But what if that’s the only clinic your insurance accepts?
Don’t know if that’s sufficient , but it’s a start.
The Invisible Hand will decide!
… to flip you the bird.
Things have really gone to crap in the last decade. Democrats have got to turn out in force on election day but… that will be extremely difficult in some places like Arizona and Alabama where they’ve made voting difficult for the poor, over-worked, single parents, sick etc.
I am still aghast at how badly Democracy has been crippled in Alabama.
The backpedalling begins
“You know, after listening to people’s feedback for the past several weeks on this issue, I have come to the conclusion that there is a great deal of misinformation, misinterpretation, confusion, a lot of passion and frankly, selective outrage and hypocrisy, especially against the great state of North Carolina.”
You guys totally misinterpreted our bigotry!
Given the lack of transparency in the us health care market, the invisible hand works more to slap you around than fix inefficiencies.
I swear, it’s almost like I’m not even here sometimes ;)
In any case, it’s a couple of small steps in something approaching the right direction for the state, so hey! Gotta start somewhere. . .
yeesh that was like a whole page break ago :P
Perhaps you’ve been blocked for excessive aptness :)
Apparently as worthless as the Governor:
McCrory’s order seems to be geared at soothing fears about some elements in the law, but it does not appear to make any material changes. The governor cannot unilaterally change the law.
Most a governor can do is refuse to enforce it and risk impeachment. I suspect that’s what Roy Cooper will do- he’ll just refuse to follow the unconstitutional laws and rely on 1/3 the State Senate to refuse impeachment.
Anyone with a 3rd grade reading comprehension should see through this pathetic response and be insulted at his statements. What a jerk.
waiting for the headline “Governor McCrory joins the list of CEOs and officials opposed to HR2”
Yes, but if your options are: A) See some asshole and get meds you need or B)Not be able to see anyone and not get the meds you need, most people are picking A. It could very easily happen to someone in an even semi-rural area. Often many large areas are serviced by only one or two people that can actually write any sort of prescription.
Yes, but if your options are: A) See some asshole and get meds you need or B)Not be able to see anyone and not get the meds you need, most people are picking A. It could very easily happen to someone in an even semi-rural area. Often many large areas are serviced by only one or two people that can actually write any sort of prescription.
But you don’t just go to a doctor to get meds. They have to actually prescribe them to you, presumably to treat some thing which they think you have.
Ultimately, that requires some degree of trust, which them wanting to refuse to serve you seems to negate the possibility of.
Of course, on the other hand, presumably your doctors and therapists are professionals and can put aside their own personal feelings to actually do their jobs. That’s what I really don’t get about these situations.
If you’re a professional – a doctor, lawyer, etc. – you treat your patients/clients regardless of their race, creed, ideology, bad decisions, etc. Your doctor doesn’t say “hey, I’ve been telling you to stop smoking/drinking/etc. for a decade, and you haven’t, so now I’m going to refuse you service.” Your lawyer doesn’t say “I’m sorry, but because I think you did something wrong, I’m not going to represent you.”
I don’t get how other professionals – such as pharmacists and therapists – are any different. Sure, they may disagree with your decisions/lifestyle/etc., but that doesn’t mean that they don’t need to do their job. I’m astounded that pharmacists and therapists would try to get out of doing their jobs for clients with whom they have disagreements (like the pharmacists refusing to dispense morning after pills, or the therapists refusing to see gay/trans clients). To me, that’s the sort of thing that should cost them their license to practice their profession.
Of course, on the other hand, presumably your doctors and therapists are professionals and can put aside their own personal feelings to actually do their jobs. That’s what I really don’t get about these situations.
Exactly.
If a doctor can’t put aside some other religious crap, and do his job, then in my mind he’s not qualified to be my doctor. In all honesty, I wouldn’t want them to be my doctor, even if I wasn’t the target of the discrimination. It shows that they aren’t really following the ethical rules that I would expect for that position.
Regrettably there are a great many doctors who fall into this category.