Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site x.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!qantel!dual!lll-crg!gymble!umcp-cs!seismo!harvard!think!mit-eddie!cybvax0!frog!x!wjr From: wjr@x.UUCP (Bill Richard) Newsgroups: net.politics.theory Subject: Re: Credentials, State vs. private Message-ID: <568@x.UUCP> Date: Sun, 15-Sep-85 21:55:02 EDT Article-I.D.: x.568 Posted: Sun Sep 15 21:55:02 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 19-Sep-85 06:29:10 EDT References: <1208@ihlpg.UUCP> <4297@alice.UUCP> <750@cybvax0.UUCP> Reply-To: wjr@x.UUCP (STella Calvert) Organization: Charles River Data Systems, Framingham MA Lines: 32Note: This is STella Calvert, not frog or wjr. I'm a guest here. In article <750@cybvax0.UUCP> mrh@cybvax0.UUCP (Mike Huybensz) writes: > >When you are struck by a car, I will be happy to bring you to the nearest >medical practicioner I can find. If he specializes in acupuncture or >voodoo, well, you should have asked. > >The fact is, that people frequently need immediate medical attention, in >situations where we are coerced by circumstances, where we cannot practically >choose. For those circumstances, I want regulation. Either specific >certification for emergencies, or a more general regulation. >-- No, no, no! I will be carrying (probably on the back of my medicalert necklace) a toll-free number to notify my medicare plan that I am in need of service. That plan will have some qualified (by my standards) personnel on the scene as soon after I call (or you as my agent) as I am willing to pay for. Response time is important. So is quality of care. I'll pay for both, and make it easy (dial 1 100 MED HELP) for you to carry out my wishes. But I will have chosen the flavor of medical care I want before I need it. If you find me without my tag, I will possibly suffer for my error as you take me to the brand of doctor you think best, so be assured, I will be wearing that tag. I will also be paying, in my premiums, for the right to call my plan if I encounter a John Doe who does not appear to have medical coverage. STella Calvert (guest on ...!decvax!frog!wjr) Every man and every woman is a star.