Elinor Christansen - Waiting Lists and Universal Healthcare

	Duration: 05:10 minutes Upload Time: 07-06-08 13:08:13 User: ForaTv :::: Favorites
Description: Complete video at: http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=967 Dr. Elinor Christansen, former President of the American Medical Women's Association, rebuts the argument that a national health program would result in longer wait times for Americans in need of medical care. ----- Dr. Elinor Christiansen, a member of Physicians for a National Health Plan and president of Health Care for All Colorado, discusses the U.S. health care crisis and proposes a simple solution to make comprehensive health care accessible and affordable to all. -- Tattered Cover Bookstore Elinor Christiansen has been a member of American Medical Women's Association since 1955 when she earned her MD from Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia (now known as MCP-HU). Her diverse medical career has involved a private practice in general practice in Ohio; maternal and child health in the inner city clinics of Denver, CO; School Health for Denver Public Schools; college health at Colorado Women's College for 2 years; and 18 years at University of Denver Student Health Service where she was a staff physician and also medical director the last 9 years. She was also part of the clinical faculty in Family Medicine at University of Colorado School of Medicine and Medical Director and staff physician at Columbine Family Health Center.
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robo3781 ::: Favorites FIRST. Ha! Fora, I'm a huge fan. Keep delivering the goods. Thank you. 07-06-08 15:44:13 _____________________________________________________
Strutinan ::: Favorites I've been "waiting" for a knee operation for 13 years now...fucking insurance companies. Unless I get the surgury I will most likely be DEAD come September or October. But according to the insurance companies it is not a "life threatening condition" unless I will be definately dead in less than a week. Problem is, there is no WARNING when it kills me...a bone chip breaks off, hits a major organ, and I'm dead minutes later. 07-06-08 17:42:03 _____________________________________________________
middlenoins ::: Favorites I know we have waits in this country. I had a gallbladder attack and the hospital found stones. I had to wait one month to see the surgeon and another month for the surgury. Two months not being able to eat hardly anything. Don't let anyone tell you we don't have waiting lists in the USA. 07-06-16 03:42:04 _____________________________________________________
lizzielou73 ::: Favorites Several months is not long. I've had to wait up to nine months in Canada to see a specialist for an urgent medical problem. We have long waiting lists in Canada - weeks, months, and years, and people with urgent problems do need to wait. In most of the provinces there are waits! People are dying on our waiting lists and you do NOT get care when needed. These are not myths. 07-06-23 01:47:21 _____________________________________________________
l8rthen ::: Favorites I have only had to wait in the US for a follow-up appt. Any time I really needed it, there was always a doctor readily available. PM is a walk-in clinic, 7 days a week. 07-07-09 20:30:49 _____________________________________________________