Comments on: New England Journal of Medicine “Survey” On Doctors & Health Care Reform Is A Fake

By: Romano

Romano — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:20:46 +0000

I would like to see that screen shot. Press the print screen button and then paste in on you Microsoft Word program. Let me know if this works. Thanks.

By: Quaker in a Basement

Quaker in a Basement — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:55:18 +0000

I can tell you that if more Doctors fail to sign up for this travesty of a bill, than are already signed up for Medicaid

???!?!??

By: Quaker in a Basement

Quaker in a Basement — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:54:07 +0000

Quaker, when was the last time you went looking for a Doctor, when the only medical insurance you had was Medicaid?

What in the world does that have to do with this “survey”?

By: Buzz Killington

Buzz Killington — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:29:34 +0000

Perhaps this is true, but the “liberal” use of “scare quotes” in the “article” undermines its “credibility”. I’ll check for non-partisan confirmation…

By: Crusty Dem

Crusty Dem — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:02:10 +0000

My apologies, Frank, based on your age, your “screw the poor”-style conservative values, and generally error-riddled posts, I’d assumed you were both mistaken.

Please feel free to resume not making sense (oops, too late).

By: Frank DiSalle

Frank DiSalle — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:51:51 +0000

Crusty Dem, I know Jaim doesn’t know shit from shinola about anything, but I certainly do know the difference between Medicaid and Medicare.

And, as someone who has wandered around from Doctor to Doctor looking for one that will take Medicaid, I can tell you that if more Doctors fail to sign up for this travesty of a bill, than are already signed up for Medicaid (and take it from me, many Doctors are not taking new Medicaid patients NOW) some people — none of you, of course, or you would never favor this POS legislation — will have a hard time finding a Doctor.

By: Crusty Dem

Crusty Dem — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:58:46 +0000

The value of a debate over health care between two posters who don’t know the difference between medicaid and medicare is probably less than zero..

By: Jaim

Jaim — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:19:58 +0000

Because elderly Americans are giving up their Medicaid plans in droves. Uh-huh.

Sorry Frank, but your sad little party is doomed.

By: mambochicken23

mambochicken23 — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:47:13 +0000

Are you drinking again, Frank? Your excessive use of exclamation marks and nonsensicality makes me think that something is wrong with you. Rather, something more is wrong with you.

The Republicans have negotiated this issue in bad faith from Day 1. Therefore, I do not care if their wishes w/r/t this legislation are completely ignored. In fact, I’ll be happy if the Dems pass this right in the Republicans faces. Fuck the GOP. Pass the bill.

By: Frank DiSalle

Frank DiSalle — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:42:26 +0000

Quaker, when was the last time you went looking for a Doctor, when the only medical insurance you had was Medicaid?

Liberals are famous for pretending that they know all about the suffering of the less fortunate – but they never experience it, and know that they never will.

By: David

David — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:15:42 +0000

New England Journal of Medicine “Survey” On Doctors & Health Care Reform Was Posted On NEJMjobs.org
The survey results were posted on this web page:

http://www.nejmjobs.org/rpt/physician-survey-health-reform-impact.aspx

They have since been removed and replaced with a statement and link to the medicus website. I still have the original tab open in Firefox. If someone can tell me how to save a screenshot I will post it.

By: Quaker in a Basement

Quaker in a Basement — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:08:35 +0000

All the survey results are based on the premise “if there’s a public option.” There is not a public option in the current bill. So what’s your point?

(Why doctors would care is a puzzle to me, but that’s another matter.)

By: Quaker in a Basement

Quaker in a Basement — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:07:15 +0000

Followed the link. No survey. Just a short article trumpeting a few results.

By: Frank DiSalle

Frank DiSalle — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:54:21 +0000

Joe, you know that now that they have that straw to grasp, it’s time to PASS THE BILL!!!

The possibility that the answers are legitimate means not a thing to them …

And look at Mambo’s comment : Fuck the Republicans ! Pass the Bill!

That’s looking out for the interests of the less fortunate, if I ever saw it!

You guys are all pathetic!

You want partisan politics ?

Pass that Bill and kiss 2010 and 2012 good bye !!!

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:16:20 +0000

The NEJM did in fact publish the link to this survey, but as part of an advertisement, not an article:

http://www.nejmjobs.org/rpt/physician-survey-health-reform-impact.aspx

By: Matthew Hubbard

Matthew Hubbard — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:35:59 +0000

Do they run stories past fact checkers over there, or only the stories that don’t fit in perfectly with their agenda?

By: jr

jr — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:40:07 +0000

Megyn Kelly pimped this. “Straight news”

By: mambochicken23

mambochicken23 — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:36:23 +0000

OW, it also reminds me of the GOP and FOX News pushing blatantly false stories in the last year, such as “death panels.” They have no shame. It boils down to, “Who gives a shit whether it’s true? We have a bill to defeat, and a President to break!”

Fuck the GOP. Pass the bill.

By: merl

merl — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:15:13 +0000

Does this mean that WalMart will have a lot of greeters with Medical Degrees?

By: mambochicken23

mambochicken23 — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:11:59 +0000

I think it’s a bad thing for my mental health that this kind of thing doesn’t surprise me, even a little bit, anymore.