Posts Made By: Paul McCarty

I know lots of Balkan conflict vets and contractors. They spent a lot of time in Europe, in many cases years. They all say the same thing about the healthcare over there. People don't seem to worry about it, and everyone can get care if they need it, in most places. You would never see jars for the 10 year old cancer patient over there.

Nor is their medical care system profit driven.

Another fact... In most European countries if you call for an ambulance, you get an ambulance staffed with a doctor and 2 to 3 nurses. In this country you get an ambulance with 2 minimum wage EMT's or a paramedic who makes 1 dollar an hour more, or you get volunteers who may or may not be an EMT. Where do you think the cutting edge EMS care is being provided. Not in this country!

If the public understood the depth of this issue they would not be griping about all the deflective stupid issues out there. They are getting royally shafted and many are actually fighting to keep it that way.

I actually work providing EMS care, so I have a very different look on it than a lay person.

Actually it seems Capitalism only breeds mediocrity. Unless there is an outrageous profit to be made, they will not risk anything to do it. It does not pay to research something controversial, or something that may cost more to research than can be made. So everyone ends up getting "middle of the road" mediocre care, or worse nothing at all.

You see it all the time in the retail world. It is the downfall of a private system, that and the out of control cost spiral.

What Glenn Beck said about the 9/11 families and responders turned me off from him. I think irresponsible people like him should be held accountable for the trouble they stir up.


Here is his insensitive rant...
"You know, it took me about a year to start hating the 9/11 victims' families. It took me about a year. Um, and I had such compassion for them and I really, you know, I wanted to help them, and I was behind -- let's give them money, let's get them started, and all of this stuff. And I really didn't -- all the 3,000 victims' families, I don't hate all of them, I hate about, probably about ten of them. But when I see 9/11 victim family, you know, on television, or whatever, I'm just like,'Oh, shut up.' I'm so sick of them. Because they're always complaining."

But less government is better right?