Comments on: NMI to live blog Heinrich town hall http://newmexicoindependent.com/34652/nmi-to-live-blog-heinrich-town-hall New Mexico news and politics Fri, 02 Sep 2011 18:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: magnetboy http://newmexicoindependent.com/34652/nmi-to-live-blog-heinrich-town-hall#comment-23461 magnetboy Sun, 23 Aug 2009 06:52:01 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=34652#comment-23461 I would like any liberal on this site to answer this question for me: What gives you the right to any man's labor?<br> Healthcare does not just appear out of nowhere. It is given by providers, providers who have spent a lot of money to get a license to do what they do. Now liberals think they have a right to make doctors and nurses slaves of the state. <br> What document gives you the right to make slaves out of health care providers. Where is written that one man has a "right" to another man's labor or services.<br> Thank you. I would like any liberal on this site to answer this question for me: What gives you the right to any man's labor?
Healthcare does not just appear out of nowhere. It is given by providers, providers who have spent a lot of money to get a license to do what they do. Now liberals think they have a right to make doctors and nurses slaves of the state.
What document gives you the right to make slaves out of health care providers. Where is written that one man has a “right” to another man's labor or services.
Thank you.

]]> By: afleg http://newmexicoindependent.com/34652/nmi-to-live-blog-heinrich-town-hall#comment-23459 afleg Sun, 23 Aug 2009 02:57:03 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=34652#comment-23459 A good question has arisen - if we are going to insure ALL Americans, how can we do so without further increasing the cost of healthcare, currently at 18% of GDP (as Henirich noted in his opening remarks). A second part to the question, "How can we provide healthcare for all if we don't have the clinicians available?" was the one the panelists chose to answer.<br><br>Heinrich is accurate in pointing out that if we do not address pipeline issues - the relative paucity of primary care clinicians - we cannot hope to increase access to healthcare, regardless of what Congress can budget for healthcare reform.<br><br>Dr. Richards chimes in that with medical students graduating with an average of $155,000 in debt, medical students are increasingly choosing careers in specialties that pay more than primary care.<br><br>Paul Guessing points out that doctors are not the only solution to access to care, rightly so. There are allied health care providers, nurse practitioners, physicians assistants, midwives, etc that need to be given attention in these conversations on the provider side of the health care debate. A good question has arisen – if we are going to insure ALL Americans, how can we do so without further increasing the cost of healthcare, currently at 18% of GDP (as Henirich noted in his opening remarks). A second part to the question, “How can we provide healthcare for all if we don't have the clinicians available?” was the one the panelists chose to answer.

Heinrich is accurate in pointing out that if we do not address pipeline issues – the relative paucity of primary care clinicians – we cannot hope to increase access to healthcare, regardless of what Congress can budget for healthcare reform.

Dr. Richards chimes in that with medical students graduating with an average of $155,000 in debt, medical students are increasingly choosing careers in specialties that pay more than primary care.

Paul Guessing points out that doctors are not the only solution to access to care, rightly so. There are allied health care providers, nurse practitioners, physicians assistants, midwives, etc that need to be given attention in these conversations on the provider side of the health care debate.

]]> By: afleg http://newmexicoindependent.com/34652/nmi-to-live-blog-heinrich-town-hall#comment-23460 afleg Sun, 23 Aug 2009 02:26:59 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=34652#comment-23460 An opportune time to have a conversation on what we, as citizens of New Mexico, a state with the highest rate of uninsured (1 in 4) in the U.S., want to see in the health care reform that U.S. Congress is actively considering. What is clear is that change needs to happen - we spend far more than any other nation on healthcare, yet perform poorly relative to the rest of the industrialized world. Much of this poor performance, and much of the conversation in the next months will focus on the fact that roughly 50 million Americans are without health insurance. But to be clear, the language that we often see, noting the "problem of the uninsured" is a misleading framework for this debate, for the problem is hardly the persons left out, shut out of a system that should provide all in America one of the most basic of human rights - access to quality healthcare.<br>No, the "problem" is much more the broken system that treats health and healthcare in a capitalist way, as a commodity that is to be sold at whatever price the seller picks, and also to be bought only by those who can afford it. The "problem" are the myriad of interests profiting off healthcare, regardless of their contribution to the overall health of our country. <br><br>Now beyond the introductions of elected officials and dignataries, we have a few panelists that will be answering questions with Rep. Martin Heinrich<br>* Dr. Michael Richards - chair of department of Emergency Medicine at UNM<br>* Paul Guessing - president of the Rio Grande Foundation<br>* Dr. John Vigil - Pres/CEO of the On Call Urgent Care Clinics<br><br>Looking forward to hearing your thoughts as this town hall continues!<br><br>In health,<br>Anthony Fleg An opportune time to have a conversation on what we, as citizens of New Mexico, a state with the highest rate of uninsured (1 in 4) in the U.S., want to see in the health care reform that U.S. Congress is actively considering. What is clear is that change needs to happen – we spend far more than any other nation on healthcare, yet perform poorly relative to the rest of the industrialized world. Much of this poor performance, and much of the conversation in the next months will focus on the fact that roughly 50 million Americans are without health insurance. But to be clear, the language that we often see, noting the “problem of the uninsured” is a misleading framework for this debate, for the problem is hardly the persons left out, shut out of a system that should provide all in America one of the most basic of human rights – access to quality healthcare.
No, the “problem” is much more the broken system that treats health and healthcare in a capitalist way, as a commodity that is to be sold at whatever price the seller picks, and also to be bought only by those who can afford it. The “problem” are the myriad of interests profiting off healthcare, regardless of their contribution to the overall health of our country.

Now beyond the introductions of elected officials and dignataries, we have a few panelists that will be answering questions with Rep. Martin Heinrich
* Dr. Michael Richards – chair of department of Emergency Medicine at UNM
* Paul Guessing – president of the Rio Grande Foundation
* Dr. John Vigil – Pres/CEO of the On Call Urgent Care Clinics

Looking forward to hearing your thoughts as this town hall continues!

In health,
Anthony Fleg

]]> By: magnetboy http://newmexicoindependent.com/34652/nmi-to-live-blog-heinrich-town-hall#comment-18294 magnetboy Sun, 23 Aug 2009 01:52:01 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=34652#comment-18294 I would like any liberal on this site to answer this question for me: What gives you the right to any man's labor?<br> Healthcare does not just appear out of nowhere. It is given by providers, providers who have spent a lot of money to get a license to do what they do. Now liberals think they have a right to make doctors and nurses slaves of the state. <br> What document gives you the right to make slaves out of health care providers. Where is written that one man has a "right" to another man's labor or services.<br> Thank you. I would like any liberal on this site to answer this question for me: What gives you the right to any man's labor?
Healthcare does not just appear out of nowhere. It is given by providers, providers who have spent a lot of money to get a license to do what they do. Now liberals think they have a right to make doctors and nurses slaves of the state.
What document gives you the right to make slaves out of health care providers. Where is written that one man has a “right” to another man's labor or services.
Thank you.

]]> By: magnetboy http://newmexicoindependent.com/34652/nmi-to-live-blog-heinrich-town-hall#comment-9751 magnetboy Sun, 23 Aug 2009 00:52:01 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=34652#comment-9751 I would like any liberal on this site to answer this question for me: What gives you the right to any man's labor?<br> Healthcare does not just appear out of nowhere. It is given by providers, providers who have spent a lot of money to get a license to do what they do. Now liberals think they have a right to make doctors and nurses slaves of the state. <br> What document gives you the right to make slaves out of health care providers. Where is written that one man has a "right" to another man's labor or services.<br> Thank you. I would like any liberal on this site to answer this question for me: What gives you the right to any man's labor?
Healthcare does not just appear out of nowhere. It is given by providers, providers who have spent a lot of money to get a license to do what they do. Now liberals think they have a right to make doctors and nurses slaves of the state.
What document gives you the right to make slaves out of health care providers. Where is written that one man has a “right” to another man's labor or services.
Thank you.

]]> By: magnetboy http://newmexicoindependent.com/34652/nmi-to-live-blog-heinrich-town-hall#comment-7990 magnetboy Sat, 22 Aug 2009 23:52:01 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=34652#comment-7990 I would like any liberal on this site to answer this question for me: What gives you the right to any man's labor?<br> Healthcare does not just appear out of nowhere. It is given by providers, providers who have spent a lot of money to get a license to do what they do. Now liberals think they have a right to make doctors and nurses slaves of the state. <br> What document gives you the right to make slaves out of health care providers. Where is written that one man has a "right" to another man's labor or services.<br> Thank you. I would like any liberal on this site to answer this question for me: What gives you the right to any man's labor?
Healthcare does not just appear out of nowhere. It is given by providers, providers who have spent a lot of money to get a license to do what they do. Now liberals think they have a right to make doctors and nurses slaves of the state.
What document gives you the right to make slaves out of health care providers. Where is written that one man has a “right” to another man's labor or services.
Thank you.

]]> By: afleg http://newmexicoindependent.com/34652/nmi-to-live-blog-heinrich-town-hall#comment-7981 afleg Sat, 22 Aug 2009 19:57:03 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=34652#comment-7981 A good question has arisen - if we are going to insure ALL Americans, how can we do so without further increasing the cost of healthcare, currently at 18% of GDP (as Henirich noted in his opening remarks). A second part to the question, "How can we provide healthcare for all if we don't have the clinicians available?" was the one the panelists chose to answer.<br><br>Heinrich is accurate in pointing out that if we do not address pipeline issues - the relative paucity of primary care clinicians - we cannot hope to increase access to healthcare, regardless of what Congress can budget for healthcare reform.<br><br>Dr. Richards chimes in that with medical students graduating with an average of $155,000 in debt, medical students are increasingly choosing careers in specialties that pay more than primary care.<br><br>Paul Guessing points out that doctors are not the only solution to access to care, rightly so. There are allied health care providers, nurse practitioners, physicians assistants, midwives, etc that need to be given attention in these conversations on the provider side of the health care debate. A good question has arisen – if we are going to insure ALL Americans, how can we do so without further increasing the cost of healthcare, currently at 18% of GDP (as Henirich noted in his opening remarks). A second part to the question, “How can we provide healthcare for all if we don't have the clinicians available?” was the one the panelists chose to answer.

Heinrich is accurate in pointing out that if we do not address pipeline issues – the relative paucity of primary care clinicians – we cannot hope to increase access to healthcare, regardless of what Congress can budget for healthcare reform.

Dr. Richards chimes in that with medical students graduating with an average of $155,000 in debt, medical students are increasingly choosing careers in specialties that pay more than primary care.

Paul Guessing points out that doctors are not the only solution to access to care, rightly so. There are allied health care providers, nurse practitioners, physicians assistants, midwives, etc that need to be given attention in these conversations on the provider side of the health care debate.

]]> By: afleg http://newmexicoindependent.com/34652/nmi-to-live-blog-heinrich-town-hall#comment-7980 afleg Sat, 22 Aug 2009 19:26:59 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=34652#comment-7980 An opportune time to have a conversation on what we, as citizens of New Mexico, a state with the highest rate of uninsured (1 in 4) in the U.S., want to see in the health care reform that U.S. Congress is actively considering. What is clear is that change needs to happen - we spend far more than any other nation on healthcare, yet perform poorly relative to the rest of the industrialized world. Much of this poor performance, and much of the conversation in the next months will focus on the fact that roughly 50 million Americans are without health insurance. But to be clear, the language that we often see, noting the "problem of the uninsured" is a misleading framework for this debate, for the problem is hardly the persons left out, shut out of a system that should provide all in America one of the most basic of human rights - access to quality healthcare.<br>No, the "problem" is much more the broken system that treats health and healthcare in a capitalist way, as a commodity that is to be sold at whatever price the seller picks, and also to be bought only by those who can afford it. The "problem" are the myriad of interests profiting off healthcare, regardless of their contribution to the overall health of our country. <br><br>Now beyond the introductions of elected officials and dignataries, we have a few panelists that will be answering questions with Rep. Martin Heinrich<br>* Dr. Michael Richards - chair of department of Emergency Medicine at UNM<br>* Paul Guessing - president of the Rio Grande Foundation<br>* Dr. John Vigil - Pres/CEO of the On Call Urgent Care Clinics<br><br>Looking forward to hearing your thoughts as this town hall continues!<br><br>In health,<br>Anthony Fleg An opportune time to have a conversation on what we, as citizens of New Mexico, a state with the highest rate of uninsured (1 in 4) in the U.S., want to see in the health care reform that U.S. Congress is actively considering. What is clear is that change needs to happen – we spend far more than any other nation on healthcare, yet perform poorly relative to the rest of the industrialized world. Much of this poor performance, and much of the conversation in the next months will focus on the fact that roughly 50 million Americans are without health insurance. But to be clear, the language that we often see, noting the “problem of the uninsured” is a misleading framework for this debate, for the problem is hardly the persons left out, shut out of a system that should provide all in America one of the most basic of human rights – access to quality healthcare.
No, the “problem” is much more the broken system that treats health and healthcare in a capitalist way, as a commodity that is to be sold at whatever price the seller picks, and also to be bought only by those who can afford it. The “problem” are the myriad of interests profiting off healthcare, regardless of their contribution to the overall health of our country.

Now beyond the introductions of elected officials and dignataries, we have a few panelists that will be answering questions with Rep. Martin Heinrich
* Dr. Michael Richards – chair of department of Emergency Medicine at UNM
* Paul Guessing – president of the Rio Grande Foundation
* Dr. John Vigil – Pres/CEO of the On Call Urgent Care Clinics

Looking forward to hearing your thoughts as this town hall continues!

In health,
Anthony Fleg

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