Comments on: Universal Healthcare http://blog.gordaen.com/2007/04/24/universal-healthcare/ Ramblings about art, education, Linux and a lot more Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:50:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Gordaen http://blog.gordaen.com/2007/04/24/universal-healthcare/#comment-10726 Gordaen Mon, 30 Apr 2007 18:29:05 +0000 http://blog.gordaen.com/2007/04/24/universal-healthcare/#comment-10726 Haha, yeah, I agree. It's tough to figure out a way to deal with any issue that isn't entirely black and white. Perhaps we could have a panel of doctors modeled after the judiciary branch that would make the decisions, but that would increase costs. In the future, we would have to deal with the question of altering genetics. "Oh, I see here that your parents opted not to give you perfect vision while you were a fetus, so we aren't going to correct your vision." There's a quote in Dead Poet's Society in which Keating (Robin Williams) says to another teacher, "I never pegged you for a cynic," and the teacher replies, "Not a cynic... a realist." Haha, yeah, I agree. It’s tough to figure out a way to deal with any issue that isn’t entirely black and white. Perhaps we could have a panel of doctors modeled after the judiciary branch that would make the decisions, but that would increase costs.

In the future, we would have to deal with the question of altering genetics. “Oh, I see here that your parents opted not to give you perfect vision while you were a fetus, so we aren’t going to correct your vision.”

There’s a quote in Dead Poet’s Society in which Keating (Robin Williams) says to another teacher, “I never pegged you for a cynic,” and the teacher replies, “Not a cynic… a realist.”

]]> By: Bernie Zimmermann http://blog.gordaen.com/2007/04/24/universal-healthcare/#comment-10688 Bernie Zimmermann Mon, 30 Apr 2007 03:08:01 +0000 http://blog.gordaen.com/2007/04/24/universal-healthcare/#comment-10688 I like your idea. However, the realist in me replaces the "we" in "we could err on the side of caution" with "health care providers," and I quickly realize what a big loophole erring on the side of caution can become. "It says here you work with computers. No wonder your vision is bad. We aren't gonna cover that." It's a shame realism always ends up feeling so much like pessimism. I like your idea. However, the realist in me replaces the “we” in “we could err on the side of caution” with “health care providers,” and I quickly realize what a big loophole erring on the side of caution can become.

“It says here you work with computers. No wonder your vision is bad. We aren’t gonna cover that.”

It’s a shame realism always ends up feeling so much like pessimism.

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