tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post1859552768781720129..comments2024-02-24T06:25:59.743-08:00Comments on The Spine Blogger: Merry Christmas to AllMusculoskeletal Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14873819014357051373noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-81928770621646627052010-12-27T06:14:02.413-08:002010-12-27T06:14:02.413-08:00TSB, any info on this???
A major Boston teaching ...TSB, any info on this???<br /><br />A major Boston teaching hospital has been cited by federal and state health inspectors after doctors operated on the wrong location on three spine surgery patients.<br /><br />All three unconnected errors happened since September.<br /><br />Dr. Kenneth Sands is the senior vice president of health care quality at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He tells The Boston Globe the surgeons apparently miscounted the patients' vertebrae and operated directly above or below where they were supposed to.<br /><br />Two operations were conducted by the same surgeon. The hospital did not release names.<br /><br />The hospital has procedures in place to avoid errors, and those procedures have been improved.<br /><br />Sands says none of the patients suffered harmful effects as a result of the mistaken surgery. But a lawyer for one says the woman has experienced problems.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-58885305212177338552010-12-26T20:39:31.542-08:002010-12-26T20:39:31.542-08:00Really, 8:02? Care to provide any specific example...Really, 8:02? Care to provide any specific examples? <br /><br />And what, pray tell, makes Obama an elitist?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-14918334475865838252010-12-26T20:02:43.289-08:002010-12-26T20:02:43.289-08:00If you really understood history, you would know t...If you really understood history, you would know that those that try to force socialism on their countrymen have always been elitists.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-72738468960871262962010-12-26T17:23:44.643-08:002010-12-26T17:23:44.643-08:00Sarah Palin is simply a JOKE. She is a reality TV...Sarah Palin is simply a JOKE. She is a reality TV star, not a qualified politician or leader. Stop talking like she is even relevant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-1765872700038996382010-12-26T17:18:42.749-08:002010-12-26T17:18:42.749-08:00Hye, 4:35, are we elitists or socialists? Or are y...Hye, 4:35, are we elitists or socialists? Or are you just schizophrenic?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-61363697120373567392010-12-26T16:35:38.911-08:002010-12-26T16:35:38.911-08:0010:51...Standard liberal drivel. Your stats only ...10:51...Standard liberal drivel. Your stats only show that college towns are more liberal than other areas. That is simply because those who work at colleges (and also throughout lower education) are liberals, as they cannot get off the teet of government. All of the other educated liberals you hold in such high esteem, graduate, then move into the private sector, and become conservative because reality sinks in. <br /><br />I have met many morons that consider themselves part of the educated/elite that is such a bragging point to the left. Not only is Sarah Palin smarter, better looking and more successful than you, she would probably kick your ass. You and your elitist friends rely so fervently on the mainstream media to think for you, you can't come up with any original thoughts or draw your own conclusions about the people that are influencing our country. <br /><br />Simply pathetic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-25784690324145320632010-12-26T14:57:07.050-08:002010-12-26T14:57:07.050-08:00MM,
This is a good post. I have been harsh on yo...MM,<br /><br />This is a good post. I have been harsh on you but you've gained some redemption. Like Big Oil, the insurance companies have no pressure to compete on price. Unlike auto insurance, where you've got lizards, cavemen and ducks pitching the lowest price ad nauseum, health insurance companies are basically playing in a locked game. <br /><br />Let's say you and I had a business plan to start a discount healthcare insurance company. We would really need to be in at least 30-35 states to have a large enough draw against our take. So per this legislation you speak of, a start-up would need offices in each of those states, then register and maintain records for each state's insurance board and have a local office. So for arguments' sake let's say a million in overhead each year per state. You'd need to have $50M hard cash each year and 10 times that in backing. Talk about barrier to market...<br /><br />So the answer is and has been to nationalize only a insuree's rights or protections as a patient, not the entire healthcare system. That way discount companies could provide coverage nationwide without having to drop $$ in overhead. My guess is that prices would come way down.<br /><br />Ever wonder why you never see one oil company selling gas drastically lower than another. Two reasons: like the healthcare insurance industry, the barrier to market is so high there's no reason to compete on price. They've been colluding straight back to Standard Oil days. Second reason is that if an oil company tried to gain market share by dropping their price, Cheney would shoot them with the heart attack gun just like he got Ken Lay.Anonymousehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSxihhBzCjknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-12120546089236319872010-12-26T10:21:58.760-08:002010-12-26T10:21:58.760-08:008:23 AM: Not surprisingly, your correction defies ...8:23 AM: Not surprisingly, your correction defies reality. Liberals are bred in colleges and universities, not schools, as evidenced by electoral maps that show blue where voters have access to higher education and red everywhere else (e.g., Austin TX is blue, but the adjacent, redneck-infected surroundings are dark red).<br /><br />Due to decades of GOP-inspired attacks on education, our current school systems do not have the capacity to produce thoughtful and intelligent voters, which are the staple of the Democratic party. This is why Republicans mock learning--it corrodes their potential voter pool and diminishes the occurrence of sheep that will support them at the polls. Case in point: Palin 2012.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-44730408147140109282010-12-26T08:23:29.682-08:002010-12-26T08:23:29.682-08:00Correction: America's second rate education s...Correction: America's second rate education system (or is it indoctrination system?) breeds liberals.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-7326635866557253962010-12-26T07:43:51.451-08:002010-12-26T07:43:51.451-08:00My surgeon friend says I need an L3-S1 interbody f...My surgeon friend says I need an L3-S1 interbody fusion and he wants to "bilaterally" place screws "bicortically" at every level. Should I trust him or go to another surgeon? Everything I read is that screws are never placed bicortically at L3,L4,L5. He's got a really nice boat that I like to go in the summer. Also, he is going to do a posterior interbody fusion and L5-S1 and do a transoraminal interbody fusion and L3-L4, L4-L5 but he said he is going to use different "cages?" for each TLIF one from Spinewave and one from Stryker. What would Jesus do?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-81626983224642990832010-12-25T18:44:41.753-08:002010-12-25T18:44:41.753-08:00You know your blog has arrived when Mel Gibson dru...You know your blog has arrived when Mel Gibson drunk-posts comments in it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-87870659266728488532010-12-25T09:42:41.581-08:002010-12-25T09:42:41.581-08:00Jews....Jews....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-82977606626444352022010-12-25T09:31:53.627-08:002010-12-25T09:31:53.627-08:00Atheist:
I always worry about my staunchly religi...Atheist:<br /><br />I always worry about my staunchly religious brothers and sisters. Most only seem to care about charity and good will in men on the one day of the year. And their leaders who have so much to give -ever calculated the net worth of the Vatican?- do little but light a candle and present us with some old and worn cliches.<br /><br />Nevertheless, enjoy the holidays!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-60048807803492700652010-12-25T08:25:40.018-08:002010-12-25T08:25:40.018-08:00Cant make it one post without Tea-Party bullshit c...Cant make it one post without Tea-Party bullshit creaping in. Surprising?Not really, considering America's second-rate education system breeds ignorance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-81601552670753502872010-12-25T04:36:57.971-08:002010-12-25T04:36:57.971-08:00Cant make it one post without PC bullshit creeping...Cant make it one post without PC bullshit creeping in. Surprising? No.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-46349887152146084162010-12-24T11:50:21.408-08:002010-12-24T11:50:21.408-08:00To all of the J-Dub bloggers---have a great day! ...To all of the J-Dub bloggers---have a great day! It's just another Saturday for us!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-92054814653325855112010-12-24T10:04:05.682-08:002010-12-24T10:04:05.682-08:00To my friends from the Tribe of Israel
Hoping Y&#...To my friends from the Tribe of Israel<br /><br />Hoping Y'all or is it Y'all's had a Happy Chanukah and L'Chaim. You know what the famous Texas Jewboy (that's the name of his band for you sensitive bloggers) Kinky Friedman says, "The only currency I value is the coin of spirit, that's very important in my life.<br /><br />See Y'all at Hunan Pagoda for Chinese tomorrow.Musculoskeletal Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14873819014357051373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-52085239073540383662010-12-24T09:52:44.922-08:002010-12-24T09:52:44.922-08:00Just curious, TSB, but do you also constantly worr...Just curious, TSB, but do you also constantly worry about your Jewish brothers and sisters, or do we not deserve the benefit of your benevolent concern?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-89835420602374720302010-12-24T06:10:57.684-08:002010-12-24T06:10:57.684-08:00Merry Christmas, MM. I truly enjoy your blog and I...Merry Christmas, MM. I truly enjoy your blog and I might enjoy the comments section even more. Happy to New Year to you and yours!<br /><br />"Should auld acquaintance be forgot,<br />and never brought to mind?<br />Should auld acquaintance be forgot<br />and days of auld lang syne?<br /><br />For auld lang syne, my dear,<br />For auld lang syne,<br />We'll take a cup o' kindness yet<br />For auld lang syne<br /><br />We twa hae run aboot the braes<br />And pou'd the gowans fine;<br />we've wander'd mony a weary foot<br />Sin' auld lang syne<br /><br />We two hae paidled i' the burn,<br />Frae mornin' sun till dine;<br />But seas between us braid hae roar'd<br />Sin' auld lang syne<br /><br />And here's a hand, my trusty friend,<br />And gie's a hand o' thine;<br />We'll take a cup o' kindness yet<br />For auld lang syne<br /><br />Should auld acquaintance be forgot,<br />and never brought to mind?<br />Should auld acquaintance be forgot<br />and days of auld lang syne?<br /><br />For auld lang syne, my dear,<br />For auld lang syne,<br />We'll take a cup o' kindness yet<br />For auld lang syne"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-6807192743971556182010-12-24T05:35:47.205-08:002010-12-24T05:35:47.205-08:00Not to worry, MM. Its the self righteous and conde...Not to worry, MM. Its the self righteous and condescending 'concern' that you express that drives the open minded of us up a wall. charity and grace are not exclusively the domain of christians, catholics, muslims, jews, hindus, buddhists, mormons and on and on....I don't have answers. Merry Christmas, all the best in the New Year!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com