tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post5188169694554227904..comments2024-03-04T16:39:30.609+13:00Comments on Lindsay Mitchell: WaitingLindsay Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04437693272797130833noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-78206378391476158632008-05-18T17:35:00.000+12:002008-05-18T17:35:00.000+12:00under an electron microscope - a hospital procedur...<I>under an electron microscope - a hospital procedure. And with all those greedy bastards on strike we can't get a result.</I><BR/><BR/>Ruth - you don't understand too much about hospitals ,do you?<BR/><BR/>They claim that they are working at least double the hours that the average wage earner does and that they have racked up enourmous debt to get where they are. <BR/><BR/>Seems as if they have a case but I don't agree with how they are going about it - and it is more about the personality who is the secretary general of their union than their greed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-32060266034066724062008-05-18T16:15:00.000+12:002008-05-18T16:15:00.000+12:00Hope you get better soon Lindsay.As an aside, my e...Hope you get better soon Lindsay.<BR/><BR/>As an aside, my eldest daughter has been ill for the past 10 days or so. They don't know what's wrong with her and have to look at various things under an electron microscope - a hospital procedure. And with all those greedy bastards on strike we can't get a result.<BR/><BR/>Over 80k and 6 weeks a years holiday straight out of uni doesn't sound too bad to me.<BR/><BR/>The more privatisation of health care the better for all of us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-42438146034338276062008-05-17T10:52:00.000+12:002008-05-17T10:52:00.000+12:00Anon - you are just too cynical.Nope I simply unde...<I>Anon - you are just too cynical.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Nope I simply understand economics and basic mathematics.<BR/><BR/>What's your excuse: state schooling?</I><BR/><BR/>My comment was 'laced with irony'. Geddit?<BR/><BR/>Schooling? - Mmmnnnn... a very expensive private school, but not in NZ. Must be because of that. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-67794616219184196792008-05-16T23:08:00.000+12:002008-05-16T23:08:00.000+12:00What would happen if it was a fee for service syst...<I><BR/>What would happen if it was a fee for service system in public? That extra case or two that could be done each day would translate into extra money for each and every employee involved.</I><BR/><BR/>This is just like the system in --- China!<BR/><BR/>What happens is that public care is run down, and time and effort goes to the paying patients. You end up with a worse mess than the one we already have - especially when there is a clear and simply solution that avoids these costs, maximises marginal utility and removes all moral hazard: privatize the lot!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-58133175527627491202008-05-16T23:06:00.000+12:002008-05-16T23:06:00.000+12:00Anon - you are just too cynical.Nope I simply unde...<I>Anon - you are just too cynical.<BR/></I><BR/><BR/>Nope I simply understand economics and basic mathematics.<BR/><BR/>What's your excuse: state schooling?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-6369970687528930102008-05-16T19:11:00.000+12:002008-05-16T19:11:00.000+12:00Anon - you are just too cynical.Mark - As you said...Anon - you are just too cynical.<BR/><BR/>Mark - As you said, in private each case done means money to the provider.<BR/> - In public each case means extra work for the employee payed by the hour.<BR/><BR/>What would happen if it was a fee for service system in public? That extra case or two that could be done each day would translate into extra money for each and every employee involved.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-86492553073247910132008-05-16T11:14:00.000+12:002008-05-16T11:14:00.000+12:00It's even more basic than that.Private health syst...It's even more basic than that.<BR/><BR/>Private health systems are systems designed to make ill private citizens well again.<BR/><BR/><BR/><B>Public health systems are systems designed to ensure the government is re-elected</B>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-60833669092607169242008-05-16T08:36:00.000+12:002008-05-16T08:36:00.000+12:00The reason a private health system works better th...The reason a private health system works better than a public health system is simple economics. For the public health system every patient is a cost. For the private health system every patient is a source of revenue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com