Bessie Said:

Biology news article homework?

We Answered:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/defa…

go to the above site and pic an article e.g. rick stein and the effect of nutrition on convicts' behaviour

Minnie Said:

Why don't Republicans have any compassion for their fellow Americans who are less fortunate?

We Answered:

We do. That's why Republicans are consistency higher givers to charities than Democrats.

For the less fortunate...we believe it's better to teach them to fish, than to give them one.

Dwayne Said:

Is this yet another triumph for Socialist Medicine?

We Answered:

A moment of silence for Jennifer. This is but one of thousands of horror stories, and if socalization of medicne continues it will only be worse.

Rene Said:

Why are people in our country trying to ruin the greatest health care system in the world?

We Answered:

Our health care system actually sucks pretty hard. By pushing pre-tax employer provided health care so hard, we've created a culture of entitlement, even among the dwindling work-ethic crowd.

If you work & have insurance, you don't pay for your health care, you may not even realize how much it's costing - and you 'pay' (pre-tax, with money you never see) the same however much you use, so, of course, you're not cost-conscious when it comes to choosing health care options.

If you're destitute, you go onto public health, and, again, you're not paying, so you don't have any incentive to be conscious of the cost.

The result has been predictable: balooning demand has driven up the cost of health care by 8% a year (vs 2-4% inflation).

Nationalized health care will have a similar effect. Everyone will demand all the services they could remotely use, and, providers will charge (the government) as much as they can for it. Either costs will skyrocket, or the government will clamp down on providers with irrational price controls and really screw it up.


The problem with the current insurance model is that it combines bad aspects of socialized medicine - excessive deman due to people not paying directly for the services they use - with bad aspects of private medicine - people who need services being unable to afford them, or unable to find a provider willing to service them.


Insurrance providers, it must be remembered, are in it for a proffit, and the way to make a proffit as an isurer is to write policies to people who don't need them, and not write them for people who do. With employer group insurance, that's not an option, so, much, but you can still overcharge most of the people in a group to cover the expenses of the few who may turn out to be really sick - then, as soon as you can, you dump those people.

Providers are notorious for that. As soon as you start filing claims heavily because you're finally seriously ill, they find a reason to dump you.

Freddie Said:

What side effects do you have with your allergy medicine?

We Answered:

on Zirtek im grumpy and with prolonged use i get hives ironically.