ThroopCat Hacks Open Health Project
on August 21, 2009
I have mixed feelings about health care reform. My inner cat naturally strives for superiority in all matters, including veterinary care. The human-cat status quo works for me. My veterinarians (I've had a few due to moves) are always happy to share my health data. As a matter of fact, they give it to me (or my assistant, Cindy) to take to my new vet. No big deal.
Humans, on the other hand, have a really hard time getting their health information. I used to think it was kinda funny, but now I think it's just downright pathetic. There's not a lot I can do to help (I'm just a cat), but I figure I can provide comic relief from time to time. To that end, I am sharing the results of a recent poll on health care reform from Dr. Rob's blog, Musings of a Distractible Mind.
Dr. Rob's Health Care Reform Poll Results
(Disclaimer: To quote Cindy Throop, "The methodology is terrible. He is obviously not a researcher".)
ThroopCat Poll Highlight: health + care = health care, not healthcare
ThroopCat Poll Highlight: Definitely the insurance greed thing. The full question read:
I love having insurance companies making record profits while raising rates and lowering what they cover. Who wouldn't love that?
ThroopCat Poll Highlight: I a bit surprised to see how many people admitted the following. The full ADD question read as follows:
Huh? What was the question? I was giving myself a cherry limeade and gunpowder enema.
Any ideas for future polls? (Cindy wants to do some more serious ones, too.)
Comments
Bad Kitty!
I can't believe you shared my comment about Dr. Rob's research skills. Rude!
I think it would be interesting to poll people to see what they think of the different health care options. Another way to approach it would be to "start from scratch" and discuss one issue at a time. For eg., we all know cost is a huge issue. So what are all of the possible solutions? Which ones have the greatest potential?
Ideas and thoughts welcome.
By the way, I know it's kind of a pain to have to register with the site to post comments, but there is a reason we are doing it this way. We want genuine, productive conversation about health care reform.
Based on what I've noticed over the past months, the least productive blog comments (etc.) come from people who do not share their name and/or picture.
Please join the dialog! Kudos to Kendall Thiessen and Chris Barnes for jumping in already!