My friend had a heart attack about a year ago and has been seeing a cardiologist

[proud2BlibKansan]

He is big on stress. Always asks her how her stress level is. She was in there yesterday and he made a crack about 'Obamacare'. So she walked out, told him she was going to find a new cardiologist because it was too stressful for her to give her money to a doctor who is a wingnut tea bagger.

:rofl:

[babylonsister]

1. LOL! Props to her!

:thumbsup:

[crim son]

2. Wow, that takes guts

and it's funny as hell.

[geckosfeet]

3. Major kudos to her. I would do the same. Or at least I like to think I would.

[tabatha]

4. That made my day.

[dflprincess]

5. On the way out the door she should have told him that if he's

been happy with the insurance companies telling him how to treat his patients, he doesn't have to worry about that changing.

Several years ago my internist quit because he just couldn't stand dealing with the insurers any more. He became active in a single payer group and spent more time donating his services.

[area51]

17. +1

It amazes me that in this alleged first-world country, for-profit agency beancounters are basically getting to tell doctors how to practice medicine.

[pitohui]

6. tee hee good for her he was prob a shit doctor anyway

all living creatures are subject to stress, i have learned to reach for pistol (in the immortal words of goebbels) when someone starts yakking abt stress...

a real doc would know that EVERYBODY has stress, and if you give "stress" as a reason/dx/excuse you are a scammer, almost gotta be

she'll get a better doc, it's a win/win that she walked out on this POS (piece of shit)

no heart attack was ever caused by stress or we'd all be dead, fuck me

[Maru Kitteh]

13. It's another way of blaming the patient - aka "your faith wasn't pure enough"

And coming from an idiot teabagger, faith healing was probably the next treatment in line.

[City Lights]

7. Good for her!

:toast:

[ProgressiveProfessor]

8. Every MD I know is very concerned about the new health laws

The vast majority do not oppose the concepts but are very concerned about a screwed up implementation done by those with no experience in health care. So far there is some justification for their concern.

[proud2BlibKansan]

9. I think it was his use of the term 'Obamacare' that stressed her out so much

[Maru Kitteh]

15. The current system is controlled by people who have no interest in health care.

[corpseratemedia]

10. I had one of those, I got sideswiped.

too gobbsmacked to say anything - wish I had had your friends' presence of mind to say what I had thought of later! kudos to her!

[DainBramaged]

11. My doctor (internist) is Korean, and he is ALWAYS disparaging Middle Eastern folks

we came to an agreement after my last brain tumor, no more politics between us, period.


Than again I've been back once (I think) in 3 years. They even told me when I got the flu last year it was my fault for not getting a flu shot even though they had run out in September. My wonderful endocrinologist takes care of me.

[corpseratemedia]

27. so sorry about your illness!!

now i understand your DU name ...


If I have to see that dr. again and he spouts he'll get the treatment rofl. I'll be prepared this time!

[Maru Kitteh]

12. I love your friend! n/t

[proud2BlibKansan]

28. She's a great lady

[donheld]

14. Best of luck to your friend

[tavalon]

16. Perfection!

[Roon]

18. I was in the hospital with pneumonia

and when the tech came in to give me my breathing treatment the first thing he asked me is if I was arab. I said no..then he made a crack about obama and gave me my treatment. I just blew it off..i was too sick to give a shit.

[slampoet]

20. I had a friend who blew off a comment like that. Within a year it was found that nurse was killing

patients along with her lover to spell out messages to each other using the letter in their victims' last names.


People who should be in the healing profession NEVER make comments like this.

[AnArmyVeteran]

22. That's a terrifying story.

I'd love a link to be able to read the entire story.

You're right, no one in healthcare should be making comments like that. If it was me I would complain to try to get them fired. But I would only complain after leaving the hospital so they couldn't retaliate while I was sick.

It would interesting to research how many conservative extremists were in healthcare, teaching or any field where empathy or compassion were needed. By the way these extremists attack teachers I don't understand how any teacher could be a conservative extremist. I also can't see how any conservative extremist could be good as psychologists, caregivers or any other position requiring empathy or compassion. They believe in a dog-eat-dog, predatory world where the vulnerable should be preyed upon by the rich and powerful. They routinely ridicule and condemn the poor, the weak and the vulnerable.

[slampoet]

25. The crime was solved in 1989 so the only post I've found is this Blogger post

http://www.bloggersbase.com/criminology/a-game-of-murder/

[AnArmyVeteran]

29. Thanks for the link!

[Roon]

24. Revolting

What exactly did this nurse say before the killings? What was the comment?

[slampoet]

26. It's been 22 years since she left so i don't recall details, but here is the media take

http://www.bloggersbase.com/criminology/a-game-of-murder/

[AnArmyVeteran]

21. Are there different treatments for Arabs?

I thought of a lot of come-backs to that tech's question, but I probably wouldn't think of one if I was sick. But when he asked you if you were an Arab you could have responded by saying "No, just give me the breathing treatment for Americans".

Do you have any idea what provoked the tech to even ask such a dumb question? I sure wouldn't want a conservative extremist treating me. I wouldn't trust them. If you said you were a liberal he could intentionally expose you to a staph infection. The level of hate coming from the right wing is scary.

[slampoet]

19. I fired a doctor last month for the same reason.

[Posteritatis]

23. Ugh; stuff like this makes me appreciate my GP more and more. (nt)