I want their insurance plan

My daughter's bill from last month's trip to the Mayo Clinic finally arrived...high anxiety, as you would guess. I had to sit down after glancing at the charges. And...it is not what you think. Unbelievable...the bottom line literally showed that we CAN have great health care in America at a very reasonable cost. 7 frigid days in Rochester, Minnesota and I am not medically broke! Indeed, I was lightheaded with "Explaination of Benefits" euphoria!

And then...I had to go and ruin it all! A rookie mistake at best, as are many decisions made with high emotional value. In a lapse of judgement, driven by my civic duty, I tuned into President Obama's live health care "summit." What was I thinking? It took only seconds for the torture to begin as I listened to the same ole' roster of congressional leaders pandering to the tv camera, heavy on the partisan baffoonery!

Seriously...do these clowns think those of us serious about health care reform look at this type of media event as nothing more than really bad television. So...I got thinking and thought to myself, "If I were in that room, what would I want?" (besides that sweet meal they had at mid-day). The answer was easy and I think I may have even solved the hotly debated issue of a one payor health plan. This one is free on me, boys and girls!

In short, I want the same health care plan that every member of that room enjoys as a public servant! All those old guys looked pretty healthy and spry to me. It appears that they are getting the "best health care in the world" that we here about, ad nauseum. Instead of McCain and Obama re-bashing big bad pharma, or re-hashing old campaign promises, I would have liked to see the President's and the former Wanna-be-President's insurance plan specifics. Let's debate your present monthly premiums, annual deductibles, maximum out of pocket expenses, pharmacy benefits, and the like.

So...all of you smug Democrats and selfish Republicans in Washington, please get back to work and start over on that 2700 page health care juggernaut. Maybe you can lighten the text and go for: Blake's Number 1 Payor Plan....YOURS!

Remember...take as directed. Oh yeah, Beltway...I'm not kidding on this one.

Blake

Ahhh...satisfaction

Yup...here comes curve number two! Some of you have heard the term "search satisfaction." It is a common malady amongst the human condition and simply put...it is the trap we all fall in when we desperately grasp the first solution for our problem; even if it isn't the optimal one. A case in point is when you quickly jumped on that "perfect" job and soon found out that there was a "perfecter" job a week later. Ouch!

The best of physicians are not above this sometimes fatal error, so please make sure that you help them steer clear of the consequences. After all, satisfy your health first! My point is that next time you see your favorite doctor and it seems your problem is too quickly remedied, it just might be.

In previous blogs, I made mention of my daughter's osteomyelitis (big name for bone infection) being brushed aside in favor of a doctor's own short sighted diagnosis of his personal satisfaction. It was a rookie mistake and I asure you that in the past, he has "dressed down" many residents for making the same gross error. He did come clean and I never erased his apology from my answering machinge. I am sure those past residents and present "big boy" doctors might enjoy listening to the message. I am also guessing they would get a little satisfaction of their own, at their past mentor's expense! Ahhh...payback!

And remember...take as directed...it will help the pain...some!

Blake