALSO: How do you make sense of the disparity between ordinary people's lives in this country and in the countries found in SiCKO

What is so hard about the health care reform in USA? How is it possible that a Country like Quatar can have a national health care system that works, ( Quatar citizenship only) and America can't? There really is no problem here. If you are not a U.S Citizen then you dont get coverage. Plain and simple. A guest residency does not apply. Now again I ask the community whats the problem? You know if the general public would pay respect to this by not Hiring illegals to do labor we wouldn't have these Issues.

Why is the international community not intervening in Zimbabwe? The dictatorship of Mugabe has destroyed all sytems in Zimbabwe, a country which used to be a jewel of Africa. The health system has collapsed, human rights abuses are rampant, the economy is in a crisis (with inflation at 1200% in a war free zone). The country needs the help of the UN, or US, Britain, IMF, World Bank!! And the dictatorshp needs to be ousted.

Shouldn't existing health care systems be improved instead of starting a whole new bureaucracy? Instead of starting a whole new government bureaucracy, here are some ideas: put limits on malpractice and other lawsuits of hospitals and doctors. Improve and expand health department clinics. Go back to the idea of community hospitals: small, no frills, no cable tv, coffee bars, fancy waiting rooms, or parking lot guards. Patients can get basic treatment, not plastic surgery or other luxury surgeries. They can help repay (upon recovery) by offering their labor: cleaning, painting, repairs, kitchen service, etc. In this way, the people will be more appreciative of the free service and realize that nothing is free. These hospitals can be placed in vacant stores, malls and other vacant buildings. The local community can get together and fix them up. Limit emergency treatment to injuries and serious situations, not hangovers, headaches, or hangnails.

When should a successful corporation start giving back to the community? I believe that a lot of todays inequality is caused by big business, never being content with their profit margins. If all business that had reached a sustainable position in the market were to be capped at a reasonable profit, any money that was then earned could be channelled back into the community for education, health, family welfare etc. surely this would lead to a more balanced and stable world? Maybe capitalism could help build our communities instead of just profit from them, because this system is not working. I would like to communicate with someone from "big business" to debate the pros and cons and hopefully learn something about a system that will never be satisfied.

ANYBODY in the uk that goes to a community mental health team(NHS) to see their Pysch etc I would like to know if we can have access to see the notes they write on us on there computer system (here in London they call it Rio) they all share these notes along with my GP for example,i guess i could just ask when i next go there,just thought i would ask if any one had done this tho??

Weightloss/Health/Fitness Forum/Community minus extreme/negative attitudes? I'm looking for a weightloss support forum/community that is positive and isn't centred on denial, punishment, obsession with calories and unhealthy systems such as Atkins. Veg*an friendly a bonus but I guess I can stay out of those threads. ~sigh~

Do you think it's time to offer health care for the 9 mi Kids, who have none & whose parents fight for them ? Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton already passed laws with Republicans for 5 millions us kids who now benefit cares, she still go on with New York both democrats & republicans senators because as she says : " They are not their kids, they are not others kids, they are our kids ! " >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Some parents still cannot afford to pay the Cares & policy Insurance so they have to sell their houses in order to give cares for their boys & girls.... Is it our America ? Is it the role of the US Community to keep such as situation ? We really Can do better for kid health system without having to watch parents middle class or popular class situation !

What can we do to help make the health system a respected service? Why have they closed hospitals, and sent the sick and needy into communities where anyone can care for them as long as you have some common sense and a little experience. Whats happened to the laws of training for at least 3 to 4years. And only if you graduate you get the job and the wages that come with the job? Isn't that a bit too much for law abiding citizens?

More Good Obama news: Hospital, Insurer Stocks Perk Up as Doubt Clears .? Shares of hospital chains such as Tenet Healthcare Corp. -- up 8.4% this week -- and Community Health Systems Inc. -- up 5.5% -- have benefited already from expectations that those provisions will reduce the number of uninsured patients seeking hospital care. For such companies, any overhaul that increases the number of people with insurance "is good reform as long as it pays more than Medicare," said Sheryl R. Skolnick, managing director at Pali Capital. "Both bills do." http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126153463391102349.html

Why would anyone want to go to the US for health care? i live in canada and i dont know of anyone who is running to the profit-based health care system of the US. really, i dont know anyone who thinks the US health care is better. so....basically people are paying for the same quality of treatment in the US they can have here but for free? there are hardly any wait-lines whatsoever. my mom has breast cancer and she can get all her surgery done in our small town community without paying a dime. seriously the private sector does not run things efficiently and i'd rather people not die because its not profitable to treat them

Regarding health care, does this not make sense to you? By Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) Washington, DC — With the Senate health committee convening daily to craft a comprehensive health reform bill, the basic outline of this landmark legislation is now clear. Yes, it will ensure access to affordable, quality care for every American. But, just as important, it will hold down health care costs by creating a sharp new emphasis on disease prevention and public health. As the lead Senator in drafting the Prevention and Public Health section of the bill, I view this legislation as our opportunity to recreate America as a genuine wellness society – a society that is focused on prevention, good nutrition, fitness, and public health. The fact is, we currently do not have a health care system in the United States; we have a sick care system. If you’re sick, you get care, whether through insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, SCHIP, community health centers, emergency rooms, or charity. The problem is that this is all about patching things up after people develop serious illnesses and chronic conditions. We spend a staggering $2.3 trillion annually on health care – 16.5 percent of our GDP and far more than any other country spends on health care – yet the World Health Organization ranks U.S. health care only 37th among nations, on par with Serbia. We spend twice as much per capita on health care as European countries, but we are twice as sick with chronic disease. How can this be so? The problem is that we have systematically neglected wellness and disease prevention. Currently in the United States, 95 percent of every health care dollar is spent on treating illnesses and conditions after they occur. But we spend peanuts on prevention. The good news in these dismal statistics is that, by reforming our system and focusing on fighting and preventing chronic disease, we have a huge opportunity. We can not only save hundreds of billions of dollars; we can also dramatically improve the health of the American people. Consider this: Right now, some 75 percent of health care costs are accounted for by heart disease, diabetes, prostate cancer, breast cancer, and obesity. What these five diseases and conditions have in common is that they are largely preventable and even reversible by changes in nutrition, physical activity, and lifestyle. MEGAN - No honey, I definately don't work for any medically related company. I'm one of the folks they've forgotten about since I don't have insurance anymore.

Help.. master in mental health psychology --APA or CACREP accreditation? Hello, I am about to graduate (major in psychology). I am planning to do my master in mental health and I would like to work for the jail mental health system or with adults in prevention or substance abuse, rehabilitation.. (in the field mental health) . I am evaluating two programs but they offer different acreditations and I have read about both accreditations but I don't know which one is best for what I want to do.. there is a program in Mental health with the psychology department (APA accreditation) and the other program name is Master of Science in Counselor Education: Mental Health Counseling Track (this program is with the education department but I checked the classes and they are all psychologies and it says that it is designed to educate and prepare individuals interested in functioning as counselors and practitioners in community mental health settings, institutions, hospitals, schools and private practice (it offers an CACREP accreditation) which one you think is better for me (* having in mind that I want to work for the goverment with criminals or troubled youth ?) I want to continue in the field of psychology no in Social Work because I want to get my PsyD in 8-10 years and since I plan to do my doctorate in the same university I want to tranfer some of the credits, which is very possible if I stay in the field to get my PsyD. in psychology

Did you know that America has the worst health care system in the world? I mean Johns Hopkins Hospital, Mass General, Cleveland Clinic and Mayo Clinic are the WORST hospitals in the world. There are far better hospitals in rural Cuba and East of Ural Mountains in Russia. America also has the worst medical schools in world. Harvard Medical School, Johns Hopkins MS and Columbia MS amongst others are the worst, there are Community College Medical Schools in Canada that are far better and give you the same degrees. Did you know that America ranks behind Equatorial Guinea in terms of medical imaging technology, pharmaceutical innovation and cutting edge surgical procedures?

What can you tell me about living in Israel for older Americans? Are any of you older Americans who have moved there? Can one live on less money from an American perspective? I would like details about Tel Aviv or any seaside community and also the health care system for foreigners. Thanks. 1. Is Israel friendly and welcoming toward older new residents? 2. Are there any community resources to help seniors with necessities? 3. Are there disabled services? 4. What percentage of population are Americans? Thanks Bekhah.

I thought illegals could not receive free health care is it reality or a myth? AP) Graciela Barrios, an undocumented immigrant with few resources, has long relied on her county health clinic for the advice, the medication and the tests that kept her diabetes under control. But next month, Barrios and thousands like her will be on their own, with many more people across the nation facing the same fate. Bowing to recession-related budget pressures, Sacramento County recently took the drastic step of cutting non-emergency health services to illegal immigrants. Contra Costa County will vote on a similar measure on Tuesday. Local health systems in other states also are facing such decisions as health officials find themselves trapped between their dwindling federal, state and local funding streams and the growing number of newly uninsured who need services. "The general situation there is being faced by nearly every health department across the country, and if not right now, shortly," said Robert M. Pestronk, executive director of the National Association of County and City Health Officials, based in Washington, D.C. Data on the cost of health care for unauthorized immigrants is hard to come by, because community clinics and hospitals usually do not ask patients for their immigration status. But the Pew Hispanic Center estimates that of the 11.9 million illegal immigrants living in the United States, about 59 percent have no health insurance, making up about 15 percent of the nation's approximately 47 million uninsured. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/16/health/main4867791.shtml?tag=topHome;topStories

Could you accidentally send your baby though an x ray machine? A woman going through security at Los Angeles International Airport put her month-old grandson into a plastic bin intended for carry-on items and slid it into an X-ray machine. The early Saturday accident — bizarre but not unprecedented — caught airport workers by surprise, even though the security line was not busy at the time, officials said. A screener watching the machine's monitor immediately noticed the outline of a baby and pulled the bin backward on the conveyor belt. The infant was taken to Centinela Hospital, where doctors determined that he had not received a dangerous dose of radiation. Officials, who declined to release the 56-year-old woman's name, said she spoke Spanish and apparently did not understand English. She initially didn't want the baby transported to a hospital, but security officials called paramedics and insisted that the child be examined by a doctor. The grandmother and the child were subsequently allowed to board an Alaska Airlines flight to Mexico City. The rare incident drew attention to whether officials are staffing often-busy security checkpoints enough to prevent such an accident. And it raised questions about the danger of X-rays used to pick out suspicious metal shapes in passenger bags, given the medical community's warnings that even low amounts of radiation can build up over a lifetime. "Rather than focus on the radiation dose, which is a small amount, we need to focus on why this happened, so it doesn't happen again," said Dr. James Borgstede, a diagnostic radiologist at Penrose-St. Francis Health Systems in Colorado Springs, Colo., and president of the American College of Radiology. "Human beings weren't meant to go through those things." In the several seconds the baby spent in the machine, the doctor added, he was exposed to as much radiation as he would naturally get from cosmic rays — or high energy from outer space — in a day. Security experts said the incident underscored a more widespread concern about the screening process at LAX and other airports. "The screeners are still reporting that they're being pushed," said Brian Sullivan, a retired Federal Aviation Administration security agent. "If a baby can get through, what the hell else can get through?" Nico Melendez, a spokesman for the Transportation Security Administration, which manages LAX screeners, said the agency doesn't have enough workers to constantly stand at tables in front of the screeners to coach passengers on what should or should not be sent through X-ray machines. But in some cases, airlines contract with private companies to staff the tables and assist travelers. The TSA will also occasionally put employees at the tables if extra workers are available. TSA screeners often ask passengers to put their coats, shoes, laptops and other items into the bins, Melendez said. But they cannot observe everything people place there, because they must monitor screening equipment, he added. Still, he said that the TSA works hard to educate passengers about what carry-on objects require screening and that travelers must take responsibility for knowing these rules. "There's an obligation on the traveler to use some common sense," said Larry Fetters, the TSA's federal security director at LAX. "If they don't understand, they should ask somebody. If they ask us, we are generally able to find someone who speaks that language and assist them." On its website, the TSA posts extensive tips for travelers, including a section titled "Traveling With Children." One item reads: "Never leave babies in an infant carrier while it goes through the X-ray machine." There are also signs posted in English and Spanish at ticket counters and near security checkpoints warning passengers that they must put metal objects, such as cellphones, pagers and car keys, into bins that go through X-ray machines.

Why in perticular are black males over representated in the mental health system? I am going to be giving a presentaion on the above question at my university and would like to put the question to the online community. Please answer sensibly as your answer will form part of my research, Areas to think about, What exactly is mental health? Is Mental health affected by culture, race, class, age? What are the common symptoms of metal health suffers? How do you feel about people who are dealing with their illness's. I am going to be controversial for a moment, also in addtion to the above can you comment on the statment below as to whether you agree or not (please give reasons either way) Young black men in perticular are overepresnted in the mental health system because it is a way of watering down the black community in western. So black women are forced into interracial relationships because there are not enough black men to go around? Many thanks for answering I will look forward to your responses. 10 points to the best answer also.

community controls and hospital controls? what are they? This is from: "The selection of a proper control group may pose problems. A frequent source of controls is patients form the same hospital who do not have the outcome. However, hospitalised patients often do not represent the general population; they're likely to suffer health problems and they have access to the health care system. An alternative way may be to entroll community controls, people from the same neighborhoods as the cases. Care must be taken with sampling to ensure that the controls represent a 'normal' risk profile. Sometimes researchers enroll muliple control groups. These could include a set of community controls and a set of hospital controls. What are comm. controls and hospital controls in this context? how are they related to risk factors and sampling?

Is it a valid comparison to use VA hospitals as a "model of failure" to argue against health care reform? I realize health care reform is an inflammatory issue, with people on both sides of the fence with equally compelling arguments. I'm asking this question because a local pastor has taken it upon herself to campaign against health care reform using the VA hospital as the model of failure for government run healthcare. Personally, I don't believe this is a valid argument - primarily because private hospitals are plagued with the same problems as the VA health care system. Also you have a different demographic between these two systems - there is a patient population unique to VA healthcare, which would affect mortality rates (etc). Statistically this variable can be adjusted, but it would make it difficult to numerically compare their performance against that of private health care. I don't know whether the current proposals for health care reform are even comparable to the current VA system, if not then how can we use the VA as a model which presumes failure? Obviously the health care system overall is flawed....and I'm certainly not opposed to viable reform. I just thought her approach was unique, and it led me to wonder what thoughts the Y/A community would have. Please don't argue for the sake of argument. I'm hoping for insightful comments and feedback from both camps - I just ask that we show each other some respect here. Thank you!

Please tell me if I correctly understand the Republican philosophy concerning "for profit" health care? Please consider this real life situation and explain not only the ideological but the moral aspects of your defense of our current health system. Please note that this question has nothing to do with people getting "free" or "government" health care at your expense but with the structure of the "free market" health care system and it's implications for ordinary Americans. My father owned a small printing company in Alabama, employing about 25 people and most of the equipment was paid for as well as the building.This has been a family business, the American dream, since 1923. My father's health began to fail a while back and his doctor advised that he retire from the business which he did. My brother agreed to move to Alabama and run the company. My brother had an individual Blue Cross policy in the state of Georgia where he was living before the move to run Dad's company. My brother had had cancer some time back but was in remission and felt good about his health and the move. But, of course, as soon as he changed his address from a Georgia address to the Alabama address, Blue Cross cancelled him. No problem. He just called Blue Cross in Alabama to purchase coverage but was told that Blue Cross is incorporated in such a way that their policies are not transferable across state lines. They gave him the choice of purchasing another policy or adding him to the group at the printing company but either way, they were calling the cancer a pre-existing condtion and imposed a one year waiting period. Unfortuately, Dad had transferred his stock in the printing company to my brother in case dad passed away and this would avoid probate and other legal problems. We thought, But then the real trouble started. Before the one year waiting period that Blue Cross imposed, my brother's cancer returned with a vengence, hospitalizing him and requiring extensive and expensive treatment. The doctor and hospital bills soon ran into multiple hundreds of thousands of dollars, overwhelming his ability to pay. His medications alone were costing over $3,000.00 per month. Dad pleaded with me to come back and run the company since neither he or my brother could. I did but it was too late. Since Dad had transferred his majority stock to brother, the doctors and hospital sued and obtained judgements against my brother, seizing the company stock and laying claim to the printing presses, the building and the company's operating capital. I watched in horror as my family's business which was founded in 1923 was auctioned off for pennies on the dollar to partially satisfy a debt to some doctor's and a hospital. Had the law suits that destroyed the business been due to negligence on the company's part such as an uninsured delivery van, then we would have deserved this. But this was a case where we tried to purchase insurance for my brother and could not do so due to an insurance company's clever lawyers preventing us from transferring coverage. And then the doctors, hoospitals and drug companies charging so much they almost no one could pay. This is but one serious issue with our health care system that plagues those of us who try to live the American dream of an "ownership" society, pay our own way and create jobs for others and to benefit our community. I would appreciate if some of you "conservatives" can explain to me how and why we should allow our health care system to continue to operate in such an insane and immoral manner and destroy the lives and fortunes of people who have tried to do nothing more than to play by the rules and to contribute to our community. PS My family moved to this country from Europe in the early 1900's to persue the American dream and find freedom from social and economic injustice.

Your opinion pon the NHS's financial suppoort towards the LGBT Community? I'm a member of the LGBT Community myself and although i appreciate that support from them so we can have our youth groups, projects, etc, we already get enough funding from other organisations the way I see it without the NHS's funding, also the NHS is the National Health Service, therefore the money should go into the health system, not to us so we can have a good time at our youth groups and rallies, etc. It makes me feel so guilty whenever I see an lGBT event funded by the NHS as I just think that money could go to a much better cause, like saving someone who's having a heart attack. What's your opinion on the NHS's financial support to the LGBT Community? Yes MENTAL HEALTH, we have MENTAL HEALTH CLINICS, last I checked LGBTs were allowed to use them. Yes MENTAL HEALTH, we have MENTAL HEALTH CLINICS, last I checked LGBTs were allowed to use them so why do we need any extra help in the area of mental health. You could say waiting lists are long but is you remove the funding you give the LGBT Community and put it into the clinics you could increase the capasity of clinics that the NHS sees a priority and that would in effect shorten wasiting lists, also if I need councelling over my mental health or any other issue the NSPCC I can always count on currently and I'm certain there's other places due to how many leaflets I see.

Have you ever had to use the welfare system when you've had mental health problems? I may need to use the welfare system for cash assistance as I just got fired from my job . I have bipolar or schizoaffective..well..one of those two and it did cause problems in my working life. I love working when I can and I don't want to be like those people who just give up over use the welfare system, but I'm backed into a corner. Also, have you ever used your community mental health resources? If any of you have any advice as to what I could do besides going on government assistance I would sure love your input. I want to work, but I'm having trouble..

If Canada's Health System is so GREAT, why is Newfoundland Premier Williams having Heart surgery in the US? N.L. Premier Williams set to have heart surgery in U.S. Read more: http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2510700#ixzz0bUNe5bEd The National Post is now on Facebook. Join our fan community today. http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2510700

Why is it La Raza Demands Obama's Health Reform Plan Cover Illegal Aliens? On Monday, June 15, the National Council of La Raza (La Raza), an open borders advocacy group, issued a statement calling upon Congress to ensure that illegal aliens are given health benefits if and when Congress considers health care reform. La Raza's statement "strongly urge[d] President Obama and Congress to make every effort to ensure that health care reform reaches all communities" in the United States, and stressed that "one out of every three uninsured persons and roughly 40% of all uninsured children [in the United States] are Latino," and demanded "health care reform that makes coverage affordable and accessible for everyone — all families and all children." La Raza President and CEO Janet Murguía used the statement to emphasize that "everyone in the U.S. should contribute to a new health system," and that "Latinos [would] accept their responsibility" to contribute to a new health care system and "will pay their fair share for the health coverage they need." While the statement does not reference illegal immigration specifically, or distinguish between legal and illegal aliens, it does express concern that adding new, expensive verification and documentation procedures for immigrants would "severely restrict access to health care coverage." (La Raza Press Release, June 15, 2009). Specific research has shown that many illegal aliens lack health insurance and represent a disproportionate share of the United States' uninsured population. The Pew Hispanic Center's recent report, A Portrait of Unauthorized Immigrants in the United States, found that 59% of illegal aliens in the United States had no form of health insurance in 2007, and that 45% of illegal alien children were also without health coverage in 2007. It also found that even the U.S.-born children of illegal aliens were insured at the low rate of 25%, and that there was a significant disparity between the volume of uninsured illegal aliens and the volume of uninsured U.S. citizens and other legal residents. (Pew Hispanic Center Report, April 14, 2009). Pew's information has support in federal statistics: data collected by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Census Bureau for the same time frame show that approximately 33.2% of the foreign-born population in the United States (a category which does not differentiate between newly naturalized citizens, legal permanent residents, and illegal aliens) were uninsured in 2007, and that almost 10 million foreign-born non-citizens lacked health insurance in 2007. (DHS Fact Sheet, February 2009). (For more information on how illegal immigration is financially impacting the U.S. health care system, see FAIR's Legislative Updates for April 13, 2009, and April 20, 2009). http://www.fairus.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=20785&security=1601&news_iv_ctrl=1721#1

Is my 18-year-old highschool dropout still covered on my health insurance? My son turned 18 in March, and I just signed him out of public school (he was nowhere close to getting his diploma; whole different story). He will be getting his GED and attending community college in the fall. Being that he's 18 and not a student, will he still be covered under my medical insurance during the summer? I don't want to ask the insurance company because I don't want to clue them in that he's no longer in the school system if I don't have to. Anybody else been in this situation?

what is your opinion on these universal health care stats? Check the last set of statistics!! They will make you sick. A recent "Investor's Business Daily" article provided very interesting statistics from a survey by the United Nations International Health Organization. Percentage of men and women who survived a cancer five years after diagnosis: U.S. 65% England 46% Canada 42% Percentage of patients diagnosed with diabetes who received treatment within six months: U.S. 93% England 15% Canada 43% Percentage of seniors needing hip replacement who received it within six months: U.S. 90% England 15% Canada 43% Percentage referred to a medical specialist who see one within one month: U.S. 77% England 40% Canada 43% Number of MRI scanners (a prime diagnostic tool) per million people: U.S. 71 England 14 Canada 18 Percentage of seniors (65+), with low income, who say they are in "excellent health": U.S. 12% England 2% Canada 6% I don't know about you, but I don't want "Universal Healthcare" comparable to England or Canada. Moreover, it was Sen. Harry Reid who said, "Elderly Americans must learn to accept the inconveniences of old age." SHIP HIM TO CANADA OR ENGLAND! He is "elderly" himself but be sure to remember his health insurance is different from yours as Congress has their own high- end coverage! He will never have to learn to accept "inconveniences"!!! AND THE WINNER IS VERY INTERESTING! The percentage of each past president's cabinet who had worked in the private business sector prior to their appointment to the cabinet. You know what the private business sector is... a real life business, not a government job. Here are the percentages. T. Roosevelt........ 38% Taft......................40% Wilson ................52% Harding..................49% Coolidge.............. 48% Hoover................. 42% F. Roosevelt......... 50% Truman..................50% Eisenhower........... 57% Kennedy.............. 30% Johnson.................47% Nixon................... 53% Ford..................... 42% Carter.................. 32% Reagan...................56% GH Bush................. 51% Clinton ................. 39% GW Bush................ 55% And the winner of the Chicken Dinner is: Obama................ 8% !!! Yep! That's right! Only Eight Percent!!! The least by far of the last 19 presidents!! And these people are trying to tell our big corporations how to run their business? They know what's best for GM...Chrysler... Wall Street... and you and me? How can the president of a major nation and society...the one with the most successful economic system in world history... stand and talk about business when he's never worked for one?.. or about jobs when he has never really had one?? And neither has 92% of his senior staff and closest advisers! They've spent most of their time in academia, government and/or non-profit jobs....or as "community organizers" when they should have been in an employment line.

What is it meant by prolifiency here? ------------------- Health related issues such as poor water quality, vector borne diseases and lack of health care systems are often considered higher risks to the prolifiency of the community than natural disasters.

USA is one of world's most religious & christian countries, yet has the most greed motivated health? and the most uncaring and callous and most greed motivated health care system.....absolutely what Jesus would not want. Can anyone explain this contradiction, the purported religious and the lack of caring and empathy that says its fine that most citizens are one major illness from bankruptcy? especially when contrasted with rest of the industrial civilized world and how they view health care as more of a community shared utility and this from countries much less religious than the USA? "one of the world's most religious" why don't you read? sure lie about what I say and then attack the lie that you said. lol lol if the USA is my country and is a country for the people then I have a right to advocate change that I want. Your attitude is ignorant and fascist second poster. lol these posts make my point. Look at the venom and selfishness and greed that is out there in this great "christian" country. when was it that christ threw out the money changers again???

What do U think Catholic Archbishop: Health care plan MUST include illegal immigrants? Lobbying Congress today on the issue San Antonio Archbishop Jose Gomez says any health care reform plan has to include coverage for illegal immigrants, 1200 WOAI news reports. "It must include immigrants, especially legal immigrants, but all immigrants," Gomez told 1200 WOAI news today from Washington DC, where he and other Catholic bishops are meeting with Hispanic members of Congress about health care and immigration reform. "We are concerned about the immigrants," Gomez said. "The immigrants are human persons too, and one way or another, they are going to need health care. It think it is important to recognize that, and be open to them participating one way or another in the health care system in this country." Health care or subsidies to purchase health care for illegals has become one of the hottest issues embroiling the health care debate. It was President Obama's claim that illegals will not receive health care that prompted Rep. Joe Wilson (R-South Carolina) to yell his famous 'you lie!' to the President during a speech on health care to Congress. Gomez and Bishop Jaime Soto of Sacramento said they met with Congress 'bringing the light of faith and the light of reason.' "Any reasonable health care reform has to include the immigrant community, and has to provide, at a minimum, some sort of safety net for the undocumented," Soto said. "If we do not provide them access to quality health care, that will not only will affect their health care, but will also prejudice the health care of society in general. If this health care reform is not only to improve the health care of individuals but also improve the health care of society, it makes sense to include immigrants." Gomez said he is also urging Congress to exclude coverage for abortion. "This should be a universal plan, that everybody should be able to participate in the plan. That means also that we support a health care plan that includes the care of people from conception to natural death. I honor the statement of President Obama last week that federal funds are not going to be used for abortions, and also the protection of the conscience clause." http://radio.woai.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=119078&article=6026350

I'm considering bone marrow donation- are there any dangers or implications to my health by doing this? A boy in our community needs a bone marrow transplant to help his leukemia and it's inspired me to seriously consider donating to whoever mine matches. I am too scared of going under general anesthetic so I would like to know more about the system where they collect stem cells by hooking me up to a machine and filtering/ replacing my blood. Sounds really awful. Would you do it? Are there any short or long term dangers? Does it matter that I have a dodgy heart?

About multiple sclerosis...? I'll go to study an live in London, UK in december, the problem is that I been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and initiated treatment 4 yrs. ago, I would like to know what do I have to do to continue my treatment in a Public hospital in London, if I need to pay for that to be seen by a doctor, I do have some MRI tests that I did and some notes from my doctor with the diagnose in english. It's going to help me to get treatment for my MS in UK? I want to have this great opportunity to live, study and work in England, I just don't want to lose... Does the public health in London covers someone with my illness? I just know that my medication is so expensive or depends of the illness? Please, any information about the health system in London will be great to me... If I need a PCP, where I should go to seen by a doctor, what is the name of the Hospital who can take me as a patient, are there any Community Health Center for I go? I'll appreciate any answer about this matter...

Looking for some good message boards/websites where they know how to navigate our health care system? Is there a good website/message board/web community that knows their stuff when it comes to dealing with insurance companies and what to do if your company drops you? (i.e. medicaid/disability...or other options) I've done some searching but have not yet found what I'm looking for. It would be nice to be able to carry on a running conversation with knowledgeable people as questions arise. I'm totally stressed out because I have no clue what I'm doing...and I think would feel better about proceeding if I had a roadmap/ some semblence of a plan (i.e. "if that happens...then I should do this") So if anyone knows of where all the best gurus/good web communities are hiding who know how limited income folks can best navigate the twists and turns of our health care system, I'd appreciate your help/suggestions. Thanks. :)

Mate been in secure system 22yrs in community and struggling - ideas 2 help?She has bn sectioned on a 3? I feel involved as bn v supportive to me since my diag. She says the system just fails her and will not vol. go to a shrink. She says she has bn labeled all her life and needs to be able to be accepted as her not **************with mental health history. I worry as she is desp 4 a partner and got attacked. Wouldn't stick with police as felt they did not believe her because of past. Her behaviour is getting more wreckless. Worried 4 her saftey but feel desperately she deserves a life and to be seen as the nice woman she is with alot of love 2 give.

How can a 7 year old girl starve to death in a country like Australia? Today, her parents were charged with her death, which occurred in 2007. How can this occur, given that we have a good public health system, community assistance available in the form of welfare agencies, etc. Or am I wrong? THIS IS WRONG - and tonight, I'm going to spend even more time telling my own 7 year old daughter that I lover her. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/06/23/2606181.htm I read about the case in the UK. What is happening to the world? Like, it's not as if it's the 1930's & people are starving for a reason, both the UK and Australia have good public health systems and welfare available for those in need. Makes me wonder if it would've been better for their mother to have had an abortion if she couldn't cope with any more children. Gentile Seek - you missed my point by about: that much - read it again (and a 7 year old is NOT a baby -my 7 year old is NOT a baby!)

HOW DO WE SAVE USA AND ENSURE PROSPERITY? SAVE USA PROGRAM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 1Pension funds – tax free contribution and earnings – 3% of all wage payments Release of money at pension age or in case of personal or family emergency only 2Government Debt Relief by $ 10 tax on mining per barrel of shale oil in ground Assistance of mining in line with environment start up programs Tax general 1% of raw value of mined matter ( shale oil in ground 100 Trillion barrel) 3Pension fund investment in producing and mining companies which step in Outsourcing production inclusive management marketing And make 15% return after depreciation over 15% part of 30% Is granted as lease over 25% return all is granted as lease payment Of operating party to owner party 4Health care preventive health program and treatments established In all communities – public health system funded by tax contributions As percentage of gross income 5 Train forces on all trades and construction and improvement of roads After safety programs for roads are completed infrastructure of mining Becomes the work program including houses and school system USA Safety standards and programs and policy stays in force without alteration 6 Allow settlement of foreigners in USA to solve housing crisis Dr Gerhard F Kempe presently 61732066322 – PO BOX 474 Mundelein 60060 IL / Grayslake IL USA

muslims How to Make America an Islamic Nation ? Congress just passed a bill declaring the consumption of alcohol a felony, punishable by up to 120 days in jail. Although critics said the new law wouldn't work anymore than Prohibition did in the 1920's, supporters of the measure felt confident that it would hold, given the large support from the Muslim America community. Even now, many Islamic organizations are setting up alcohol treatment centers and prevention programs designed to help people kick the dangerous habit. The president, a staunch supporter of moral values, is expected to sign the new bill into law when reaches his desk. Sound like fiction? It may be fiction now, but the future is like a book of blank, white pages; anything can happen. When I accepted Islam and surrendered my heart to Allah's will, I didn't do it for economic or social reasons. In fact, I suffered in those two areas because of my conversion. Rather, it was a choice on my part to reform my soul, my mind and my understanding of why I was alive and why I would die one day. I didn't think about living in some town for a few years and making my fortune so my kids could go to Ivy league schools. I wasn't thinking about how to get all my relative a green card nor was I planning to leave and go back home to some far land after my bank account was full enough. I was born and raised here. This is my land. I'll raise my children here, Insha'allah and probably be buried here as well. I knew that by accepting Islam I was declaring that America needed to do so too. America, my home, would naturally become an Islamic country one day. There is no other way to think if you are a truly conscientious believer in Allah. In past columns, I have raised complaints or alarm bells at the state of some segment of the Muslim community. Now I'm going to offer three suggestions for how we can turn the situation around and become the dominant social and cultural force in a country that needs Islam more than another pop-star, beer-brand or psychic network. First, we must be reminded of a simple truth: if you believe in Allah, then you must be more than just a praying Muslim; more than just a fasting Muslim. A Christian can go to the masjid and pray side-by-side with us all he wants; a Jew can fast in Ramadan for forty years, but if such a person doesn't surrender their will to Allah, then all those activities won't mean much. Belief in Allah is what makes those actions have merit on Judgment Day. In the same way, why should we see a praying and fasting Muslim and automatically assume he or she is a true believer? The blessed Prophet once observed that many are the people who fast but who get nothing from it but hunger and thirst. In a similar vein, Allah said that people who pray for show are those who deny the deen. The intention, the belief, that's what makes our Islam real. That's what builds a foundation for the future of our community here. Secondly, what's more important than what people see us doing in the masjid, is what they see us doing outside in the society. If people view us as foreigners, it's not because everybody is an evil racist. It's because sometimes we're presenting ourselves that way. We have to look at ourselves with a critical eye! As a quick note, lest multitudes write and complain: The vast majority of Muslims here have chosen to live in non-Muslim neighborhoods; have chosen to live far from the masjid, have chosen to turn their children into neo-kuffar by letting them be indoctrinated by the public school system and have chosen to have non-Muslims as the primary people they come into contact with. If you choose not to actively practice Islam in your daily life, if you choose not to build and Islamic community, then don't display yourself as an ethnic model and say this is what a Muslim should be. This leads me to the third factor which will help our faith prosper and grow here. The essential, unifying force we must have is a solid, homogenous community. We must live together. All those people who cry about ghettoizing ourselves need to wake up. Why do the Orthodox Jews live together? Why do the Amish live together? Why do the Mormons, the Sikhs, the survivalists and the Koreans live together? Quite simply, to preserve the unique way of life from the scrourge of assimilation. Are they ghettoized? No. Are they poor? No. Their communities tend to be healthier, safer and more prosperous than the general melting pot. How many Muslims have been lost to Islam in the last fifty years here? Tens of thousands have been lost. The only reason Islam is still growing here, by large, is because of a steady stream of immigration. But when that dries up, the assimilation will dwindle our community down to nothing. It's like we have a bucket with a hole in the bottom. We keep pouring new immigrants in, but so many are leaking out are lost forever. (And we're hardly making concerted or intelligent efforts at bringing others to the faith.) I used to have contact with a unique community in the heart of Detroit, Michigan. It was originally settled by Yemeni immigrants about ten years ago. Those Muslims could have gone the way of others and lost their Iman. But as you'll see, something quite different occurred. I still remember my first visit to the area fondly. I was attending a meeting of the newly-formed local ICNA group and had never been exposed to the place before. What I saw amazed me. I was elated, in fact! Children were saying salaams to me on the street and women (in hijab) were walking around and going places leisurely and confidently. I saw Muslims who were Arab, Black and Bengali. But what took the cake for me was when out of nowhere I heard the adhan outdoors over a loudspeaker. They fought the city council and won the right to do adhan five times a day in the community! Something clicked in the minds of these people. The Yemenis formed a master plan and determined to stay together. They set up a fund and slowly bought one house after another, moving Muslim families in and drug-infested kafirs out, until they literally had thousands of Muslims businesses and stores in the heart of the community and bought a huge Catholic church and made it into a beautiful masjid. They even made a small community health care center! When we were leaving our meeting and walking to the masjid for salat, it was the most beautiful sight: from all directions, men, women and children, of all races, were going to their masjid as a community. I've never been to Muslim country before, but I'll tell you this much, I felt as if I were in an Islamic country. And this wasn't Egypt or India or Turkey. It was right here - in America.

Why doesnt Obama stop pretending to be listening to other ideas on health care? http://spectator.org/archives/2009/03/11/ostracized-by-obama/ As part of his drive to overhaul the nation's health-care system, President Obama has presented himself as a pragmatist who is more interested in creating the best possible plan than in rigidly adhering to a given ideology. "It's conceivable that there are other ideas out there that we have not thought of," he acknowledged at last Thursday's White House Health Care Summit. "If there is a way of getting this done where we're driving down costs and people are getting health insurance at an affordable rate and have choice of doctor, have flexibility in terms of their plans, and we could do that entirely through the market, I'd be happy to do it that way. If there was a way of doing it that involved more government regulation and involvement, I'm happy to do it that way as well. I just want to figure out what works." President Obama has used events such as community discussion groups and last week's summit to foster the impression that he is soliciting opinions from all angles of the health care debate, but the reality is a lot different. Obscured by the Administration's theatrics is the fact that it has kept at bay those who advocate free-market solutions rather than government-run health care. The guest list to the summit was a telling sign. Despite having representatives from 169 different labor, industry, and policy organizations, the White House did not invite any organizations that advocate a consumer-based free-market approach to health care. Progressive organizations such as the Center for American Progress, Health Care for America NOW!, and Campaign for America's Future were represented, but pro-market groups such as the Cato Institute, Consumers for Health Care Choices, the Galen Institute, or the Council for Affordable Health Insurance were not. "They brought in the health care establishment to basically divvy up the pie, and consumers were left out of it entirely," lamented Greg Scandlen, president of Consumers for Health Care Choices. "This is all predetermined and orchestrated to get the result they want." While the Republican Congressional leadership was on hand, many of the foremost proponents of a patient-focused approach to health care were not. "I suspect that that can't be an accident," Rep. John Shadegg, a Republican who has proposed a number of market-oriented reforms to the U.S. health care system and did not receive an invitation to the summit, said. "I suspect that they don't want those views expressed." Shadegg noted that other lawmakers who weren't invited included free marketers such as Rep. Paul Ryan, Rep. Tom Price, Sen. Richard Burr, Sen. Jim DeMint, and Obama's personal friend, Sen. Tom Coburn. By contrast, Sen. Bernard Sanders and Rep. John Conyers were on hand -- both of them advocate a socialized, or single-payer, system. The Obama administration's unwillingness to consider free-market views wasn't limited to the summit. TAS spoke to several professionals who took the Obama transition team up on its call to hold community meetings last December aimed at generating ideas on how to reform the health-care system. But those who came up with ideas focused on a consumer-based approach rather than a government-run one felt that their ideas were ignored. "They called out for everyone to have all of these town meetings, but if your town meeting didn't have a conclusion that agreed with theirs, they said 'thank you very much' and never came back to you," said Dr. Marcy Zwelling-Aamot, who participated in a meeting in Long Beach, California, along with a coalition of local lawmakers, hospitals, providers, and concerned residents. More here: http://spectator.org/archives/2009/03/11/ostracized-by-obama/ "The spectator is right wing propaganda at is finest." You liberals are quite predictable. I KNEW the article was going to get that reaction. Attack the messenger, not the message. You got anything that proves the info in the article completely wrong? I didnt think so. "First of all, Republican leaders and Republican Congressmen and Senators were invited." Well duh. The article mentions that. "While the Republican Congressional leadership was on hand, many of the foremost proponents of a patient-focused approach to health care were not. " "Insurance company executives, HMO's, doctors and hospitals were all heavily represented." Yes, the ESTABLISHMENT. Whats more, none of whom disagreed with the socialist plans. "The article complains about 'free-marketers' not being invited," Lie. It says many were not invited. It didnt say ALL were not invited "then near the end of the article (which you did not quote)" I didnt quote it because I cant fit the entire article. I had to excerpt. "it quotes a free-marketer that was invited. What a joke. " Again, the article says that MANY were not invited. It didnt say ALL. "What a joke. The American Spectator is a biased source. Nice try, but their game is easy to spot and see through." Nice try, but it was YOU that had to twist and lie about what the article did and didnt say in order to reach your biased conclusion. in other words, you set up a strawman so that you can knock it down. Waiting on you, Colleen, to explain how you manged to read things into the article that just isnt there. "That is a spurious claim in and of itself because it is readily apparent that a wide array of differing viewpoints were in fact represented" Yeah, but by how many. 50-5, 100-3? Whats more, their complaint is while they were invited, they werent listened to. They were invited just for show, not because Obama was interested in listening to their view. "Obviously there is a finite number of guests that can be invited. Duh" Duh. Obviously. But when youve got say, 400 limited seating, and invite lets say only 10 or 25 people of opposing views, the rest going to people you agree with,,. "'Many' free markerters weren't invited, but does it tell you that many single payer proponents were likewise not invited? Of course not because that is not the way propaganda is put together. For example: It goes out if its way to say John Conyers and Bernie Sanders were there and then tries to minimize the fact that many members of Congress with exactly opposite views were likewise present by not mentioning their names" It doesnt mention the single payer proponents because they WERE invited. The claim that they were likewise not invited is BS: http://prorev.com/2009/03/inside-obamas-healthcare-show-summit.html "Regular folks were also represented--I suppose you think that someone from the Cato Institute isn't the establishment" Not the Health Care establishment, which is what I was refering to. "Some single payer proponents were invited and some free-marketers were invited." You mean alot of single payer advocates were invited and very few free market advocates were invited. "Many single payer advocates were NOT invited just like many free-marketers were not invited---that was my point. The propagandist attempted to make it appear that free marketers were largely not invited and that single payers were largely invited. That is simply not the case." Wrong. That IS the case. Many single payer advocates were indeed invited as I pointed out. Many more than free market advocates. The article is dead on accurate about the lack of free market advocates being invited while many single payer advocates were clearly invited. "Please, this is just whining and it is bogus." Right. You give your opinions. People who disagree are "whining" "Certainly he had more people leaning toward his own perspective, but those with differing views were well represented too. The criticism is just more sore loser rhetoric." This has zilch to do with being a "sore loser". This is about the future well being of this country. "You guys lost, get over it." As long as Obama does things we disapprove of, you will continue to hear our voices in opposition. I dont recall your side "getting over it" when any Republican won office. "Pat Robertson's Regents University grads are no longer going to be staffing the government " And you and I and the whole country will be all the sadder for it, mark my words.

I need to know about symptoms after Prostate Cancer surgery? My husband had complete prostate removal surgery 5-05 and has the usual problems associated with that but has another side effect his Dr's. wont even discuss. His legs became very weak right after surgery and remain so, After asking other men (3) who have had the same surgery and them experiencing the same symptoms why wont the medical community discuss this? Any ideas? By the way....He had to use the VA Health Care System and his cancer came from service in Vietnam.

How does a person enter politics? I've always wanted to get involved the community...where I could really make a difference in people's lives - like write a law or implement a health care system for our town...I know it's a large order, but it's something I'd be willing to do. Any suggestions?

Obama Health Care? Intelligent responses please? The White House, Democrats and MoveOn liberals are spreading health care sob stories to sell a government takeover. But there's one health care policy nightmare you won't hear the Obamas hyping. It's a tale of poor minority patient-dumping in Chicago -- with first lady Michelle Obama's fingerprints all over it. Both Republican Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa and Democratic Rep. Bobby Rush of Illinois have raised red flags about the outsourcing program run by the University of Chicago Medical Center. The hospital has nonprofit status and receives lucrative tax breaks in exchange for providing charity care. Yet, in fiscal year 2007, when Mrs. Obama was employed there, it spent a measly $10 million on charity care for the poor -- 1.3 percent of its total hospital expenses, according to an analysis performed for The Washington Post by the nonpartisan Center for Tax and Budget Accountability. The figure is below the 2.1 percent average for nonprofit hospitals in surrounding Cook County. Rep. Rush called for a House investigation last week in response to months of patient-dumping complaints, noting: "Congress has a duty to expend its power to mitigate and prevent this despicable practice from continuing in centers that receive federal funds." Don't expect the president to support a probe. While a top executive at the hospital, Mrs. Obama helped engineer the plan to offload low-income patients with non-urgent health needs. Under the Orwellian banner of an "Urban Health Initiative," Mrs. Obama sold the scheme to outsource low-income care to other facilities as a way to "dramatically improve health care for thousands of South Side residents." In truth, it was old-fashioned cost-cutting and favor-trading repackaged as minority aid. Clearing out the poor freed up room for insured (i.e., more lucrative) patients. If a Republican had proposed the very same program and recruited black civic leaders to front it, Michelle Obama and her grievance-mongering friends would be screaming "RAAAAAAAAACISM!" at the top of their lungs. Joe Stephens of The Washington Post wrote, "To ensure community support, Michelle Obama and others in late 2006 recommended that the hospital hire the firm of David Axelrod, who a few months later became the chief strategist for Barack Obama's presidential campaign. Axelrod's firm (ASK Public Strategies) recommended an aggressive promotional effort modeled on a political campaign -- appoint a campaign manager, conduct focus groups, target messages to specific constituencies, then recruit religious leaders and other third-party 'validators.' They, in turn, would write and submit opinion pieces to Chicago publications." Some health care experts saw through Mrs. Obama and PR man Axelrod -- yes, the same Axelrod who is now President Obama's senior adviser. But the University of Chicago Medical Center hired ASK Public Strategies to promote Mrs. Obama's initiative. Axelrod had the blessing of Chicago political guru Valerie Jarrett -- now a White House senior adviser. Axelrod's great contribution: re-branding! His firm recommended renaming the initiative after "internal and external respondents expressed the opinion that the word 'urban' is code for 'black' or 'black and poor.' … Based on the research, consideration should be given to re-branding the initiative." Axelrod and the Obama campaign refused to disclose how much his firm received for its genius re-branding services. In February 2009, outrage in the Obamas' community exploded upon learning that a young boy covered by Medicaid had been turned away from the University of Chicago Medical Center. Dontae Adams' mother, Angela, had sought emergency treatment for him after a pit bull tore off his upper lip. Mrs. Obama's hospital gave the boy a tetanus shot, antibiotics and Tylenol, and shoved him out the door. The mother and son took an hour-long bus ride to another hospital for surgery. I'll guarantee you this: You'll never see the Adams family featured at an Obama policy summit or seated next to the first lady at a joint session of Congress to illustrate the failures of the health care system. Following the Adams incident, the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) blasted Mrs. Obama and Axelrod's grand plan. The group released a statement expressing "grave concerns that the University of Chicago's policy toward emergency patients is dangerously close to 'patient dumping,' a practice made illegal by the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA)" -- signed by President Reagan, by the way -- "and reflected an effort to 'cherry pick' wealthy patients over poor." Rewarding political cronies at the expense of the poor while posing as guardians of the downtrodden? Welcome to Obamacare. Michelle Malkin http://townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/06/19/the_obamacare_horror_story_you_wont_hear?page=full&comments=true

Why are some Christians against public health care? and other social programs? Didn't Jesus say it was our duty to take care of the sick and the poor. I am an American that lives over seas in a country with social health care. The health care system here is much better then the system in the USA. I don't understand why we can't have a similar system back home. I have a theory the really reason why Christians fear socialism of any kind is because it takes away their ability to feel righteous because then everyone would be contributing to charity. It would also take away the institute of charity which is a used in the Christian community as a way of evangelism. MrZ: where are people without healthcare supposed to get doctors now? By the way who ever was the idiot who asked, I am in Korea and people from all over the world, including the USA come here to get health care. Koreans would never go to the USA for healthcare. And the idea that people for all over the world go to the USA for health care is wrong, unless you count the super rich.

What does the letter for military occupations signify? For example a Bravo vs a Foxtrot? Is there any rythm or reason? 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INTELLIGENCE/ELECTRONIC WARFARE (SIGINT/EW) BRANCH 38 CIVIL AFFAIRS 38A CIVIL AFFAIRS, GENERAL BRANCH 42 ADJUTANT GENERAL'S CORPS 42B PERSONNEL SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT 42C ARMY BANDS BRANCH 44 FINANCE CORPS 44A FINANCE, GENERAL BRANCH 55 JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL'S CORPS 55A JUDGE ADVOCATE, GENERAL 55B MILITARY JUDGE BRANCH 56 CHAPLAIN 56A COMMAND AND UNIT CHAPLAIN 56D CLINICAL PASTORAL EDUCATOR BRANCHES 60-62 MEDICAL CORPS 60A OPERATIONAL MEDICINE 60B NUCLEAR MEDICINE OFFICER 60C PREVENTIVE MEDICINE OFFICER 60D OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE OFFICER 60F PULMONARY DISEASE OFFICER 60G GASTROENTEROLOGIST 60H CARDIOLOGIST 60J OBSTETRICIAN AND GYNECOLOGIST 60K UROLOGIST 60L DERMATOLOGIST 60M ALLERGIST, CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGIST 60N ANESTHESIOLOGIST 60P PEDIATRICIAN 60Q PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGIST 60R CHILD NEUROLOGIST 60S OPHTHALMOLOGIST 60T OTOLARYNGOLOGIST 60U CHILD PSYCHIATRIST 60V NEUROLOGIST 60W PSYCHIATRIST 61A NEPHROLOGIST 61B MEDICAL ONCOLOGIST/HEMATOLOGIST 61C ENDOCRINOLOGIST 61D RHEUMATOLOGIST 61E CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGIST 61F INTERNIST 61G INFECTIOUS DISEASE OFFICER 61H FAMILY PHYSICIAN 61J GENERAL SURGEON 61K THORACIC SURGEON 61L PLASTIC SURGEON 61M ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON 61N FLIGHT SURGEON 61P PHYSIATRIST 61Q THERAPEUTIC RADIOLOGIST 61R DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGIST 61U PATHOLOGIST 61W PERIPHERAL VASCULAR SURGEON 61Z NEUROSURGEON 62A EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN 62B FIELD SURGEON BRANCH 63 DENTAL CORPS 63A GENERAL DENTIST 63B COMPREHENSIVE DENTIST 63D PERIODONTIST 63E ENDODONTIST 63F PROSTHODONIST 63H PUBLIC HEALTH DENTIST 63K PEDIATRIC DENTIST 63M ORTHODONTIST 63N ORAL MAXILLOFACIAL SURGEON 63P ORAL PATHOLOGIST 63R EXECUTIVE DENTIST BRANCH 64 VETERINARY CORPS 64A FIELD VETERINARY SERVICE 64B VETERINARY PREVENTIVE MEDICINE 64C VETERINARY LABORATORY ANIMAL MEDICINE 64D VETERINARY PATHOLOGY 64E VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY 64F VETERINARY COMPARATIVE MEDICINE 64Z SENIOR VETERINARIAN (IMMATERIAL) BRANCH 65 ARMY MEDICAL SPECIALIST CORPS 65A OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY 65B PHYSICAL THERAPY 65C DIETITIAN 65D PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT BRANCH 66 ARMY NURSE CORPS (ANC) 66C PSYCHIATRIC/MENTAL HEALTH NURSE 66E OPERATING ROOM NURSE 66F NURSE ANESTHETIST 66H MEDICAL-SURGICAL NURSE 66N GENERALIST NURSE BRANCH 67 MEDICAL SERVICE CORPS 67A HEALTH SERVICES 67B LABORATORY SCIENCES 67C PREVENTIVE MEDICINE SCIENCES 67D BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES 67E PHARMACY 67F OPTOMETRY 67G PODIATRY 67J AEROMEDICAL EVACUATION BRANCH 74 CHEMICAL 74A CHEMICAL, GENERAL 74B CHEMICAL OPERATIONS AND TRAINING 74C CHEMICAL MUNITIONS & MATERIEL MANAGEMENT BRANCH 88 TRANSPORTATION CORPS 88A TRANSPORTATION, GENERAL 88B TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT 88C MARINE AND TERMINAL OPERATIONS 88D MOTOR/RAIL TRANSPORTATION BRANCH 91 ORDNANCE 91A ORDNANCE, GENERAL 91B MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT 91D MUNITIONS MATERIEL MANAGEMENT 91E EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL BRANCH 92 QUARTERMASTER CORPS 92A QUARTERMASTER, GENERAL 92D AERIAL DELIVERY AND MATERIEL 92F PETROLEUM FA 24 INFORMATION SYSTEMS ENGINEERING 24A TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS ENGINEER 24B DATA SYSTEMS ENGINEER 24Z INFORMATION SYSTEMS ENGINEER FA 30 INFORMATION OPERATIONS (IO) 30A INFORMATION OPERATIONS OFFICER FA 34 STRATEGIC INTELLIGENCE 34A STRATEGIC INTELLIGENCE OFFICER FA 35 MILITARY INTELLIGENCE (USED WITH AOC 15C ONLY) 35D ALL SOURCE INTELLIGENCE 35G SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE ELECTRONIC WARFARE FA 39 PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS AND CIVIL AFFAIRS 39A PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS OR CIVIL AFFAIRS, GENERAL 39B PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS 39C CIVIL AFFAIRS 39X PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS AND CIVIL AFFAIRS, DESIGNATED FA 40 SPACE OPERATIONS 40A SPACE OPERATIONS FA 43 HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT 43A HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT OFFICER FA 45 COMPTROLLER 45A COMPTROLLER FA 46 PUBLIC AFFAIRS 46A PUBLIC AFFAIRS, GENERAL 46B BROADCAST FA 47 USMA STABILIZED FACULTY 47A USMA, PROFESSOR 47C USMA, PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH 47D USMA, PROFESSOR OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCES 47F USMA, PROFESSOR OF SYSTEMS ENGINEERING 47G USMA, PROFESSOR OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES 47H USMA, PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS 47J USMA, PROFESSOR OF 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FA 53 INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT 53A INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT 53X DESIGNATED SYSTEMS AUTOMATION FA 57 SIMULATIONS OPERATIONS 57A SIMULATIONS OPERATIONS OFFICER FA 59 STRATEGIC PLANS AND POLICY 59A STRATEGIC PLANS AND POLICY FA 90 LOGISTICS 90A LOGISTICS MFA 70 HEALTH SERVICES 70A HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION 70B HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 70C HEALTH SERVICES COMPTROLLER 70D HEALTH SERVICES SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT 70E PATIENT ADMINISTRATION 70F HEALTH SERVICES HUMAN RESOURCES 70H HEALTH SERVICES PLANS, OPERATIONS, INTELLIGENCE, SECURITY, AND TRAINING 70K HEALTH SERVICES MATERIEL MFA 71 LABORATORY SCIENCES 71A MICROBIOLOGY 71B BIOCHEMISTRY 71E CLINICAL LABORATORY 71F RESEARCH PSYCHOLOGY MFA 72 PREVENTIVE MEDICINE SCIENCES 72A NUCLEAR MEDICAL SCIENCE 72B ENTOMOLOGY 72C AUDIOLOGY 72D ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE 72E SANITARY ENGINEER MFA 73 BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES 73A SOCIAL WORK 73B CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY IMMATERIAL CODES 01A OFFICER GENERALIST 02A COMBAT ARMS GENERALIST 05A ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT REPORTING CODES 00A DUTIES UNASSIGNED 00B GENERAL OFFICER 00C RELIEVED FROM DUTY, SICK IN HOSPITAL OR QUARTERS 00D NEWLY COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AWAITING ENTRY ON ACTIVE DUTY FOR OFFICER BASIC COURSE ATTENDANCE 00E STUDENT OFFICER OFFICER SKILL CODES CODE TITLE 3A JOINT DUTY ASSIGNMENT 3D GOVERNMENT CONTRACT LAW SPECIALIST 3E TACTICAL EXPLOITATION OF NATIONAL CAPABILITIES (TENCAP) * 3F NATIONAL SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 3G CLAIMS/LITIGATION SPECIALIST 3H JOINT PLANNER * 3J M1A2 ABRAMS TANK 3K JOINT COMMAND, CONTROL AND COMMUNICATIONS (C3) 3L JOINT SPECIALTY OFFICER 3N INTERNATIONAL LAW SPECIALIST 3Q STRATEGIC DEBRIEFER AND INTERROGATOR 3R FORCE MANAGEMENT 3S UNIT AIR MOVEMENTS OFFICER 3W NSA JUNIOR OFFICER CRYPTOLOGIC CAREER PROGRAM * 3X M2 BRADLEY INFANTRY FIGHTING VEHICLE/ M3 CAVALRY FIGHTING VEHICLE 3Y SPACE ACTIVITIES * 3Z MORTAR UNIT OFFICER 4B OPERATIONS RESEARCH/SYSTEMS ANALYSIS 4H BRANCH AUTOMATION OFFICER 4J POSTAL 4K ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 4M ARMY ACQUISITION CORPS CANDIDATE OFFICER 4P SECURITY ASSISTANCE 4R ROBOTICS 4S ATTACHÉ 4T RECRUITING OFFICER (RO) 4V MORTUARY AFFAIRS OFFICER * 4W UNDERWATER SPECIAL OPERATIONS * 4X MILITARY FREE FALL SPECIAL OPERATIONS 4Z CERTIFIED ARMY ACQUISITION CORPS OFFICER 5B VISUAL INFORMATION 5D RADIO FREQUENCY MANAGER 5H NUCLEAR CHEMICAL TARGET ANALYST 5J TECHNICAL ESCORT 5K INSTRUCTOR 5L NBC RECONNAISSANCE 5N INSPECTOR GENERAL 5P PARACHUTIST 5Q PATHFINDER * 5R RANGER * 5S RANGER-PARACHUTIST 5T EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ADVISOR 5U AIR OPERATIONS OFFICER 5V MARINE DIVER 5X HISTORIAN 5Y CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICER 6A DEFENSE SENSOR INTERPRETATION AND APPLICATION TRAINING PROGRAM (DSIATP) 6C ECONOMIST 6D PUBLIC EDUCATION OFFICER 6E CIVILIAN SUPPLY OFFICER 6F PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION OFFICER 6G PUBLIC FACILITIES OFFICER 6H PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER 6M MOBILIZATION AND DEMOBILIZATION OPERATIONS 6P MASTER FITNESS TRAINER 6R PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER 6U AGRICULTURAL OFFICER 6V CULTURAL AFFAIRS OFFICER 6W ARCHIVIST 6X ARMY RESEARCH ASSOCIATES PROGRAM 6Y INSTALLATION MANAGEMENT (IM) 6Z STRATEGIST 7E CHAPLAIN EDUCATION AND TRAINING 7F PASTORAL COORDINATOR 7H UPPER EXTREMITY MUSCULOSKELETAL EVALUATION 7K MARRIAGE AND FAMILY MINISTRIES 7M CHAPLAIN RESOURCE MANAGER 7Q TRAINING DEVELOPMENT 7R HOSPITAL MINISTRIES 7T CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST 8A INTENSIVE CARE 8D MIDWIFERY 8E NURSE PRACTITIONER 8F COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING 8G OBSTETRIC AND GYNECOLOGIC NURSING 8J INFECTION CONTROL 8T BLOOD BANKING 8Z MEDICAL RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION 9A MEDICAL PROFICIENCY (ALL AMEDD CORPS) 9B MEDICAL PROFICIENCY (MC, DC, VC AND AMSC ONLY) 9C MEDICAL PROFICIENCY (MC, DC AND VC ONLY) 9D MEDICAL PROFICIENCY (MC, DC AND VC ONLY) 9E MEDICAL PROFICIENCY (MC AND DC ONLY 9I HEALTH FACILITIES PLANNER A2 OH-58A/C SCOUT PILOT A3 OH-58D SCOUT PILOT A4 OH-58D WARRIOR PILOT B1 UH-1 PILOT B2 UH-60 PILOT B5 EH-60 PILOT C2 CH-47D PILOT D2 AH-1Q/S PILOT D5 AH-64A PILOT D7 AH-64D PILOT E3 C-20 PILOT E5 C-12 PILOT E6 C-21 PILOT E7 C-23 PILOT E8 C-26 PILOT F3 RC-12 PILOT F4 RC-12K/N PILOT F5 O-5A/EO-5B/RC-7 PILOT G5 EXPERIMENTAL TEST PILOT G6 MAINTENANCE TEST PILOT G7 AVIATION RELATED G8 AVIATION SAFETY OFFICER * K4 SPECIAL OPERATIONS AVIATION (SOA) * K5 MH-60K PILOT * K6 MH-47E PILOT M1 ORTHOPEDIC PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT M2 EMERGENCY MEDICINE PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT M3 AVIATION MEDICINE PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT M4 CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE M5 EMERGENCY NURSING This is for the Army, but if you have knowlege of any branch please let me know.

What kind of fools are running this country? IMMIGRATION IN THE 20TH AND 21ST CENTURY - THE CURSE OF CIVILIZED NATIONS AND DECENT PEOPLES. Immigration to America in the 17th to 19th century was by decent, hardworking, well intentioned people, heading to America with honorable intentions to build and contribute to society. They created a workable social system with benefits to the deserving and a society of well-intentioned and decent people. But no such people come any more. Now they come in droves, packing the major cities, causing an increase in crime, congestion, and taxes as real estate rents soar, parking is unavailable or exorbitantly high. Americans who took their entire lives to pay off their home mortgages, now find that the taxes on their homes are so high, they cant afford to live in them any more and the congestion so bad, they cant even find a place to park in front of their own homes. Many have to pack up and move out of the city, just to make ends meet, and then face the arduous daily hours of driving back and forth just to get to work and back home. That is, those that still have jobs, since as this goes on, jobs disappear, either right here where we get laid off, or the whole company moves out to a cheap labor country. And as the hordes make demands for energy needs, power needed to heat and light homes and buildings is insufficient, and cities black out, the demand for gas soars, heating prices skyrocket, and our own supply of gas becomes insufficient to meet our own needs, and we become victims of the arabs, who use the pumps to revenge our policies they don’t like. They pile over the borders or by plane on visitor visas, preying on the good naturedness of Americans to provide a refuge for the oppressed, they connive the appearance of the downtrodden and persecuted, and then sit down comfortably and stay here, leeching off the health care system which faces bankruptcy in 20 years, the welfare system that us sucker u.s. taxpayers have to pick up the tab for, and which we spent decades to build. Social parasites from latin america, flock here to live free on us sucker taxpayers, dragging their families and relatives in, once they get green cards and then swamping the health care system with their third world illnesses and birth defects. And the other breed of latinos – criminals of the most evil intensities terrorizing communities in which they rob and kill. Thieves and common criminals from the countries of eastern Europe and the soviet union, hearing that there is still stuff on store shelves when stores close, that hasn’t been shoplifted or sold, come and steal, with impunity. Mafia organizations that control Russia and the countries of the former soviet union, setting up foreign crime systems that specialize in grand larceny, weaponry, even nuclear arms materials for sale, stolen from the old soviet system, available for sale to our enemies, raking them million$. Africans with strange ,deadly diseases walk in, causing epidemics and death to our gay citizens and to innocent people in general and swamping the health care system. Asians with alien religious philosophies, contrary to Christian monotheism, poisoning the minds of our youth. And they come and take our jobs away here in America, while employers, enticed by cheap labor, move their companies there, leaving us unemployed,. Terrorists walk in and go about their death tactics with ease and we shudder at what they will do to us next. All, contributing to crime, violence, social unrest. Finally, To add insult to this injury, our government picks up the tab for hundreds of thousands of third world “students” to come, pack our universities tuition free at the expense of us US taxpayers ,while we Americans fall into debt to pay for our own children to get a college education. AND WE ARE EXPECTED TO PICK UP THE TAB WORLDWIDE FOR THEM, WHENEVER SH!T HAPPENS ANYWHERE. What kind of fools are running this country? What kind of fools are we to let this go on?

Masters degree in Community Counseling or Mental Health Counseling? Right now I'm looking at several CACREP accredited graduate programs in counseling. My goal is to get my LPC so that I can open up my own practice as well as work for an agency. I am planning on going to a graduate school in NJ. I'm interested in working with teenagers, women, couples, helping those with mental health issues,eating disorders, behavioral issues,career choice, just to name a few. My question is, which degree would I be better off pursuing? Community Counseling or Mental Health Counseling? Which is more marketable? Please do not tell me about MSW's. You don't need to be a social worker to understand the system, how it works, and how it affects the individual. There are a lot of good reasons why I should pursue an MSW but I would only be following a trend and not my passion.

What are three issues faced by the aging population that you believe to be a problem? What are three issues faced by the aging population that you believe to be a problem? Why do you see these as problems? Are there any agencies in your community that address these problems? If so, what are they? If not, why do you think they are not being addressed? How has the long-term health care system addressed aging populations in the past 50 years?

The true motivation behind Health Care Change = Corruption? The extremely profitable US pharmaceutical industry produces pills for pennies and sells for dollars (usually offshore/overseas chemical companies). These chemical companies have now sided with the Obama administration in it’s quest for a ‘Changed Health Care System” in order to protect their high profits through government “control”. It is cost effective for the pharma’s to pay off or lobby corrupt politicians as well as mass advertising. We can expect even more advertising to promote this change and belittle any opposition. Think of all the ads saying “ask your doctor if ‘xy-drug’ is right for you”. Better yet - ask your doctor if IATROGENIC is right for you – with all the toxic pills that the FDA had ok’d with the help of corruption money. Copy of AP story - Drug Industry Helping Obama Overhaul Health Care http://www.foxnews.com/politics/election… “WASHINGTON (AP) -- The nation's drugmakers stand ready to spend $150 million to help President Barack Obama overhaul health care this fall” + + “At the same time, the drugmakers are counting on the White House to block efforts by House Democrats to extract more than $80 billion from their industry in the legislation. USA Today Looks at Prescription Drug Industry's Lobbying Efforts http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles… “The pharmaceutical industry in 2003 spent $143 million on lobbying activities. At that time, there were 1,274 registered pharmaceutical lobbyists in Washington, D.C. -- more than two for every member of Congress,” I believe the entire Health Care Change is an effort by the present administration to extract/blackmail these chemical/drug companies into donations and under the table corruption – similar to what ACORN Housing Corporation did to banks. How One “Community” Group Helped the Housing Crisis Harm Taxpayers http://www.consumersrightsleague.org/Upl… WOW - Grand Interlocutor, Are you Naive! Please read the last link about Acorn Housing Corporation! Obama TRAINED these BLACKMAILERS.

Has Presidential candidate ever made this many promises? How does Barack plan to pull this off? Improve options for displaced workers Help community and small business development agencies Improve rural schools and availability of doctors Help organic farmers and promote regional food systems Give new farmers tax incentives Provide farmers capital and help rural small businesses Create rural revitalization program Improve high school graduation rates Double the number of high school students taking college level courses Double charter school funding Include more technology in public schools Provide tuition assistance to students who perform community service Recruit teachers and principals Recruit science and technology teachers Provide pay raises for teachers and principals Pay tuition for students going into teaching Increase Head Start and Early Start Create Classroom Corps Double funding for after-school programs Improve No Child Left Behind Lower dropout rate Provide incentives for rural teachers Increase assistance to land-grant colleges End American dependence on foreign oil in ten years Increase number of plug-in hybrid cars Double renewable energy within four years Reduce electricity demand by 15 percent in ten years Cap carbon emissions Create new green-collar jobs Help U.S. automaker adapt Reduce oil consumption Help manufacturers go green Double clean-energy funding Create Green Jobs Corps Invest $10 billion per year in clean technologies fund Increase money for low-carbon coal technologies Push cellulosic ethanol Create energy-efficiency grant program Provide universal health care Spend $10 billion a year on implementing electronic health system Expand nurse-family partnership program Help individuals purchase private health insurance Expand eligibility for Medicaid and SCHIP Address women's health issues Establish loan forgiveness program for rural doctors and nurses Help homeowners Create an affordable-housing trust Protect New Orleans Invest $60 billion in infrastructure Invest in rural infrastructure Invest $1 billion in transitional jobs programs Provide every American broadband access Expand high-speed Internet access in rural area Support a global education fund Increase funding to train police to gather intelligence Expand Army and Marine Corps Provide soldiers with necessary equipment Target every source of fear in the Americas Create information declassification center Ensure military has enough training Strengthen civilian agencies Give National Guard appropriate equipment, rest Create international anti-terrorism network Make cyber-security a federal priority Update Veterans Affairs hospital system Ensure all veterans are covered Ensure adequate number of VA clinics Increase housing assistance Fully fund VA Improve military's mental health screening and care Improve care for various injuries and women's health through VA Reverse 2003 ban on enrolling low-income veterans http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/04/obamas-long-list-of-promi_n_148598.html Yeah, I know I'm not going to bother correcting it. It gives libs something to attack instead of answering question.

Should 17 pregnant girls in the same high school be allowed to attend the school? A state public health official is urging Gloucester officials to take swift and decisive action, including allowing prescription birth control, to curb a spike in teen pregnancy among students at Gloucester High School, where a record 17 girls are pregnant. "We see this has a serious public health urgency," said Dr. Lauren Smith, medical director for the state Department of Public Health. "We stand ready to support the Gloucester community to develop an appropriate . . . response to what is clearly a significant problem in their community." A dispute over prescription contraceptives appears to have divided a 12-member advisory committee overseeing the Gloucester High clinic. Northeast Health System of Beverly, which owns Addison Gilbert Hospital in Gloucester, manages the eight-year-old clinic. http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/05/29/17_gloucester_high_students_are_said_to_be_pregnant/

What do you think Financial woes jeopardize area hospitals (Los Angeles) ? Nearly two dozen private hospitals in Los Angeles and Orange counties, accounting for up to 15% of beds in the region, are in dire financial straits and in danger of bankruptcy or closure, according to hospital administrators, industry experts and state data. The troublesome development follows the closure of community clinics and hospitals in recent years that has left the healthcare system seriously overburdened. If even a few other hospitals close or reduce costly critical-care services, it could mean longer ambulance rides to hospitals, additional delays in emergency rooms and less access to care, especially for poor and uninsured people. Among the hospitals in poor financial health, according to industry analysts, are Downey Regional Medical Center, Centinela Freeman Health System in Inglewood, Brotman Medical Center in Culver City, Century City Doctors Hospital and four Orange County hospitals owned by Santa Ana-based Integrated Healthcare Holdings Inc. including Chapman Medical Center in Orange and Western Medical Center in Santa Ana, one of three trauma centers in the county. In interviews, senior executives at Centinela and Downey said they were considering closing their emergency rooms. Downey's chief operating officer, Rob Fuller, added that his hospital could close entirely as early as next year if its financial picture didn't improve soon. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-fi-hospitals23sep23,0,1253335.story?coll=la-home-center

have you ever been wrongly sanction by yahoo's "community guidelines" vigilante committee? Here is what they busted me for:What do you find offensive about the following? Well say what you will, Hillary will be the president! She has a Buddha nature and wrote that wonderful little book that says a lot about her philosophy: "It Takes a Village..." (Nothing vulgar, a question with a point-of-view, and not exactly a volatile item. Unless there is a sinister political spin to this chat board. Could a pro-Hillary item like this get special attention for some political reason? Could Yahoo have a very cooperative spirit toward the GOP? Is this what you want? She will put a lot more money in the health care system by cutting back the military and busting the trillion-dollar drug industry. They depended more on the protection of the GOP. Then she will increase the colas for SSI dependents who are living hand-to-mouth in slums all over America.

I feel Awful and Don't know what to do, Please help? Hi, I am a 22 year old female and have been suffering with Depression and Borderline personality disorder for about 4/5 years now. I have been on various anti-depressants, currently on effexor and chlropromazine to calm me down. Have had one serious suicide attempt and an overdose. have been in hospital before. For the past few months i have been feeling awful, very depressed, empty, suicidal etc. I had a keyworker and she was very helpful and she knew how awful i was feeling. my community mental health team and my psychiatrist took her off me without warning and replaced her with someone new, saying i was too attached to my old one. This has totally made everything worse and for the past month and a half my mood and mental state have been nosediving down hill, i cry a lot, cut myself and am really depressed and have no motivation or energy. my new key worker seems to be off loads to so i havent seen anyone in 3 weeks. The only people I can ring are home treatment but I dont think any of them really care and although i am dying for someone to be there for me right now i dont know what i would say to them. I feel so isolated and alone and I dont know what to do! Please dint suggest the samritans, friends or family because there is no use. I feel the mental health system is driving me to kill myself the way things are going.

Can Liberals tell me which promise they bought into while drinking Obama's koolaid? Improve options for displaced workers Help community and small business development agencies Improve rural schools and availability of doctors Help organic farmers and promote regional food systems Give new farmers tax incentives Provide farmers capital and help rural small businesses Create rural revitalization program Improve high school graduation rates Double the number of high school students taking college level courses Double charter school funding Include more technology in public schools Provide tuition assistance to students who perform community service Recruit teachers and principals Recruit science and technology teachers Provide pay raises for teachers and principals Pay tuition for students going into teaching Increase Head Start and Early Start Create Classroom Corps Double funding for after-school programs Improve No Child Left Behind Lower dropout rate Provide incentives for rural teachers Increase assistance to land-grant colleges End American dependence on foreign oil in ten years Increase number of plug-in hybrid cars Double renewable energy within four years Reduce electricity demand by 15 percent in ten years Cap carbon emissions Create new green-collar jobs Help U.S. automaker adapt Reduce oil consumption Help manufacturers go green Double clean-energy funding Create Green Jobs Corps Invest $10 billion per year in clean technologies fund Increase money for low-carbon coal technologies Push cellulosic ethanol Create energy-efficiency grant program Provide universal health care Spend $10 billion a year on implementing electronic health system Expand nurse-family partnership program Help individuals purchase private health insurance Expand eligibility for Medicaid and SCHIP Address women's health issues Establish loan forgiveness program for rural doctors and nurses Help homeowners Create an affordable-housing trust Protect New Orleans Invest $60 billion in infrastructure Invest in rural infrastructure Invest $1 billion in transitional jobs programs Provide every American broadband access Expand high-speed Internet access in rural area Support a global education fund Increase funding to train police to gather intelligence Expand Army and Marine Corps Provide soldiers with necessary equipment Target every source of fear in the Americas Create information declassification center Ensure military has enough training Strengthen civilian agencies Give National Guard appropriate equipment, rest Create international anti-terrorism network Make cyber-security a federal priority Update Veterans Affairs hospital system Ensure all veterans are covered Ensure adequate number of VA clinics Increase housing assistance Fully fund VA Improve military's mental health screening and care Improve care for various injuries and women's health through VA Reverse 2003 ban on enrolling low-income veterans http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/04/obamas-long-list-of-promi_n_148598.html

Health insurance for full-time student question...? If I were to take 8 credits at one community college, and 4 credits at another Community college nearby, would I still be full-time according to the insurance? It's 12 credits but i'm taking them at seperate schools. Both colleges are part of the Maricopa community college system if that helps answer the question. They are sort of linked. Attending Chandler-Gilbert and Mesa community college at the same time.

Re: Yahoo Answers Community. Leans left or right politically? I would have said pretty much down the middle until I read some of the responses to Hillary's question the other day. Without exception, all the responses I read were whining for some kind of government controlled health care system. Boggled my mind. If you loved the gov response to Katrina, you'll love Hillary health care. Love the social security system? You'll love HCHC. Love our welfare system? You'll love HCHC. Love the DMV? You'll love HCHC. Love our immigration system? You'll love HCHC. etc. etc.. Get the picture? Why are so many so willing to scrap the best health care system in the world in favor of some pointy headed bureaucrat controlling our lives? Anyway, disclaimer notwithstanding, isn't it now incumbent on Yahoo to now invite all presidential candidates, of both parties, to submit questions, just in the interest of fairness?

What does this mean???????????????????????? Under supervision and following established guidelines, assists Psychiatric Consult Liaison service clinicians with discharge planning for patients on medical inpatient units in need of mental health disposition. This may include coordination of transfer to acute or day treatment programs, as well as provision of information on outpatient mental services. Works closely with CL team, payers, community providers and family to support timely and appropriate utilization of hospital and community health services. May assist with data collection and other care coordination activities as appropriate. Supervision by CL Director and Case Management Director. Knowledge of health care delivery system a plus. Excellent written and verbal communication skills essential, including ability to negotiate with payers and providers on individual dc plans and dates. Strong organization skills and the ability to work independently required.

how could you write this paragraph in your own words? Urban agriculture (UA) has been promoted over the last couple of years by a large number of local and national governments, urban actors and international agencies, such as UN-HABITAT's Urban Management Programme, FAO, International Development Research Centre (IDRC- Canada), CGIAR-Urban Harvest and the International Network of Resource Centres on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (RUAF) as a strategy to promote food security and poverty reduction, sustainable resource use and environmental management, social integration and local participatory governance. Urban agriculture takes place in a multi-sectoral environment, touches on a large number of urban management areas (eg. land use planning, environmental and waste management, economic development, public health, social and community development), and involves a large diversity of systems and related actors (input provision, vegetable production, aquaculture, livestock production, processing and marketing).

What should I minor in during College? At BSU Adapted Physical Education African-American Studies African Studies American Studies Ancient Studies Anthropology Applied Physics (options: Electronics, Nanoscience) Aquatics (options: Teaching, Administration, SCUBA) Art History Asian Studies Astronomy Biology Biological Sciences (for Nursing majors only) Business Administration Business Information Technology Campaign Communication Chemistry Chinese Church Music (options: organ, voice) Classical Culture Classical Languages (Latin, Greek) Coaching Communication Studies Community Health Education Computer Applications Computer Science Computer Technology Construction Management Consumer Finance Creative Writing Criminal Justice and Criminology Dance (options: Dance Studies, Musical Theatre Dance, Performance) Design Technology Digital Media Digital Publishing Earth Space Science Economics Educational Technology Energy English Entrepreneurship (for Exercise Science majors only) Environmental Contexts in Health Care Environmental Health Environmental Management Environmental Policy Environmentally Sustainable Practices Environmental Context for Business European Studies Family and Consumer Science Fashion Film Finance Food Management Foundations of Business Foundations of Business for Actuarial Science and Mathematics Majors Foundations of Management French Geographical Information Processing and Mapping Geography Geology German Gerontology Graphic Arts Technology Historic Preservation History Hospitality Management Humanities Industrial Leadership Industrial Technology (Operations Management majors only) Industrial Technology (Marketing majors/sales & promotion concentration only) Interior Design International Business International Resource Management Interpersonal Relations Japanese Jazz/Commercial Music Landscape Architecture Latin American Studies Leadership Studies Legal Studies in Business Linguistics Marketing Mathematics Medieval and Renaissance Studies Military Science Multicultural Education Music History Music Literature Music Theory Natural Resources Native American Studies Operational Meteorology and Climatology Organizational Communication (Marketing and Management) Organizational Communication (Communication Studies) Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution Philosophy Physical Activity for Older Adults Physics Physiology Piano Plastics Technology Political Science Preparation of Teachers for Multicultural Secondary Schools Professional Selling Psychology of Human Development Psychology Public Health Religious Studies Residential Property Management Risk Management and Insurance Social Work Sociology Spanish Special Education (Hearing Impaired) Speech Pathology and Audiology Sports Medicine Sports Studies Studio Art Sustainable Land Systems Symphonic Instruments and Guitar Technical Theatre Technology and the Environment Telecommunications Theatre Travel and Tourism Urban Planning and Development Voice (Music) Web Technology Women’s Studies I just want to know what you would choose, I am having troubel in chooseing one, I am open to anything Thanks.

systems analyst.. 2 yr degree or masters needed?? im thinking of a complete career change, i orginally got my associates in science in radiography (im an xray tech) and then immediately went on to a university to get my bachelors of science in health sciences... but my goal is to do something with computers, pref more along the lines of systems analyst, networking, setting up new networks/computers for companies, managing information systems, etc... i have no formal education in computers, but can say that i know id be good at and enjoy the job. i was originally looking to go get my masters degree in information systems or technology somewhere, but they dont offer it anywhere near where i live which means id have to move and pay out of state tuition and grad programs are very expensive. my other option that i just started to consider is this: there is a community college in my state that offers a computer technology degree, not EXACTLY an managing info systems degree, but offers courses on basic networking, programing, microsoft.... operating systems, java, linux.... so is it worth it for me to go get a masters in info systems, or would i be alright just taking this basic courses at a community college and doing an internship/getting a job. i already have a bachelors degree... so could i just take the comm college courses (which would be alot cheaper, although prob not as good of courses as at a grad school) or do i need to move and pay all the money to get my masters.... what would be my best bet??? my aunt has a job at resorts data processing, she sets up new software/networks/etc for hotels/resorts and gets to travel to all kinds of cool places/work from laptop/home. so should i get a 2 year computer tech degree or the masters in info systems?

how to become a systems anylst.. degree needed?? im thinking of a complete career change, i orginally got my associates in science in radiography (im an xray tech) and then immediately went on to a university to get my bachelors of science in health sciences... but my goal is to do something with computers, pref more along the lines of systems analyst, networking, setting up new networks/computers for companies, managing information systems, etc... i have no formal education in computers, but can say that i know id be good at and enjoy the job. i was originally looking to go get my masters degree in information systems or technology somewhere, but they dont offer it anywhere near where i live which means id have to move and pay out of state tuition and grad programs are very expensive. my other option that i just started to consider is this: there is a community college in my state that offers a computer technology degree, not EXACTLY an managing info systems degree, but offers courses on basic networking, programing, microsoft.... operating systems, java, linux.... so is it worth it for me to go get a masters in info systems, or would i be alright just taking this basic courses at a community college and doing an internship/getting a job. i already have a bachelors degree... so could i just take the comm college courses (which would be alot cheaper, although prob not as good of courses as at a grad school) or do i need to move and pay all the money to get my masters.... what would be my best bet???

Why Mental Health Court? From what I understand from a US dept of Justice article Mental health court is voluntary, but the actual details of the programs vary state by state, even county by county. Mental health court (according tot he article) is for people that are likely to repeat offenses, because of obvious need for mental help. Now here is the question... I am on probation, non reporting over a traffic violation (not having insurance). I was not on any drugs or drinking at the time. This is the first time I have EVER been in trouble at age 25, and a mother of 3, btw. I went to court over this, and was put on probation. I peed clean initially and was put on non reporting... fast forward... another drug test, still peed clean, BUT the lines were very faint for pot and benzos(no idea what they are?). Impossible, for anything to show up, except maybe prenatals(I am pregnant), I don't do anything, I think their tests are flawed... well the PO kept harassing me that I was doing these things, even though I showed clean, and I finally got sick of it and yelled at her to take me to the hospital to get me retested (after her harassing me for an hour) and she referred me to mental health court... and now I am being forced. I am not as concerned about the actual councilling as the meds they may try to put me on, being pregnant, and as far as just about everyone I know is and I am concerned a pretty "normal" person. I am a stay at home mom/homemaker, have always been, as an adult. Should I contact a lawyer? I am not at risk for "repeating" my offense, because I don't have a car, and no access to one, and I am going to to get all legal, as soon as my suspension is up, and buy a car, so they cant do this crap to me again. I know they hear this stuff all the time, but is there any way I can convince them that they should use their "services" for someone in more need of them than I? I understand the need for mental health services in a community, and even recommendations of the court for them, hell, even forced(in some cases), but I have no way of getting back and forth, I am walking 5 miles each way to OB appts. as is. I think (maybe sounds like I am a nut now :) ) that it is because they want me to be in the "system" longer, because it is a small town, with small town politics, and where I yelled at the PO, but Christ, they kept accusing me of doing something I don't even have a clue what it is, and pot, which I haven't smoked since having kids! What am I supposed to do? Say yes I did something(that I didn't do) and go to jail, just to make them happy? What to do, what to do?

Philippine health care delivery system that affects the health community? what are the questions that affects the health community in about the Philippines health care

Any experience with one of those sonic goose repellent systems that chase away geese with honking noises? I live in a California desert community that features 3 small water features--rare for the desert. We are overrun with geese, coots and ducks all winter long and nothing seems to repel them. The grounds are covered with bird excrement to the point I believe it is a health hazard. I have been exploring a product called a Bird-X sonic repellent that scares geese away with the recorded sounds of geese honking in distress. The birds hear the noise and then fly off. I've seen one of these working in an office park in Virginia, but never in California. Does anyone out there have one of these in operation? Are you satisfied with it? Does it keep geese, ducks and coots away? Is the range sufficient? The units are expensive ($825 a piece) and noisy so I want to make sure it works before I make the commitment. Thank you! Jodi

APA or CACREP accreditation??? Help!? Hello, I am about to graduate (major in psychology). I am planning to do my master in mental health and I would like to work for the jail mental health system or with adults in prevention or substance abuse, rehabilitation.. (in the field mental health) . I am evaluating two programs but they offer different acreditations and I have read about both accreditations but I don't know which one is best for what I want to do.. there is a program in Mental health with the psychology department (APA accreditation) and the other program name is Master of Science in Counselor Education: Mental Health Counseling Track (this program is with the education department but I checked the classes and they are all psychologies and it says that it is designed to educate and prepare individuals interested in functioning as counselors and practitioners in community mental health settings, institutions, hospitals, schools and private practice (it offers an CACREP accreditation) which one you think is better for me (* having in mind that I want to work for the goverment with criminals or troubled youth ?)

Should our leaders be concerned about a possible health care system crash? ? I've said it for a long time. There's no way this industry can always continue to thrive when industries in entire communities are going bankrupt and laying people off. People turned to it in Michigan when their auto jobs laid them off. You hear it from people around town that the hospital and nursing care places are the best industry to find a job in the area. Then I see the people that go to the hospital that work retail, minimum-wage. The bills bankrupt them. But that's the vast majority of people that live in the area and what they do. The hospitals build palaces, the doctors build palaces, the hospitals hire anyone that takes a few classes, the drug reps buy them endless amounts of food...it's gravy for them at everyone else's expense. I'm really worried what will happen when a.) health care is nationalized, b.) the government clamps down on the costs of health care and drugs or c.) hospitals and whatnot realize the money just isn't there for all these ludicrous costs. I fear people will envy Soviet hospitals when reality comes to American health care. These people have been partying way too long at the expense of others. They're almost as bad as the Wall Street guys. It's going to happen. People want to think they're safe in the health care field, but they'd better believe their jobs are just as vulnerable as anyone else's.

Why aren't more Hispanics more like this one? Save Our State, Minutemen and other anti-illegal immigration groups are not racist. I know because I am a member of such a group called ALI-PAC (Americans for Legal Immigration), and I am Hispanic. The truth is, we (Hispanics) don't like seeing what illegal immigration is doing to our communities, our schools, our health system, our judicial system and our state. We don't like paying for the living expenses of illegal immigrants. You're probably saying they work hard and contribute to our society, but the truth is they don't pay enough into the system compared to what they take out. Our hospitals are crowded with the uninsured. Our schools have special, expensive programs to help non-English speaking children. Our jails are filled with drug dealers, gang members, rapists and murderers that are illegal immigrants. What I don't understand is why they think we should pay their way for a better life? As my grandfather used to say: "Viva Mexico? What did Mexico ever do for me?" Got this from the Pasadena Star news. It was written by one Gloria Schrock, an Hispanic woman from California.

Should health care be exclusive by religious belief? Below is a link to the constitution of the Muslim Doctors and Dentists Association of the UK - http://mdda.org.uk it clearly stipulates in 2. Objects and powers 2.1.1. To advance the Islamic religion in the practise of medicine in the United Kingdom. while this is very specific towards "the advance" for muslims, does this not become exclusive only to muslims while non-muslims are excluded (note: non-muslims don't get a single mention in this constitution) and is therefor against having a multicultural medical system to prevail???? The muslim communities in the UK have fought very hard to promote multicultural and multi-faith policy changes within the government to help with there own Integration into British society & culture to work in the health care sector, with all due respect to muslims doesn't this sound even the slightest hypocritical? If the UK was to accept say, an exclusive Jewish only medical body to promote only the health of the Jewish communities I feel there would be uproar so understandably I'm left a little confused by this constitution being put forward. to put this into "context" http://www.cmf.org.uk/ethics/submissions/?id=60 "One of CMF's aims is 'to promote Christian values" http://www.jmeduk.org/portal/ "To advance the education of the public" (doesn't even mention exclusivity to Jews)

Exclusive health care for muslims only? Below is a link to the constitution of the Muslim Doctors and Dentists Association of the UK - http://mdda.org.uk it clearly stipulates in 2. Objects and powers 2.1.1. To advance the Islamic religion in the practise of medicine in the United Kingdom. while this is very specific towards "the advance" for muslims, does this not become exclusive only to muslims while non-muslims are excluded (note: non-muslims don't get a single mention in this constitution) and is therefor against having a multicultural medical system to prevail???? The muslim communities in the UK have fought very hard to promote multicultural and multi-faith policy changes within the government to help with there own Integration into British society & culture to work in the health care sector, with all due respect to muslims doesn't this sound even the slightest hypocritical? If the UK was to accept say, an exclusive Jewish only medical body to promote only the health of the Jewish communities I feel there would be uproar so understandably I'm left a little confused by this constitution being put forward. thats quite a statement though "to advance the islamic religion" where does it state the same for Jew / Christians / Hindus ie "to advance (exclusively) the Christian religion???? Mintycakefoggy: after reading your first link is does with due respect state: "One of CMF's aims is 'to promote Christian values" this is a stark contrast to advancing a religion Mintycakefoggy: your second link states "To advance the education of the public" this does not promote exclusivity soley for Jews only.

(Radiology Prep) What actions (job experience) should I take before entering programs in the radiology field? It is asked in the Baylor University @ Dallas to provide prior health related (radiology) job experience to apply for the radiology program there. I'm not sure if I want to apply for that one, or one at Midwestern State University, or the one at Brookhaven of the Dallas Community College System. About 6 months is recommended and I have never worked in the health field. I don't plan on applying in those programs until about 1.5 to 2 years from now, so I have plenty of time to look over my options. But since I am considering them, I want to know what would be a good way to get my foot through the door in that health field. I have seen people in scrubs at school, and I always that that in order to get a job at a hospital or clinic you have to first be certified. I'm wondering what I should attempt to do. There is a local hosp. in 15 miles. Right now, I'm a full-time college student @ Navarro, a local community college majored in Pre-Med. Any help or advice is appreciated, Thanks.

Repeater system for pagers? I work at Shasta Community Health Center. We have a main clinic and 3 satellite clinics in other nearby towns. They just built a new building up in Shasta Lake City. Metal walls, metal studs, metal roof. The signals for the pagers are not getting through, so doctors are not getting important pages. There is signal in the area though, if you walk outside of the building, you have a signal. So, they are planning on putting up a pager repeater system at the building. Here is where I need help though. They are looking at two systems, the company is recommending a 500 W transmitter, but there is also a 250 W transmitter. The pagers operate on the 900 MHz band. The building is about 70 feet by 140 feet. They want to know if we really need the 500 W or if the 250 W would do the job. Any help is appreciated. Someone found out that I was an amateur radio operator so they came to me for help. Great... Anyway, thanks in advance guys. D. Michael Johnston - KG6RPI Here is the site with the ones they are looking at. That huge amount of power didn't make sense to me either, I can hit UHF repeaters with my hand held on 6 W that are miles away... http://www.gtesinc.com/products/rf.shtml They are trying to get the signal to the pagers inside the building.

Should our leaders be concerned about a possible health care system crash? I've said it for a long time. There's no way this industry can always continue to thrive when industries in entire communities are going bankrupt and laying people off. People turned to it in Michigan when their auto jobs laid them off. You hear it from people around town that the hospital and nursing care places are the best industry to find a job in the area. Then I see the people that go to the hospital that work retail, minimum-wage. The bills bankrupt them. But that's the vast majority of people that live in the area and what they do. The hospitals build palaces, the doctors build palaces, the hospitals hire anyone that takes a few classes, the drug reps buy them endless amounts of food...it's gravy for them at everyone else's expense. I'm really worried what will happen when a.) health care is nationalized, b.) the government clamps down on the costs of health care and drugs or c.) hospitals and whatnot realize the money just isn't there for all these ludicrous costs. I fear people will envy Soviet hospitals when reality comes to American health care. These people have been partying way too long at the expense of others. They're almost as bad as the Wall Street guys. It's going to happen. People want to think they're safe in the health care field, but they'd better believe their jobs are just as vulnerable as anyone else's.

Can anyone explain how I violated Community Guidelines? I received a violation notice for this joke, posted in Jokes and Riddles: Deleted Question: Be Careful!? Question Details: Subject: Important Health Info... There is a dangerous virus being passed around electronically, orally, and by hand. This virus is called Worm Overload Recreational Killer (WORK). If you receive WORK from any of your colleagues, your boss, or anyone else via any means DO NOT TOUCH IT. This virus will wipe out your private life completely. If you should come into contact with WORK, put your jacket on and take two good friends to the nearest grocery store. Purchase the antidote known as Work Isolating Neutralizer Extract (WINE) or Bothersome Employer Elimination Rebooter (BEER). Take the antidote repeatedly until WORK has been completely eliminated from your system. P.S. You should forward this warning to 5 friends. If you do not have 5 friends, you have already been infected and WORK is controlling your life. Have a great day! Thank you.

TRANS FAT!???? doctors and health experts! different answers on how to...? I have asked the yahoo community if there were ways to get rid of trans fat, however i have gotten contradicting responses. ONe person said that the only way you get rid of trans fit from your body is when the cells die and regenerate, and the trans fat is sent out of your body or caught again by another cell. Another said that it was HARD to get rid of them, and another person said that HDL can get rid of it? is trans fat the same as LDL cholestorol? HOw can you get trans fat molecules out of your system?

Why don’t “Conservatives” often see their connectedness to their community? When questioned about universal health care they say, “We don’t want to pay for people who choose not to pay for themselves”. But what they fail to see is that they pay anyway, and they pay more because there system isn’t universal. Universal means that everybody pays! You hear them express their do it alone pride, when the reality is that no one makes it on their own. For those of us who have made it in life, we have a lot of people to thank for it (our parents, our grandparents, our teachers, our law enforcement, our fire fighters, our home builders, etc.) They don’t want to pay for taxes that help the poor get back on their feet, but then they must pay when those poor end up as criminals or end up in jail. Isn’t it cheaper to lend a hand in the beginning rather then having to keep people in jail at the end? Criminality is preventable with education and a stable home life, and by having a strong social system we can ensure families and children get what they need for less tax money than what we pay for extra police and jails. We are a community and there is no escaping each other; what happens to one of us happens to all of us. Together we stand, divided we fall. Individualism is a myth, and a dangerous myth at that. If it wasn’t for each other we would be living in caves. Conservatives think that with drive and ambition all can make it; they say the reason why people don’t make it is because they are lazy. If drive and ambition is all that it takes than why did only 1 in 7 businesses last year make a profit? And then are the children of lazy people to be punished for their lazy parents as well? Should poor children go to bed hungry; do they learn an important lesson from this? Or are they forever scared and psychologically damaged by their poverty? If taking care of each other means having less for myself, so that others can have the basics of life than I am ready to work hard for my community. Seems to me that most on the right just want to keep it all for themselves and put a gate up. If we keep this up we will look like Brazil in no time.

I have just been Diagnosis. with TB. The doctor the health department has taken 4 weeks and counting for med? Four weeks ago I had a TB test that came out positive. I was sent to a specialist whom reported me being a dormate type for now. She told the doctor to have me come in on Wed. I followed up as directed. I met with a nurse and she explained they do not look for the person I contracted this virus from unless I can provide a name and have to be positive they have it. What is wrong with this system ? Clearly a person is walking around our community with this and is infecting others. I have a list of all client and contact person's I have worked with. they wish to know nothing..... Anyway, It is now four weeks later and I have left at least 10 message's on the nurse's answering machine. Have not got a call back to see when I am to start medications. I have been thinking about of two outlets. One is the county newspaper, second writing a complaint to the Maryland Health and Hygeine Departmet. What would you suggest.if you were in this situation?

You have just been appointed as the director of a new health care or human service? Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in APA format containing the following: 1. Description of Organization: What services does the organization provide? Who is the clientele? Is it a for-profit or non-profit organization? 2. Mission Statement: What is organization's mission statement? How will the mission statement support the ethical system? What message does the mission statement send to the community? 3. Values Statement: What is the organization's values statement? How will these values inspire action and influence behavior? How do these values relate to the organization's mission?

What is Amerikkkas healthcare rating? Introduction to Risk Factors Personal Behaviors Prevalence of Smoking Motor Vehicle Deaths Prevalence of Obesity High School Graduation Community Environment Violent Crime Lack of Health Insurance Infectious Disease Children in Poverty Occupational Fatalities Health Policies Per Capita Public Health Spending Immunization Coverage Adequacy of Prenatal Care Introduction to Outcomes Limited Activity Days Cardiovascular Deaths Cancer Deaths Total Mortality Infant Mortality Premature Death Intro and Findings Components State Snapshots Methodology Commentaries and Special Features Foreword and Introduction Selection of Components State-by-State Snapshots Methodology Letter from Michael Leavitt, Secretary, US Health and Human Services Measures of Success Combined Measures: Risk Factors/Outcomes All State Snapshots Weighting of Components Putting Patients First with Personal Health Information Technology by Myrl Weinberg, President, National Health Council 2005 Results Appendices How do Health Care Systems Recover, and Even Improve, After a Catastrophe? by Frederick Cerise, MD, Secretary, Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals Changes from 2004, 1990 Risk Factors Index of Tables Healthy Workforce = Healthy Business = Healthy State by John Clymer, President, Partnership for Prevention Comparison to Other Nations Outcomes Health Disparities Investing in Prevention to Improve Our Health by Georges Benjamin, Executive Director, American Public Health Association Importance of Creating a Smokefree Environment Great Progress, More Work Ahead by John Kirkwood, President and CEO, American Lung Association Teen Pregnancy in America by Sarah Brown, Executive Director, National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy Findings 2005 Results America’s Health Rankings™ – 2005 Edition shows Minnesota at the top of the list of healthiest states. Minnesota has been among the top two states since 1990. Vermont is ranked second this year and has consistently moved up in the rankings for the last five years. New Hampshire is number three, followed by Utah, Hawaii and North Dakota. Mississippi is 50th and the least healthy state, while Louisiana is 49th. Tennessee, South Carolina and Arkansas complete the bottom five states. Minnesota is first this year, a position it has held for 10 of the 16 years since the 1990 Edition. Minnesota’s strengths include ranking first for a low rate of cardiovascular deaths, a low premature death rate and a low percentage of uninsured population. It is also in the top five states for a low percentage of children in poverty, a low total mortality rate, a low infant mortality rate, a low occupational fatalities rate, a low rate of motor vehicle deaths and a high rate of high school graduation. Minnesota’s biggest challenges are a high prevalence of smoking at 20.7 percent of the population, a high prevalence of obesity at 22.6 percent of the population and limited access to adequate prenatal care with 75.8 percent of pregnant women receiving adequate prenatal care. Mississippi is 50th this year, down from 49th in the 2004 Edition. It has been in the bottom three states since the 1990 Edition. The state ranks well in all three health policy measures: 8th for access to adequate prenatal care, which is available to 81.8 percent of pregnant women; 11th for per capita public health spending, at $197 per person; and 14th for immunization coverage, with 84.0 percent of children ages 19 to 35 months receiving complete immunizations. It ranks in the bottom five states on nine of the 18 measures: a high premature death rate, a high infant mortality rate, a high total mortality rate, a high rate of cardiovascular deaths, a high percentage of children in poverty, a high prevalence of obesity, a high rate of motor vehicle deaths, a high occupational fatalities rate, and a high number of limited activity days. It also ranks in the bottom 10 states for two other measures. Table 4 lists the score and ranking for each of the 50 states. Scores presented in the tables indicate the percentage a state is above or below the national norm. For example, a state with a score of 20 is 20 percent above the national average for that component. A negative score means the state is below the national average. When comparing states from year to year, differences in score are more important than changes in ranking. Table 4 2005 Overall America's Health Rankings ALPHABETICAL BY STATE RANK ORDER 2005 RANK (1-50) STATE SCORE* 2005 RANK (1-50) STATE SCORE* 45 Alabama -12.8 1 Minnesota 22.2 30 Alaska -1.2 2 Vermont 21.3 31 Arizona -1.6 3 New Hampshire 18.3 47 Arkansas -16.1 4 Utah 17.4 22 California 6.0 5 Hawaii 16.9 17 Colorado 9.7 6 North Dakota 16.6 7 Connecticut 15.9 7 Connecticut 15.7 33 Delaware -2.6 8 Maine 15.4 40 Florida -8.6 9 Massachusetts 15.2 43 Georgia -10.2 10 Iowa 15.0 5 Hawaii 17.0 11 Nebraska 12.5 16 Idaho 10.4 12 Rhode Island 11.2 28 Illinois 0.9 13 Wisconsin 10.9 32 Indiana -2.1 14 Washington 10.8 10 Iowa 14.9 15 New Jersey 10.6 23 Kansas 5.8 16 Idaho 10.4 42 Kentucky -9.7 17 Colorado 10.1 49 Louisiana -18.4 18 Oregon 8.4 8 Maine 15.5 19 South Dakota 6.7 34 Maryland -3.6 19 Wyoming 6.7 9 Massachusetts 15.2 21 Montana 5.9 29 Michigan 0.3 22 California 5.8 1 Minnesota 22.1 23 Kansas 5.7 50 Mississippi -19.1 24 Virginia 5.5 35 Missouri -4.1 25 Pennsylvania 2.1 21 Montana 6.6 26 Ohio 1.3 11 Nebraska 12.2 27 New York 1.0 37 Nevada -5.9 28 Illinois 0.9 3 New Hampshire 18.1 29 Michigan 0.1 15 New Jersey 10.6 30 Alaska -0.6 38 New Mexico -6.2 31 Arizona -1.5 26 New York 1.2 32 Indiana -2.3 36 North Carolina -5.6 33 Delaware -3.4 6 North Dakota 16.6 34 Maryland -3.5 27 Ohio 1.1 35 Missouri -3.8 44 Oklahoma -11.4 36 North Carolina -5.6 18 Oregon 8.3 37 Nevada -5.7 25 Pennsylvania 1.9 38 New Mexico -5.9 12 Rhode Island 11.5 39 Texas -6.7 46 South Carolina -15.8 40 Florida -8.6 20 South Dakota 6.7 41 West Virginia -9.1 48 Tennessee -17.1 42 Kentucky -9.8 39 Texas -6.7 43 Georgia -10.1 4 Utah 17.5 44 Oklahoma -11.4 2 Vermont 21.3 45 Alabama -12.7 24 Virginia 5.5 46 Arkansas -15.6 14 Washington 10.7 47 South Carolina -15.7 41 West Virginia -9.3 48 Tennessee -16.8 13 Wisconsin 11.0 49 Louisiana -18.3 19 Wyoming 7.0 50 Mississippi -19.4

Should Michael Moore be prosecuted for taking 9/11 rescue workers to Cuba for medical care? It may have been a stunt, but it illustrates a real issue: even people with jobs providing a service to the community aren't provided health insurance through their jobs and can't afford to buy insurance or are excluded as an individual, so when they get a serious illness or injury they have to choose between bankruptcy or death. If a country like Cuba that we have had a crippling embargo on for decades provides more access to health care than we do, it should tell you something about what's wrong with our system: it's putting profits ahead of the lives of American citizens, essentially committing economic terrorism. Some of you younger dudes won't get it until your parents die or kick you out of the house. Sway, I think he chose Cuba instead of Canada or Britain for just this kind of controversy--even our poor ENEMIES Sway, I think he chose Cuba instead of Canada or Britain for just this kind of controversy--even our poor ENEMIES get better access to health care than us. To the conservatives posting, Moore could pay for health care for these guys out of his pocket, but he's not rich enough to pay for the tens of millions who are uninsured. The movie is meant to draw attention to their problem so we'll do something about it. We do have the best medical care IF you can afford, which is a pretty big F'ing if. If you still live with your parents, you probably think health insurance just magically exists like the roof over your head or the food in the cupboard. You don't know how much mom & dad's employers pay for it, or how much that employer is trying to wiggle out of providing it.

Why is the US filled with evil, godlessness, and lost souls, more so than many other countries? NOT to say that there AREN'T other countries with social problems, but ours especially seems to have very high murder rates, drugs, money-me centered personalities as opposed to family and communities, being on-the-go thinking it's a good thing when it just eats people up. People who not only are godless, but thrive on sin and being conniving players, etc, fakes, phonies, people trying to be something they're not, shallow, etc. Our country is also filled with rage, mental illness cases, deterorating school systems and health institutions, religion has become a joke, no one really believes in anything anymore. Basically it's become an overpopulated mess with people who aren't happy for the most part and who take it out on others. The ONLY happy people in this country are those who either live in rural areas away from all the shit, have lots of money, or just have had good times. But my question is, WHy is THIS country in particular so....bad in a sense?

Who thinks we even need any kind of health care program other then this .? If it was not for regulation and insurance companies doctors would establish a pricing system that met their needs and rewarded their skills . I am all for making doctors tax exempt . No property tax or any tax for that matter . They provide a service to the community that is invaluable . Slide a card at the gas pump if your a doctor and the gas taxes are reduced from the cost per gallon . To get this you must provide to those in need a certain number of hours each year . Free medical school for those who qualify . Have the family come in and change the bed pans and wash the patients and make sure they get the pills at the right time . Maybe doctors need to do more house calls and establish a client base . Having the government involved in health care has been a disaster and insurance companies should not even medal in this business . I am sure it came out of having to tend to slaves with no money , the government stepped in and then insurance companies have destroyed health care.

Action not words for the lesbian & Gay community ? I hear so many people whining and complaining about why we have no gay marriage rights and legal child adoption etc.., but how long has it been since anyone Marched for our rights and freedoms? The only group that actually does anything for it's people are the African Americans, such as Civil Rights, Their leaders that fought for them , and so fourth, so why isn't anyone in the community, (Civilians) marching down Washington DC,? I feel more ppl who do not belong in this country, who pay no taxes etc and get free health care and so fourth get more rights than we do..Look at the MArch in DC over illegal aliens, many get to stay and sponge off the GVT, while we Americans must pay, or get moved to delinquent accounts..I mean where is the justice in that? We are Americans, and we are lesbian, & Gay, but we have no rights? But we cannot ask for gay marriage, when that should be privledged to us? Seems like Staright white men, Illegal aliens and wealthy ppl run the GVT system, instead of us.

Do you think this will help or hinder our politics forum? I just went over to Y!A "What's New" to read up on this latest "REPORT IT" button situation and why they've created it. There is a lot of decent information over there and I've copied and pasted some of it: 1.Click on the Report It button when you see a question or answer that violates the new Community Guidelines. 2.Once you submit your report, a new behind-the-scenes process begins. This system automatically measures the contributions and reporting history of both the reporter and the person being reported. 3.The new system then determines whether it can remove the reported question or answer directly from the site based on community input or whether further review is needed. 4.Since this is a Beta, Yahoo! Customer Care will continue to assist in reviewing reported questions and answers. They will also continue to address appeals to violations. We realize the concept of community moderation is potentially scary, so we built the system to rely on the reputations of community members. Reputations will be built up over time and fluctuate based on the accuracy of an individual’s contributions. Community members who build a record of correctly reporting questions and answers that violate our guidelines will become a trusted reporter and gain influence when they report. On the other hand, misuse of the new system will result in a lowered reputation. A low reputation means that the power to report and remove potential abuse is diminished, and may even risk suspension. So there you have it. With this new system, the community now has a vital role in building the value and health of Answers. We’ve updated the Community Guidelines with your input, and will continue to refine them. Even the violation appeals process has been cleaned up. Although there will undoubtedly be bumps in the road, we believe this is an important step in the right direction. We’ll work with you to make improvements and modifications, so post your feedback in the suggestion boards. We remain dedicated, like so many millions of you, to fostering the health and continued growth of Answers. Thanks, The Yahoo! Answers Team This is not all of the information they have listed, so I’ve provided the link: http://blog.360.yahoo.com/y_answrs_team;_ylt=AkuidMldrZA46rRiY5sum84_zKIX So based on this information, do you think that this will make a lot of the bad stuff go away? Reporting violations that aren’t violations? Will it cut down on the trolls, or create more? I’m asking this in politics because we’ve had so many complaints about people getting suspended and receiving violations that aren’t justified.

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