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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (17382)	4/27/2010 3:27:58 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 42652

stateofthedivision Says: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Strange that a Bill Frist endorsement would be viewed positively on a “progressive” website. Dr. Frist will cash in for the fourth time on HCA’s going public. Private equity underwriter (PEU) KKR plans an HCA IPO in the near future. As for increased costs KKR’s buyout of HCA and Triad’s sellout to CHS added over $2 billion in interest expense. White House Health Czar Nancy Ann DeParle made over $1 million from Triad’s sale. What happened as PPACA neared the finish line? PEU’s signed deals to buy out major safety net providers in Massachusetts and Michigan. Three years under Mass health reform couldn’t save Caritas Christie from hell hound Cerberus Capital. Dr. Frist’s son works for The Carlyle Group. An Axelrod also worked for Carlyle but disappeared after their downsizing. Dirty Tom Daschle, also a PEU, has his hands all over PPACA. Of course Dr. Frist likes it. It sets up the For-Profiteers. stateofthedivision Says: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My apology for mixing up the William Frists, H vs. R. The Dr. Frist above has no reportable stake in HCA, according to SEC filings. His brother Tommey and nephew William R. Frist own big chunks of HCA. Dr. Frist has served as a partner at Cressey & Company LP a private investment firm since 2007. Cressey & Company, with offices in Chicago and Nashville, is a private investment firm focused on the healthcare industry. The principals of the firm have been active healthcare investors for nearly three decades and have invested in a wide range of healthcare businesses. Cressey & Company seeks to invest in high-potential segments of the U.S. healthcare market. Which is why Dr. Frist loves Obama’s health care reform. It’s steered to benefit For-Profiteers.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (17382)	4/27/2010 3:29:10 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 42652

Do you personally accept Bill Frist as the ultimate authority on everything? Or even on all matters regarding federal law pertaining to medical care, or medical care payment? Why? I certainly don't.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (17382)	4/27/2010 4:58:24 PM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 42652

I don't know if thats true, but if it were true, so what? If he thinks what you claim, he's wrong.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (17382)	4/27/2010 7:18:26 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

Another Heartwarming Socialized Medicine Success Story: 'I Think Dogs are Treated Better Than My Mother Was' This should help do wonders for Labour's chances in the upcoming British elections. A devastated daughter has accused Gordon Brown of betraying the elderly today after her elderly mother died 'wallowing in filth' in an NHS hospital. Clara Stokes, 84, who was honoured in 2008 by the Prime Minister for her work as a Land Girl during the Second World War, was left partially paralysed by a massive stroke in December 2009. Her daughter Elle Chambers, 57, claims her mother's subsequent care at Luton and Dunstable Hospital was 'inhumane' and 'not fit for dogs'. The case is acutely embarrassing for Labour just days before the general election. It follows a poll in today's Daily Mail that found that voters no longer believe the NHS is safe in Mr Brown's hands. The shocked mother-of-two said Mrs Stokes was ignored by overworked nurses who left her dehydrated, hungry and lying in her own faeces for up to six hours. In a series of sickening pictures taken by Mrs Chambers on the hospital ward, Mrs Stokes can be seen lying helpless and confused in the mess with her foot trapped in the bedstead. Mrs Chambers and her daughter Michelle Plaford, 37, also found that water had been placed too far away from her bed and no staff had come to help her drink for up to 16 hours. The pair were so disgusted by conditions they tried to feed other hungry and thirsty patients, only to be told by nursing staff they could not for 'health and safety reasons'. At one stage the hospital almost ran out of supplies so nurses trawled wards for medication, Mrs Chambers added. Remember though, the Democrats have told us that care will never be rationed. You believe them, right? A temporary nurse misread Mrs Stokes' notes and forced uncrushed tablets down her throat, almost causing her to choke to death. Doctors and nurses who misplaced health notes even thought Mrs Stokes was a man for the first two days, after she was admitted on December 16. Outraged at her treatment, Mrs Stokes's family removed her from the hospital in Luton. She died in a nursing home just days later on February 28. Mrs Chambers wrote to Gordon Brown following the death to complain of the 'negligence', and was told by No.10 the matter had been passed to the Department of Health. A death panel would have actually shown more compassion. Mrs Stokes, a retired hairdresser, was left paralysed down the left side of her body by the stroke and unable to speak. The only time they didn't go and visit Mrs Stokes was when her ward was in isolation following a stomach bug outbreak and visiting hours were restricted. But when they were finally allowed into the ward, they were left stunned by the conditions Mrs Stokes had been left in. She added: 'We finally walked in and my daughter said what is that under her arm? We lifted it up and she was covered in her own diarrhoea. 'She was paralysed and couldn't call for help. This was after 3pm in the afternoon and the last time she had been checked was at 9am.' Just 24 hours later the family found a stricken Mrs Stokes' foot trapped between bed posts caused by a faulty bed pump. It was not known how long she was trapped and had to be freed by the matron. Mrs Chambers added: 'I think dogs are treated better than my mother was. She was left in a pond of her own filth. Worse than an animal. Once the joys of ObamaCare kick in we may see a massive spike in assisted suicides if this is any indication what we're in for. jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com