Zing!! I keep saying this, but the Wall Street Journal thinks universal healthcare is a good idea, because of the massive burden on business of how we do things in the US. It’s called introducing efficiencies, folks, something that we are supposed to be in favor of. And no, they’re not referring to Romneycare, which merely forces people into the same old inefficient insurance companies.
^The problem is that those guys who make a killing (figuratively and literally) selling inefficient insurance don’t want to give up their meal tickets.
If only things were as we wish them to be. I see nothing in the HC law that makes anything more efficient. It adds restrictions and paperwork, and does nothing to streamline lab work, diagnosis, or treatments. If you go to an ER, you still wait for hours to be seen (unless you pass the triage test for heart attack or stroke), and your doctor is no more educated or efficient than he was before the law. The only thing it does is change the insurance industry, and while that may be a good thing, it doesn’t help the health care industry.
beenthere41,,,, Getting past the people in the emergency room who are there when they should be at a family doctor’s office is the hard part. The emergency room is the first point of treatment for those without insurance.
believecommonsense over 13 years ago
Love the comment on the bottom. Very fitting observation, toles.
Motivemagus over 13 years ago
Zing!! I keep saying this, but the Wall Street Journal thinks universal healthcare is a good idea, because of the massive burden on business of how we do things in the US. It’s called introducing efficiencies, folks, something that we are supposed to be in favor of. And no, they’re not referring to Romneycare, which merely forces people into the same old inefficient insurance companies.
WarBush over 13 years ago
^The problem is that those guys who make a killing (figuratively and literally) selling inefficient insurance don’t want to give up their meal tickets.
WarBush over 13 years ago
As far as this toon goes great work!
beenthere41 over 13 years ago
If only things were as we wish them to be. I see nothing in the HC law that makes anything more efficient. It adds restrictions and paperwork, and does nothing to streamline lab work, diagnosis, or treatments. If you go to an ER, you still wait for hours to be seen (unless you pass the triage test for heart attack or stroke), and your doctor is no more educated or efficient than he was before the law. The only thing it does is change the insurance industry, and while that may be a good thing, it doesn’t help the health care industry.
Odon Premium Member over 13 years ago
The need to create a single payer system is obvious. The push back is nothing short of inhumane.
rockngolfer over 13 years ago
I like this Rob Rogers cartoon, too.
http://editorialcartoonists.com/cartoon/display.cfm?cartoonist=RogerR
Justice22 over 13 years ago
beenthere41,,,, Getting past the people in the emergency room who are there when they should be at a family doctor’s office is the hard part. The emergency room is the first point of treatment for those without insurance.