tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7722294029877743408.post5394827163821439076..comments2024-03-13T21:55:29.791-07:00Comments on The Weinmann Report - politicsofhealthcare.com: CALIFORNIA'S PROPOSED DIALYSIS INITIATIVE (Proposition 8)Robert Weinmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06207543223165842066noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7722294029877743408.post-51626620110512232282018-11-02T18:04:54.785-07:002018-11-02T18:04:54.785-07:00Thanks for your opinion on Prop 8.
-- Randy Vande...Thanks for your opinion on Prop 8.<br /><br />-- Randy VanderHeyden<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7722294029877743408.post-51707634899431581862018-05-15T12:23:48.772-07:002018-05-15T12:23:48.772-07:00The trouble with anonymous information is that it ...The trouble with anonymous information is that it can't be verified even if the accusations are correct. So the clinic or clinics that are "understaffed" or use "machines malfunctioning in ways that threaten patient health" get away with their incompetence. - RLW, editor, The Weinmann ReportRobert Weinmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06207543223165842066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7722294029877743408.post-79397204791554042042018-05-15T11:10:11.707-07:002018-05-15T11:10:11.707-07:00Patients are going to die if this passes. No drama...Patients are going to die if this passes. No drama, just fact. Whether for profit or because of inadequate reimbursement, dialysis clinics in CA are already cutting major corners. Antisepsis is a joke. A dialysis patient I know, who also has some orthopedic problems, has suffered with a broken dialysis chair for months because fixing it wasn't in the clinic's budget. He takes his own antiseptic wipes with him, because he has observed serious breaches of infection-control mandates. The clinics are chronically understaffed, and/or using semi-skilled staff to perform nursing work. There have been some very close calls with machines malfunctioning in ways that threaten patient health and even life. These are some of the most vulnerable patients a physician sees, yet the doctor has to keep the time with each patient within arbitrary, non-medically-based guidelines, or s/he is working for free. The insurance companies make huge profits on people who have insurance and rarely use it, then whine if they have to pay the benefits they promised to provide, once the insured become older and/or develops a serious medical condition. Since patients with ESRD are automatically Medicare-eligible, this also shifts the burden from the insurance companies, who contracted for it, to Medicare, MediCal, and the taxpayers.A Nonni Mouse, Esq.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07231008092023107780noreply@blogger.com