tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2555123713188257297.post4600007649957815544..comments2023-12-14T21:55:11.213-05:00Comments on Mitchell Langbert's Blog: Why Not Socialized Medicine?Mitchell Langberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00722335216553899790noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2555123713188257297.post-45622452725229451022009-07-30T03:36:33.397-04:002009-07-30T03:36:33.397-04:00One of my friends from summer camp, Gary Nordine, ...One of my friends from summer camp, Gary Nordine, became a career Army guy. He suffered an illness in his late 40s and died at age fifty in a VA hospital in NYC. His wife (whom I also knew from the same camp) contacted me to tell me of his death. I had last seen them about ten years earlier. She was quite clear about the dismal quality of the VA hospital in NYC. It is not improbable that had Gary had the level of care that Michael Moore and Barack Obama would receive under a state controlled system, he would have lived.Mitchell Langberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722335216553899790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2555123713188257297.post-90398809279694939522009-07-29T21:11:26.130-04:002009-07-29T21:11:26.130-04:00Mitchell,
You are correct here. I have dealt wit...Mitchell,<br /><br />You are correct here. I have dealt with the VA hospitals in my city, and there is no way for anyone with a brain to say that the care is "first rate". Maybe in NY they are great, but I think this anonymous poster has to get out a bit more. In fact, I have been to a few, and frankly they are dumps.<br /><br />You are also correct that this would stifle innovation- why? There is not a sound reason to invest the $800M in successfully launching a new drug if you are not going to recover a sound profit.<br /><br />Now, more than ever, be well.<br /><br />JJCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com