Comments on: Doctor Curmudgeon: Ben Franklin and Me http://blog.sermo.com/2014/09/29/doctor-curmudgeon-ben-franklin-and-me/ Talk Real World Medicine Mon, 23 Mar 2015 13:00:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0 By: kiddocnd http://blog.sermo.com/2014/09/29/doctor-curmudgeon-ben-franklin-and-me/#comment-2471 Sun, 21 Dec 2014 08:17:41 +0000 http://blog.sermo.com/?p=2020#comment-2471 Was it Ben Franklin who refused the smallpox vaccine for his child only to lose that child to the disease?

]]> By: Diane Eisman http://blog.sermo.com/2014/09/29/doctor-curmudgeon-ben-franklin-and-me/#comment-270 Mon, 13 Oct 2014 15:56:37 +0000 http://blog.sermo.com/?p=2020#comment-270 Dear Mr. Stokes, I am so appreciative of your own enlightening commentary. Thank you. thank you.
And I do love your “handle” I assume it is derived from Isaac Asimov, one of my favorites

]]> By: MYRON D. STOKES (@ASIMOV52) http://blog.sermo.com/2014/09/29/doctor-curmudgeon-ben-franklin-and-me/#comment-269 Mon, 13 Oct 2014 02:40:37 +0000 http://blog.sermo.com/?p=2020#comment-269 Dr. Eisman: I do appreciate your wonderously wise words of witticism and noted with humor efforts to channel our “Colonial Da Vinci” Ben Franklin. To say he was an interesting man is an understatement: Patriot, inventor, ambassador, author and an oft forgotten dimension, advocate for affordable health care.

History tells us he acted on this, and as colleague Clara noted in her enlightening commentary, was instrumental in establishing a hospital in Philadelphia for the disadvantaged.

I will leave you with this observation: As imperfect humans, we will inevitably experience health issues that range from the benign to the life threatening, and I will forever take umbrage at a healthcare system, unlike the free systems in other advanced countries who recognize the value of the ultimate resource – the human resource – that seeks to profit from unavoidable physiologic disorders.

We can do better as THE world power…

Myron D. Stokes
Publisher, eMOTION! REPORTS.com

]]> By: Diane Eisman http://blog.sermo.com/2014/09/29/doctor-curmudgeon-ben-franklin-and-me/#comment-268 Sun, 12 Oct 2014 19:59:21 +0000 http://blog.sermo.com/?p=2020#comment-268 Thank you, Clara, for your enlightening comment. Appreciate the comment especially from someone like you, journalist, Tv producer, former anchor and reporter…thank you again

]]> By: Clara Wilkerson http://blog.sermo.com/2014/09/29/doctor-curmudgeon-ben-franklin-and-me/#comment-267 Sun, 12 Oct 2014 19:42:13 +0000 http://blog.sermo.com/?p=2020#comment-267 When you think about Ben Franklin what immediately comes to mind for most of us is Founding Father, signed the Declaration of Independence and the U.S., Constitution, his lightning experiment, U.S. ambassador to France, publisher, scientist, statesman, his many inventions such as the stove and biofocals, (Thanks from the bottom of my heart for the specs doc!) and totally uber-enlightened genius. However, health care is not a common association. Yet once again our Dr. Curmudgeon has made this critical connection. Ben Franklin joined forces with Philadelphia surgeon Thomas Bond to found the nation’s first public hospital, to provide free health care for the city’s poor and sick. Franklin had a great interest in medicine and personal responsibility. I wonder what Ben Franklin would say about Obamacare and the state of health insurance today? Stop rolling Ben… stop rolling.

]]> By: Diane Eisman http://blog.sermo.com/2014/09/29/doctor-curmudgeon-ben-franklin-and-me/#comment-266 Sun, 12 Oct 2014 18:53:53 +0000 http://blog.sermo.com/?p=2020#comment-266 Oh, Daryll, my heart goes out to you.
What a horrific experience. I can only imagine what you must be going through

]]> By: Darryll Barksdale http://blog.sermo.com/2014/09/29/doctor-curmudgeon-ben-franklin-and-me/#comment-265 Sat, 11 Oct 2014 21:25:48 +0000 http://blog.sermo.com/?p=2020#comment-265 first of all…………I do love all your comments and blogs. I think that any real physician in the real trenches of medicine finds so much commonality in your commentaries.
As per insurance companies, I always was a great supporter until we lost everything a few years ago. At that time, we found out to our shock that the insurance industry in this nation is nothing more than a legal mafia. You see, the insurance industry, including car,health, home, etc, is exempt from anti trust laws. This is thanks to both political parties and both parties benefit greatly from the insurance industry contributions, both above and below board.
And now that they have formalized their relationship with the government, we average people can expect to be screwed more and more in the years to come.

]]> By: eeisman@aol.com http://blog.sermo.com/2014/09/29/doctor-curmudgeon-ben-franklin-and-me/#comment-264 Sat, 11 Oct 2014 20:23:17 +0000 http://blog.sermo.com/?p=2020#comment-264 Yes, it is aggravating and especially so for the front desk to beg and the patient insists they knew nothing about a co pay and therefore should not have to pay

]]> By: Margie Anton http://blog.sermo.com/2014/09/29/doctor-curmudgeon-ben-franklin-and-me/#comment-263 Fri, 10 Oct 2014 13:02:35 +0000 http://blog.sermo.com/?p=2020#comment-263 It perplexes me that anyone can claim he or she is unaware of a co-pay requirement. It’s clearly printed on my insurance card. It states the amount I am required to pay for treatment: $30 for a standard visit, $40 for a specialist. All that is required is at least one eye and the ability to read. Most of us have that and pleading ignorance is no excuse. Just saying,..

]]> By: naomibb http://blog.sermo.com/2014/09/29/doctor-curmudgeon-ben-franklin-and-me/#comment-262 Fri, 10 Oct 2014 11:18:20 +0000 http://blog.sermo.com/?p=2020#comment-262 That’s so aggravating, and true. It’s galling.

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