Forbes: "More Solid Proof That Obamacare Is Working"

[taterpeeler]

Cmon'....nobody is out there for a free ride. We all work hard for our food stamps and unemployment checks. If you don't believe me, check out this story:

If you have not seen this before, you may find it interesting...
Below is a letter written by a young physician by the name of Dr. Starner Jones, an attending ER Physician in Mississippi...it was written in 2009 and published in the local paper.... His short two-paragraph letter to the White House accurately puts the blame on a "Culture Crisis" instead of a "Health Care Crisis". It's worth a quick read:

Dear Sirs:
During my shift in the Emergency Room last night, I had the pleasure of evaluating a patient whose smile revealed an expensive
Shiny gold tooth, whose body was adorned with a wide assortment of elaborate and costly tattoos, who wore a very expensive
Brand of tennis shoes, and who chatted on a new cellular telephone equipped with a popular R&B ring tone. While glancing over her Patient chart, I happened to notice that her payer status was listed as "Medicaid"!
During my examination of her, the patient informed me that she smokes more than one costly pack of cigarettes every day
and somehow still has money to buy pretzels and beer.
And, you and our Congress expect me to pay for this woman's health care? I contend that our nation's "health care crisis" is not the result of a shortage of quality hospitals, doctors or nurses. Rather, it is the result of a "crisis of culture", a culture in which it is perfectly acceptable to spend money on luxuries and vices while refusing to take care of one's self or, heaven forbid, purchase health insurance.
It is a culture based on the irresponsible Liberal credo that "I can do whatever I want to because someone else will always take care of me."
Once you fix this "culture crisis" that rewards irresponsibility and dependency, you'll be amazed at how quickly our nation's health care difficulties will disappear.
Respectfully,
STARNER JONES, MD

he is such a racist.... what an evil man....

 

[bill3173]

Those "gold" teeth are not expensive, not the type that he's referencing. He wants to drive to work in a BMW but begrudge someone that is less fortunate for beer and pretzels?

He's on the public payroll too, if he's an er doc. Let him judge himself.

 

[xrac]

This article is pure garbage.

 

[aheff]

The article is a joke. 21-26 yr old "children" getting health insurance= Obamacrap is a success. OK, if you say so. We'll forget about the other 95% of the bill that DOES NOT WORK. We'll forget about the approx 2% rate increase ACROSS THE BOARD to pay for these "kids" to have this new entitlement. We'll forget about the SEVERAL employers that I met with who have seen a direct correlation between that "child" pushing hard to get a job vs sitting on his f@#$% ass all day, since there is even less pressure for him to work for a G-d damn living.
And on and on.

 

[ABC]

BS article. I would not even call it journalism.

 

[maniacagent]

Wait til the rates go up next year.

 

[STIBROKER]

If I was in charge of the food stamp program the only thing you could buy is Rice,Beans,Milk,and Fruit juice.....you want lobster get a job.....

 

[GreenSky]

If I was in charge of the food stamp program the only thing you could buy is Rice,Beans,Milk,and Fruit juice.....you want lobster get a job.....

How about smokes?

Rick

 

[djs]

Sti - I wouldn't worry about the lobster. They saved $8.00, or 5%. Makes up for it all. Now that 5% can be given to someone else.

Its good they did their part in saving the food stamp program money.

Dan

 

[STIBROKER]

now that's change we can believe in.......but what is interesting is 2 steaks and 6 tails....is this dinner for 2 or 8.....

Sti - I wouldn't worry about the lobster. They saved $8.00, or 5%. Makes up for it all. Now that 5% can be given to someone else.

Its good they did their part in saving the food stamp program money.

Dan