kendall,
 i was offering to pay these jerks myself and they'd
just say "he's not one of our patients." 
if he'd committed a crime he'd have been treated
better. 

--- "Kendall D. Corbett" <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> Ken,
> 
> It's not easy, is it?  I'm frequently faced on a
> professional basis with
> finding resources for people to get things they need
> to live with their
> disabilities, and the system that's supposed to care
> often doesn't
> 
> Not in complete defense of doctors, but in many
> cases, especially with
> inpatient care, their hands are tied by insurance
> companies.  I know he is
> of a different generation (before health care was
> driven by insurors), but
> my dad often provided care for people free of
> charge, or on a "barter"
> system.
> 
>  There was one guy who had a really bad head injury
> that dad took care of
> who was an artist.  Because of the head injury, the
> guy thought he'd never
> be able to paint again.  Dad gave him a photograph
> of my granddad, and asked
> him to paint a portrait from it.  It took the guy
> over a year to paint it,
> but it was beautiful, and occupied a place of honor
> in my grandmothers house
> until she died (22 years after granddad, and has
> hung in my parents house
> since.  It restored the artists faith in his
> ability, and may now (30 years
> later), be worth at least three times as much as the
> fees dad would have
> charged.
> 
> I'm frequently faced on a professional basis with
> finding resources for
> people to get things they need to live with their
> disabilities, and the
> system that's supposed to care often doesn't.
> 
> On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 7:55 PM, ken barber
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> > i have in the last 2 weeks had the delightful
> > oppotunity to try to get a person into detox who
> had
> > no insurance, no money, and no job. it has let me
> see
> > the good in humanity and has let me see quite a
> bit of
> > the worse. i'd like to put most doctors now in
> with
> > lawyers and bankers in my group of worthless
> > professionals.
> > --
> > Kendall
> >
> > An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's
> redundant!)
> >
> > The reasonable man adapts himself to the world;
> the unreasonable one
> > persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
> Therefore, all progress
> > depends on the unreasonable man.
> >
> > -George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
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