tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12392119.post8834690514513512276..comments2023-10-25T03:24:19.388-07:00Comments on Further Adventures of Indigo Red: Obama and Colonoscopy Both Full of CrapIndigo Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07488424336985581412noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12392119.post-14861636879436810352009-08-19T08:59:44.817-07:002009-08-19T08:59:44.817-07:00Doctors "do their time and are gone." Do...Doctors "do their time and are gone." Don't you just wish the inmates would do the same?<br /><br />There are no incentives for mediacl personel to serve outlying communities beyond appeals to social obligations and humanity. Without the material and social status incentives of passed centuries, why would anyone spend so much time becoming a physician when many tradesmen are remunerated at higher levels for a much shorter work day? And a plumber/electrician/carpenter/heavy equipment operator doesn't need an eight yr degree and another 4 yrs as an intern.Indigo Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17906787350123925867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12392119.post-25213287627546274292009-08-19T08:26:43.944-07:002009-08-19T08:26:43.944-07:00I undergo the yearly mammo (now more important tha...I undergo the yearly mammo (now more important that mom was treated for breast cancer), my cholesterol is finally under control(despite the fact of eating a low red meat, low fat diet, I've never been able to keep my #'s within reason... mainly because they keep changing "reasonable". Stress is a factor... I have stress, genetics play another part).<br />I've been lucky to have HMO with an opt out feature-- at this time it is paid at 80-20 (our share) after the $500/per person deductible. <br />With the health problems I have indured,and the checkups to keep my children healthy, it has been important to keep our insurance rates under control. Due to the lack of population where I live (unless you count state prison inmates who get whatever they need, whenever they want right up to parole date) our rates for insurance are higher than most of the state. We utilize our opt out feature to be treated in towns over 100 miles away, and in some cases, the next state over.<br />Our local hospital is trying to get doctors/specialists to spend a year or so here, but what are the incentives? They do their time and are gone.Indigo Rosenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12392119.post-39302865027213499862009-08-19T07:07:46.794-07:002009-08-19T07:07:46.794-07:00The actual procedure of a colonoscopy is strikingl...The actual procedure of a colonoscopy is strikingly similar to the procedures being enacted upon American citizens by Congress and the Obama administration. Unfortunately, the political colonoscopy is lasting much longer than did the medical version I experienced a couple years ago. I'm afraid the "recovery" time will take longer, too... if there ever IS a recovery from what DC is doing to us.Wes Pattersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00791899920557729594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12392119.post-52842703973778028052009-08-19T04:07:01.983-07:002009-08-19T04:07:01.983-07:00I recently had a colonoscopy also which was covere...I recently had a colonoscopy also which was covered by insurance. Unfortunately I didn't have a photo of my colon to present. DonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com