wompus
09-25-2010, 07:21 AM
No, it's not!!
Culture Crisis-Please Read!!
Checked out on Snopes & it is true -
A young physician by the name of Dr. Roger Starner
Jones"s letter.... His short two-paragraph letter to the White House accurately
puts the blame on a "Culture Crisis" instead of a "Health Care
Crisis".. It's worth a quick read:
Dear Mr. President:
During my shift in the Emergency Room last night, I had the pleasure of
evaluating a patient whose smile revealed an expensive shiny gold tooth,
whose body was adorned with a wide assortment of elaborate and costly
tattoos, who wore a very expensive brand of tennis shoes and who
chatted on a new cellular telephone equipped with a popular R&B
ringtone.
While glancing over her patient chart, I happened to notice that her
payer status was listed as "Medicaid"! During my examination of her, the
patient informed me that she smokes more than one pack of cigarettes
every day, eats only at fast-food take-outs, and somehow still has
money to buy pretzels and beer. And, you and our Congress expect me to
pay for this woman's health care? I contend that our nation's "health
care crisis" is not the result of a shortage of quality hospitals,
doctors or nurses. Rather, it is the result of a "crisis of culture" a
culture in which it is perfectly acceptable to spend money on luxuries
and vices while refusing to take care of one's self or, heaven forbid,
purchase health insurance. It is a culture based in the irresponsible
credo that "I can do whatever I want to because someone else will always
take care of me". Once you fix this "culture crisis" that rewards
irresponsibility and dependency, you'll be amazed at how quickly our
nation's health care difficulties will disappear.
Respectfully,
ROGER STARNER JONES, MD
If you agree...pass it on.
.
Culture Crisis-Please Read!!
Checked out on Snopes & it is true -
A young physician by the name of Dr. Roger Starner
Jones"s letter.... His short two-paragraph letter to the White House accurately
puts the blame on a "Culture Crisis" instead of a "Health Care
Crisis".. It's worth a quick read:
Dear Mr. President:
During my shift in the Emergency Room last night, I had the pleasure of
evaluating a patient whose smile revealed an expensive shiny gold tooth,
whose body was adorned with a wide assortment of elaborate and costly
tattoos, who wore a very expensive brand of tennis shoes and who
chatted on a new cellular telephone equipped with a popular R&B
ringtone.
While glancing over her patient chart, I happened to notice that her
payer status was listed as "Medicaid"! During my examination of her, the
patient informed me that she smokes more than one pack of cigarettes
every day, eats only at fast-food take-outs, and somehow still has
money to buy pretzels and beer. And, you and our Congress expect me to
pay for this woman's health care? I contend that our nation's "health
care crisis" is not the result of a shortage of quality hospitals,
doctors or nurses. Rather, it is the result of a "crisis of culture" a
culture in which it is perfectly acceptable to spend money on luxuries
and vices while refusing to take care of one's self or, heaven forbid,
purchase health insurance. It is a culture based in the irresponsible
credo that "I can do whatever I want to because someone else will always
take care of me". Once you fix this "culture crisis" that rewards
irresponsibility and dependency, you'll be amazed at how quickly our
nation's health care difficulties will disappear.
Respectfully,
ROGER STARNER JONES, MD
If you agree...pass it on.
.