tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556371561007953336.post7145578620309053081..comments2024-03-16T16:44:18.220-07:00Comments on Bad Cripple: I am Not Depressed But...william Peacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00223601480542461802noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556371561007953336.post-59325989759202647582010-10-06T23:30:41.901-07:002010-10-06T23:30:41.901-07:00The reason why the medical goods companies don'...The reason why the medical goods companies don't have reasonable rates for individuals? Because individuals who need those goods don't have the option of saying no. You can take the goods on their terms or you can die (or you can disappear into an institution).<br /><br />And when you're in a position to say no to the company? Well, then you don't need the equipment anymore anyway so they're not going to make any money off of you anyway.<br /><br />In other words, they don't care about you.<br /><br />And society doesn't give a damn either because nobody thinks about the people who are in this situation until they, themselves, are in the same situation. By then, what do you do?<br /><br />You have caught me on a very glower day...The Untoward Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18035737424208837888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556371561007953336.post-9617914646794199502010-10-06T12:05:06.683-07:002010-10-06T12:05:06.683-07:00No, you are paying more than insurance would. The...No, you are paying more than insurance would. They all contract at a fee covered that is generally much less than what is charged. People without insurance, without adequate insurance, or whose insurance refuses coverage pay a lot more. It's literally criminal. <br /><br />With prepay services like this, you may not have any luck. With what's remaining on the hospital bills, you may.FridaWriteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03321658097813377806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556371561007953336.post-11284176245074031572010-10-05T08:24:58.092-07:002010-10-05T08:24:58.092-07:00Andrew, I know Joni Tada and her advocacy. We are ...Andrew, I know Joni Tada and her advocacy. We are very different people. I shun religion while she is a devout believer. This creates quite a gulf. I did not know she had cancer--I truly hope she survives and thrives.<br />Eric, I agree many people like me did not survive to live at home. In fact the bed I am sleeping in is a technological marvel that by itself is life saving. As for your observations about American society and corporations, they are spot on. A charity model of disability is something we have not moved past. Disability rights is grossly misunderstood or largely unknown.william Peacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00223601480542461802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556371561007953336.post-10889168737938919282010-10-04T13:27:37.158-07:002010-10-04T13:27:37.158-07:00"I wonder if compassion and ethics are a thin..."I wonder if compassion and ethics are a thing of the past" <br />In the past the techniques did not exist that may have allowed you to survive your ordeal and come home.<br />In the past no one stopped on the battlefields to tend to the maimed, the wounded, they were simply left for dead.<br />Society moves forward, including the passage towards a more humanistic society, by having many, many less able people pay the price. They are trampled upon because society and technology is not based on integrating the less able into the mainstream, this is not the Hopi tribe, this is not Waldorf education; what we are dealing with is man's basic drive to move forward, to succeed and conquer. <br />Integrating less able individuals is still seen as an unnecessary luxury. What this requires is a paradigm shift; if you have one leg you may not want to participate in the new york marathon. And those that do are not proving that disabled can do the same as the able, merely showing that despite disability, they can focus efforts and obtain a great deal. <br />When you shave your head, how comfortable will you feel in a barber's convention? How much should they go out of their way to make you feel comfortable? <br />Compassion? Isn't that the opposite of the American way? Where the dream is that you succeed. Above others.Eric Fischerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02471331868560587898noreply@blogger.com