And we live to fight another day.

Mal ,'Objects In Space'


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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


JZ - Mar 23, 2005 8:07:42 am PST #9716 of 10002
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.

Oh, well, doncha know, Scott McClelland was asked about it yesterday and he pooh-poohed the whole thing. Because, you see, that was a WHOLE OTHER BILL that actually created a whole mighty wall of additional protections for the patients, and the issues at hand could not possibly be more different, handwavey handwavey, hey, check out that herd of thundering flabotanum!

If that distraught mother in Houston could just try to follow the talking points, she'd understand.


aurelia - Mar 23, 2005 8:08:35 am PST #9717 of 10002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

I wanna be the tallest.

Good luck with that.


msbelle - Mar 23, 2005 8:11:10 am PST #9718 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Allyson is SMRT!

I have an Amex Blue card with jackass points, I am cancelling it. THen I have a Capital one any Miles card that gets me miles I can use on any airline and that card I love even though I haven't had it long enough to earn much.


Aims - Mar 23, 2005 8:11:12 am PST #9719 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.

What I don't get is, ok, she had 10 days to find another facility to put the baby. How could other hospitals turn her away? Her baby needed that ventilator - it was a matter of life or death - how could they legally turn her and her son away? Does the new law negate the law that says noone can be turned away from a hospital? I mean, what the hell? And, doesn't that law sort of negate the Hippocratic oath?


Nutty - Mar 23, 2005 8:11:22 am PST #9720 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

Talking points. Grrr.

I am neither tallest nor shortest by a fair clip. I am uniquely typical that way.


Kathy A - Mar 23, 2005 8:13:05 am PST #9721 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Thanks for the good wishes, everyone! And, yes, I am appreciating the avoidance of "39" jokes, even though I probably deserve it--when my mom turned 39, the sibs and I pooled our money for a "Happy Ad" in the local paper, wishing her a "Happy Birthday, Mom! (For the how many-th time?)," or something like that. She got kidded about it at work for weeks.


aurelia - Mar 23, 2005 8:13:19 am PST #9722 of 10002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

Does the new law negate the law that says noone can be turned away from a hospital?

I think that's emergency/urgent care. If she's already in a hospital, they don't have to accept the transfer.


Gudanov - Mar 23, 2005 8:14:00 am PST #9723 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping

I am neither tallest nor shortest by a fair clip.

You've already got the "Most likely to beat up a cheetah" slot locked up.


Aims - Mar 23, 2005 8:14:04 am PST #9724 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.

I think that's emergency/urgent care. If she's already in a hospital, they don't have to agree to accept the transfer.

Ok. Well, then...

t kicks law

Stupid law.


Theodosia - Mar 23, 2005 8:16:53 am PST #9725 of 10002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

It's probably no coincidence that the baby in the recent Texas case was black.