Buffett says Obama needs to couch healthcare as a national emergency

[Pitbull]

you dont think there is a major flaw in a system that has seen health insurance premiums rise 131% in 10 years?

you dont think that puts a burden on our economy?

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No I don't think it to be a major flaw.

Before making that judgment, you need to know why did they go up.
Ten years ago if you bumped your head they gave you two aspirins.
Now you get an MRI and two aspirins.

tell that to Natasha Richardson. walk it off right?

This summer I fell and hit my head. I went to the emergency room. I was given 2 tylenol AND an MRI. The MRI showed a "bleed" deep in my brain which required a 4 day hospital stay to stabilize. 10 years ago I would have been sent home after the tylenol and who knows what would have happened to me. It's called "advances in medicine".

Well I hope you all had fun bashing me with a conclusion that I did not make.

Where did I say people who hit their heads should not get an MRI?

My quote was a response to the post by 1KMB1 saying that there was a flaw in the system that prices rose 131% in 10 years.

I said it was NOT A FLAW.
Due to "advances in medicine" some very expensive technologies are now available.
Very expensive technologies that cause the cost of medical treatment to go up.

So Industrialsize - was it worth the extra money?
If you think so than you agree with me.
I never never said we should not use these technologies.

So 1KMB1 - maybe you should tell the late Natasha Richardson something.
You are the one that maintained that spending more money on things like an MRI was "a flaw in the system."

 

[1kmb1]

Well I hope you all had fun bashing me with a conclusion that I did not make.

Where did I say people who hit their heads should not get an MRI?

My quote was a response to the post by 1KMB1 saying that there was a flaw in the system that prices rose 131% in 10 years.

I said it was NOT A FLAW.
Due to "advances in medicine" some very expensive technologies are now available.
Very expensive technologies that cause the cost of medical treatment to go up.

So Industrialsize - was it worth the extra money?
If you think so than you agree with me.
I never never said we should not use these technologies.

So 1KMB1 - maybe you should tell the late Natasha Richardson something.
You are the one that maintained that spending more money on things like an MRI was "a flaw in the system."

you were implying that we use an mri where an aspirin would suffice. if you werent, then you shouldnt have used the aspirin example. because thats the way it reads.

 

[B_talltpaguy]

Well I hope you all had fun bashing me with a conclusion that I did not make.

and I hope you learn how to write more concisely. HCR is a vast, complex, and confusing issue... When you write vague remarks, you're going to leave people confused and wondering what you're talking about.

 

[houtx48]

to add to tall's ...you are just fun to bash.

 

[Pitbull]

you were implying that we use an mri where an aspirin would suffice. if you werent, then you shouldnt have used the aspirin example. because thats the way it reads.

I did not imply.
You inferred.
And so did others.
Sometimes people see what they want to see and not what is really there.

you're going to leave people confused and wondering what you're talking about.

So, I left you the same way I found you.
Confused.
Not my fault.

 

[maxcok]

Sometimes people see what they want to see and not what is really there.

Could not have put it better myself. Ironic, ain't it?

 

[midlifebear]

Sorry, folks. Once again, Pit(h)bull knows more than we do and is unquestionably right whereas we are all wrong. We should all cower in his brilliance. He obviously has all of the answers.

It must be such a burden for him.

 

[houtx48]

if you can't dazzle them with brilliance the baffle them with pitbullshit.

 

[1kmb1]

I did not imply.
You inferred.
And so did others.
Sometimes people see what they want to see and not what is really there.



So, I left you the same way I found you.
Confused.
Not my fault.

well now youre just being silly.

whats more logical?

A) several people misinterpreted your perfectly clear statement, and somehow arrived at the same inaccurate conclusion.
B) you did not express yourself clearly.

its not that big of a deal, just man up and say "im sorry what i meant was..." but dont insult us by playing this "i never said that everyone is wrong" bs

it shows a complete lack of respect.

 

[B_jeepguy2]

Why doesn't Buffet put his money where his mouth is and pay for it? I mean he is only worth several hundred Billion dollars right? Instead of using to help Americans he is donating it to Africa. WTF?

 

[deleted15807]

Why doesn't Buffet put his money where his mouth is and pay for it? I mean he is only worth several hundred Billion dollars right? Instead of using to help Americans he is donating it to Africa. WTF?

Perhaps because the US is a rich country and if it so chose to could provide health insurance to all it's people like every other developed country.

And by the way Warren has given the majority of his money to the Gates Foundation.

 

[B_jeepguy2]

Perhaps because the US is a rich country and if it so chose to could provide health insurance to all it's people like every other developed country.

And by the way Warren has given the majority of his money to the Gates Foundation.

The Gates foundation is spending most of its dollars in Africa and other third world countries when there are people right here in Gates and Buffet's own backyard who need help. How about New Orleans?

That is what I just can't understand. They are trying to cure Malaria which would not be a problem if the eviromental wack jobs in the USA had not banned DDT, the most effective insecticide ever invented for killing mosquitos back in the 1970s.

 

[maxcok]

That is what I just can't understand. They are trying to cure Malaria which would not be a problem if the eviromental wack jobs in the USA had not banned DDT, the most effective insecticide ever invented for killing mosquitos back in the 1970s.

Unfortunately, it kills lots of other things too, including our national bird, which was headed down the road to extinction.

DDT is toxic to a wide range of animals in addition to insects. It is highly toxic to aquatic life, including crayfish, daphnids, sea shrimp and many species of fish. It is less toxic to mammals but cats are very susceptible, and in several instances cat populations were significantly depleted in malaria control operations that used DDT, often leading to explosive growth in rodent populations. DDT may be moderately toxic to some amphibian species, especially in the larval stages. Most famously, it is a reproductive toxicant for certain birds species, and it is a major reason for the decline of the bald eagle, brown pelican, peregrine falcon, and osprey.

Not so good for people either. DDT

But then, I am may be an "environmental wack job".