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November 16, 2007
How Stantis Views Doctors
Believe it or not, CJo is out sick today. He's only got a cold (well, and a hangover) but he really should go to the hospital, because according to Stantis he'd be given a private room and all the attention he needs without waiting in lines or filling out paperwork. Well, at least according to Stantis the last two days - on Wednesday that's what Winslow was complaining about and kicked this storyline into high gear in the first place. Sigh.
Today we get another "if government ran healthcare" strip, this time featuring doctors (one of whom is smoking) who are lazy construction workers taking a break on the taxpayer's dime. Amazing that Stantis thinks that as soon as we take healthcare out of the corporations' power that doctors will become slackers only cashing a paycheck. He has such a high opinion of our nation's healthcare providers.
(Sidenote: how awesome would it be if Stantis went in for his annual check up and his doctor had this strip framed on the wall? I can just picture the doc now, pulling on his gloves and saying "So, you think I'm a lazy bum only in it for the money, do ya? Bend over and cough, bitch.")
I might understand Stantis' argument if he had actually written a storyline that made sense. Winslow went to the emergency room (the one place where they have to provide medical care if it really is an emergency - heck, even President Bush claims that's providing healthcare for everybody). There he had to deal with long lines and filling out paperwork.
The next day he's in a private room where everything is apparently perfect. No long lines, no paperwork like you get at the DMV and at the airport. You never have to deal with that at corporate hospitals. Same thing today - all the healthcare you need is just an emergency room away, apparently.
My big question: will Stantis address the COST of all of this tomorrow? I don't know how Winslow has healthcare - as it was pointed out in the comments the other day, the only way he might is if Stantis resorts to saying that his role on Prickly City is really a job and the newspaper is providing him with healthcare. But that wouldn't really make much sense (yeah, I know, we're talking PC here).
All I can say is that I don't have healthcare, and considering the cost of the medication I bought yesterday I might as well just start buying crack because it would be cheaper and probably just as effective. Let's see if Stantis has the balls to tackle the real issue in all of this - AFFORDABLE healthcare.
Oh and I just remembered something - isn't Winslow described by Stantis as a coyote "pup?" Is this somehow a reaction to the S-CHIP debate? If it is, then this storyline is even worse than I thought. Aye carumba.
One more thing - the guys who work on roads in my town are a part of IDOT, or the Illinois Department of Transporation. Not the USDOT. Do we have federal road crews? I didn't think so, much like was pointed out by another fine reader about the STATE run DMV yesterday. Geez Stantis, can't you get your act together and make a cogent argument about ANYTHING?
Comments
Maybe Stantis would like to contemplate America's high C-section rate, attributed in part to doctors' desires for an orderly delivery during normal business hours?
(In part. I know, they are often absolutely necessary.)
Annie
Posted by: Annie at November 16, 2007 01:36 PM
