Comments on: NYT Op-Ed on Health Care Reform http://www.talkingaboutmenshealth.com/2007/12/16/nyt-op-ed-on-health-care-reform/ The health and well-being of boys, men and their famlies Sat, 21 Aug 2010 17:39:51 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Perry Karfunkel http://www.talkingaboutmenshealth.com/2007/12/16/nyt-op-ed-on-health-care-reform/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Perry Karfunkel Sat, 22 Dec 2007 17:25:59 +0000 http://www.talkingaboutmenshealth.com/2007/12/16/nyt-op-ed-on-health-care-reform/#comment-7 Oops... well, THAT didn't work. I saw this posting in two versions, one with the "talking about men's health" "letterhead" background. That said "the article can be found here. The "here" was in black and not underlined, and not acting as a link. The other version looked like an AOL e-mail (I'm using AOL to view the "talking about men's health" website). THAT had the word "here" in blue and underlined, but nothing happened when I tried to use it as a link; the e-mail just disappeared. Anyway, listening to politicians' ads (I'm north of Boston, so we get ads directed at NH primary voters) and their statements in debates, I've concluded that they don't have a CLUE about reforming healthcare issues from my point of view as a primary care doctor. We'll see what comes of all of this, and WHAT the American people are willing to actually accept and pay for. The only guy who was realistic was Obama, who said that he'd go on tv and just tell Americans that Harry and Louise were lying. [a reference you may not understand, Richard, as someone who wasn't in this country in 1994 when Hillary got bashed by ads paid for by the pharmaceutical industry for her healthcare proposals; ask others at work about it.] John Edwards thinks HE can take on corporate healthcare and win; good luck to HIM!! I don't think any of them understands the details of the issues, with the exception of Hillary, and we'll see what SHE might be able to accomplish. Oops… well, THAT didn’t work. I saw this posting in two versions, one with the “talking about men’s health” “letterhead” background. That said “the article can be found here. The “here” was in black and not underlined, and not acting as a link. The other version looked like an AOL e-mail (I’m using AOL to view the “talking about men’s health” website). THAT had the word “here” in blue and underlined, but nothing happened when I tried to use it as a link; the e-mail just disappeared.

Anyway, listening to politicians’ ads (I’m north of Boston, so we get ads directed at NH primary voters) and their statements in debates, I’ve concluded that they don’t have a CLUE about reforming healthcare issues from my point of view as a primary care doctor. We’ll see what comes of all of this, and WHAT the American people are willing to actually accept and pay for. The only guy who was realistic was Obama, who said that he’d go on tv and just tell Americans that Harry and Louise were lying. [a reference you may not understand, Richard, as someone who wasn't in this country in 1994 when Hillary got bashed by ads paid for by the pharmaceutical industry for her healthcare proposals; ask others at work about it.] John Edwards thinks HE can take on corporate healthcare and win; good luck to HIM!! I don’t think any of them understands the details of the issues, with the exception of Hillary, and we’ll see what SHE might be able to accomplish.

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