My father-in-law worked for the Corvette Assembly Plant here from its opening until he retired several years ago. He was one of the few they hired locally. Most came from St. Louis where the plant used to be. He has told stories of drug use on the job. There have been drug raids at the plant. Many employees want to go to the JOB BANK where they get paid to sit all day, doing nothing. The pendulum is definitely not in the centerselloutrr wrote: ... Makes me proud...
You've got to have honesty and balance to get things on track
Liability has sucked the fun out of life Our city built a skate park, and I marvelled at their guts in doing so I don't know how they afford the liability What kind of human being do you grow up to be if never scrape your knee or break an arm. But people have to take responsibility for their own action for that to work
The "Haves" will always have to take care of the "Have-nots" in civilized society. I don't believe it is an inherent right to get health care, but it is something we should strive to provide those who truly cannot provide for themselves. We do it either in taxes, in increased insurance premiums, through charities, or, for a physician, provide free health care. Physicians have done that throughout the history of mankind. However, we still have to be able to make a living and provide for our families. When insurance companies reimbursed well, we had more latitude to absorb the cost to us for providing free care to needy individuals. Yes, I know there are physicians who were greedy and never did it, but they are a minority, as in most professions. Since insurance reimbursements have been cut to the bone (insurance companies all want to pay the same low fees Medicare does), physicians have to be more business-like, and try to keep their practices out of the "red." Don't be fooled– it is a direct cost to the physician to provide free health careselloutr wrote: ...I'm not sure free health care is the way to go even though everyone gets it...
I am lucky, and have had the opportunity to provide a good deal of free care in my >26 years of practice, both at home and abroad. All of you do that in your own way.
As Dan said, "WANT LESS" and be as compassionate as you can afford
My rules of life: Work hard. Be honest. Have fun.
That could cure most of our problems.
I sometimes have trouble gettin' stuck to the ground, thoughskyboltone wrote: ...it doesn't freeze before it hits the ground...
I'm thinkin'.... ZEROstructo wrote: ...I wonder how many congressmen are screened randomly for drug use?