TRUTH IN HEALTHCARE XII

LAYMAN ECONOMICS


most of the rehab people i came in contact with didn't seem concerned about the actual costs they were running up. they were concerned about medicare, their supplemental insurance, perhaps even medicaid and other tax payer funded benefits, and the number of days of rehab eligibility. when i mentioned that the full retail value of the goods and services i received over the past 3 months must have amounted to half million dollars i was met more or less by blank stares. no wonder old people become entitled republicans without any empathy for anyone else when they blind themselves to the expenses they incur.

there is no understanding that their life is over. unless they are dick cheney they no longer hold any power that they imagined they had when competitive in the world.

as an example of the disconnect between their peresent condition and reality: i was trying to assemble a 300 piece jigsaw puzzle for my amusement and the dissipation of my boredom. reruns of gilligan's island on the tv were starting to get boring. anyway one of the residents looked over my shoulder and said, "even idiots can do jigsaw puzzles". in the competitive world which this is not it would be sorta' insulting. in this world of elderly cripples it is funny. whatever position or strata this guy is from it is over. he no longer has any power or relevance. a house cat has more relevance. amazingly he does not realize that he is pathetic and just about everyone will just walk away from him.

paul ryan please note that i was in the hospital a week and in rehab two weeks. never once did i have to reach for my wallet or credit card. it was a bit annoying that i could not buy a coke or snack since i had no money.

thanks, paul.

TO BE CONTINUED. NEXT:the war hero, the perfessor, ginger and mary ann and jor-el superman's father

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