I hope the news folks follow-up on the victim's outcome and what happens with the investigation instead of reproducing obscure world news off some wire. Since most of us drive regularly, we need to know what we're facing on the roads and how likely it is people are going to put guns to our heads.
Hidden fees are dishonest. Do airlines hide their fees for competitive reasons? Probably not. They hide their fees because they are actually providing a la carte fee structure while advertising a full price ticket. Instead of raising the price of tickets to cover costs, they remove services traditionally covered under the base price and list them as a la carte options. This not only helps them increase revenue on the front end of sales, but it helps them limit liability of the frequent flier miles that customers have accumulated. In any case, it is a dishonest approach. Either go full A la carte, or start offering what they advertise, the true cost on the ticket. Since deregulation back in the 80s, the airlines have become corrupt with their schemes.
That's one of the problems with our system. People are directed to the ER because there is no other alternative. We've got to open up access to primary care by changing our system somehow.
You're right. And even though you were just having a nasty asthma attack, because of the symptoms, you should not have had to wait 3 hours for them to rule out more critical issues. Besides, asthma attacks can be pretty critical. Things must change. We must be able to trust the medical staff will treat us quickly in emergencies. My unlce laid in ICU for two days with increasing enzyme levels during the course of a heart attack before they would provide treatment. Seems his cardiologist was out of town and the on call cardiologist was busy with other patients. Come on, a two day heart attack while IN THE HOSPITAL? We basically forced, cajoled, or begged the on call doc to provide the services. Good thing, part of his heart wasn't getting any blood from its artery. The system is broken, like everything else. We just don't have enough money in our economy to support our infrastructure. That's the bottom line. We gave it all away.
@catriley - First, If I were you I would be cautious about assuming that "all" Canadians love their healthcare. Most healthy people 'love' their healthcare. It's the minority, the sick of us, that actually see the limitations of the system. And there are huge limitations in the U.S. system as well as the Canadian and European systems. Go study 'statistics' and then apply a few of the basics to healthcare satisfaction and quality of service data. Secondly, calling people "angry old white men" as you did is bigoted. I'm assuming you think you're are the only one on the face of the earth subjected to bigotry, and therefore you think it's ok to be obnoxious toward others simply because you don't understand or are afraid of them. Or don't care about your fellow humans. Do you think there's an old white man's club out there and they all know each other's name? They all speak the same language, and can instantly recognize each other? You're a bigot of the worst kind and most harmful because you have the opportunity to know better. You must choose to be a bigot. I hope you choose differently in the future.
People like you need to be included in panels to help figure out how to fix ER problems. People like me are subject to reactionary opinions based on news articles since we don't see the full machine at work.
You're right about that. This article being the exception, I think that Litigation and Lottery both begin with an "L" for the same reason. Money, not our wellbeing.
This man sounds reasonable, he should prevail. The doctor made a mistake, as we all do, and it will be rectified. The problem I see with our snarkiness these days is that we unjustly criticize those that provide us with tremendous aid. What if there were no doctors to perform heart surgeries? Many people would suffer and die, never getting the opportunity to live with the hassle of a medical error. Do we appreciate how many people the medical system successfully helps, sometimes ourselves? What about the work of the police or firefighters? Do we understand how much we benefit from their work? No, we've become a country of snarks that appreciate nothing and criticize everything. I guess I'm just as bad as the next guy.
Too much coffee? Not possible. What if someone just call me an @$$ without the qualifier? Is that worse yet?!
You have a point. The solution would be to not only ban handheld cell phones, but we should have the police ticket all sorts of crazy distractions IN ADDITION TO hand held usage and texting. What about Mascara while driving, gee have I seen a lot of that? Talk about being smeared. What does it do to the poor schmuck that gets hit!? How about burgers on the go? Looking for that perfect cd somewhere in the stack? All of these distractions can, do, and will, cause innocent people to die or suffer hardship as a result of property damage or disability. But the solution is not to use all those problems as an excuse to defend yet another one.
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