Another horror story from Canada:

September 4, 2007

A shortage of urologists has become so pronounced that patients%26#039; lives are at risk, managers of a St. John%26#039;s-based health authority have been warned.

Andy Grant, a member of a prostate cancer support group in St. John%26#039;s, said he is afraid that people will die — or already have — while waiting for surgery.

%26quot;First of all, [patients deal with] the shock you might have prostate cancer, then the shock of being confirmed with prostate cancer,%26quot; he said. %26quot;Now you have the shock of saying, %26#039;I have to wait until next year?%26#039; %26quot;

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-la…

Hmm, isn%26#039;t it interesting how Fatso (a.k.a. Michael Moore) %26#039;forgets%26#039; to include these little tidbits in his propaganda films?|||Socialized medicine is a progression; if socialists can use enough class envy type scare tactics, they can get reasonable people to jump on the bandwagon, to support the foundation for applying socialism to other emotionally charged issues and problems.

A little socialism is like a little heroin, it leads to more and more.

That traitor Michael Moore, also forgot to take aim at trial lawyers- John Edwards, is a good example of the problem. Predators, like Edwards, who prey on tragedies %26amp; accidents and negligence, cause our health care costs to soar; people have needless operations because medical workers can%26#039;t take the risk of a trial lawyer, destroying and robbing them of everything they have ever achieved in life. Insurance costs, drug costs, medical services are exponentially linked to the real disease- trial lawyers.

If you are against tort reform and support trial lawyers taking 30% - 40% of %26quot;lottery winning%26quot; judgements, you are disengenuous about solving the health care crisis. Funny, isn%26#039;t it, how the people who demand that goverment pay for everyone%26#039;s health care are the same people who support frivolous lawsuits and ridiculous litigation. The real enemy to the socialist is business, insurance companies and drug companies; you who support these socialists are dupes.

Sorry, comrades, evil corporations do not owe every American, free health care. If you support cretins like Edwards, you are part of the problem.|||Who said we have to have Canada%26#039;s system? I%26#039;m sure they are happy with their system more than we are with ours. More people in this country are dying because of our health care system than Canada%26#039;s. And, far more people are going bankrupt because of needed healthcare that their insurance providers won%26#039;t pay for. Those people are losing their houses as a result. I don%26#039;t think it is fair for people to have to chose either keeping their house or keeping their life with necessary healthcare that they can%26#039;t afford. And, England and France are even happier with their systems. How about we take the best of all the other great socialized health care systems out there and put them into one big system and make that our health care system. Besides, our socialized medicine system will probably be a mixed system of socialized and private, just like Englands.

Socialized or Universal healthcare is not Socialism, it is democracy in action. It%26#039;s not right to keep people sick so the insurance corporations can profit off them.

BTW, this IS going to happen. You do know the Dems will get this through this time because of how much the country has been so patient about the Iraq war. This is the Dem payoff. The GOP even is wanting it. Get used to it because it IS going to happen with the next president.|||Plenty more people are dying in the US who can%26#039;t even afford basic healthcare.

One story does not replace the fact that 50 million Americans are living without insurance.|||And yet we have people dropping dead of the same things at much higher rates in the US sheerly because they can%26#039;t afford it. I%26#039;d like you to explain that please.|||Anecdotal stories are no substitute for carefully reviewing a number of possible solutions to the problem.|||Sorry, it%26#039;s not socialist, you have that wrong right there.

And you obviously are not well informed, our own country faces a physician shortage and I don%26#039;t see an outcry from anyone.

Our education system has failed us, we should make becoming a doctor free and just insist that those applying are qualified. Pay them a decent wage high middle class wage, not an obscenely huge one and we would have more quality doctors.

Stop with the scare tactics, only morons fall for that, we are not Canada and never will be.|||I don’t know about socialized medicine, but universal health care is absolutely necessary in this country.|||I hardly think Canada is example of a socialist country! Your just picking up on one indenting and blowing out of proportion. Jasmine what you on about? I bet you have never been outside the US. What freedom in lost in Europe because of free health care! Are you watching to much old B movies? All these 1950s that were made during the Mccarthy era. So called %26quot;witch hunt%26quot;|||Why should the United States be the only industrialized country in the world without universal healthcare for all people in the country?

Why should the amount of money in my bank account determine if I get the health care I need?|||Most likely will occur with healthcare is medicare part D set up for healthcare, it would protect against 40k medical bills, but it wont pay treatments costing under 5k that are not medically necesary. A prviate sector give away republcians like, and democrats will like it because it will claim universal coverage, but in realty just to protect people from going broke 50k in hole getting heart attack is all., and not program for basic medical needs.|||We need to take capitalism out of health care. No one should be allowed to profit from the sick. If that would happen, insurance would be affordable.|||No, it is not the wrong prescription. We already have socialized medicine–Medicare and Medicaid. We could expand those programs to cover everyone in the country, and anyone who doesn%26#039;t want to participate could be given a tax credit. Why should a rich country like the USA not ensure that all of its citizens have health insurance? It is a national disgrace that we have over 40 million citizens without health insurance!!!|||People don%26#039;t realize that %26quot;free%26quot; means higher taxes and longer waits for receiving health care. Just look at Canada and Europe….or just look at anything the government has gotten their hands on. No Thanks!!!

It also means loosing your freedoms too. Check out Edwards comment:

“It requires that everybody be covered. It requires that everybody get preventive care. If you are going to be in the system, you can’t choose not to go to the doctor for 20 years. You have to go in and be checked and make sure that you are OK.” —John Edwards

Key Words…….. You Can%26#039;t Choose

The government will decide what is best for you (and themselves at the same time)|||Socialized medicine at the national level would be unconstitutional, not to mention that any kind of program that would be implemented would face stringent opposition and would probably end up watered down as a result…legal technicalities aside.

Suggestion:

Those of you who want socialized medicine, push for it in your own state. Prove that it can work and work well, and maybe the rest of the states will emulate your example. One or two test markets would be preferable to forcing one unproven system on the entire country (less accountability, etc).

I%26#039;m totally against socialized medicine, but, if it is ultimately unstoppable, the above method seems preferable to the usual one-size-fits-all policy coming out of Washington D.C.|||First of all, we don%26#039;t need Socialized medicine. Only 15% of people don%26#039;t have (adequate or any) coverage, and only a small percentage of that can%26#039;t truly afford it. Look at all those supposedly %26quot;poor victims%26quot; of Hurricane Katrina. These are exactly the people who would whine they can%26#039;t afford health insurance. However, if you look closely, you will see most of the women have salon hairdos, costing big bucks every month, and elaborate nail jobs. They need to get their priorities straight. I shouldn%26#039;t have to live with substandard medical care because Loquitia and her three out-of-wedlock babies decides pretty nails are more important than having health insurance.

Secondly, we can%26#039;t afford it without raising taxes….. again. Already, most people work from January first to about the first week of April, just to pay their taxes. That means, when you get out of bed, and have to dig your car out of the snow to get to work, while it%26#039;s still bitter cold and dark outside, you spent that day really working for the government. All your money that day went to pay the government. In February, when the wind whipps up, and your hands are half frozen, and you%26#039;re trying to drive home in gridlock traffic due to heavy snow, none of the aggravations of the day resulted in one dime going into your pocket. You%26#039;re still working for the government. Same for dreary, sleet-rained March. About the second week of April, you can finally crack a slight smile, because, after working over three months for no gain, you can finally put a penny in your pocket and keep it. Congratulations, you just made your first penny!

You really want higher taxes? You want to work all of April for Uncle Sam too?

A report a few years ago by John Stossel highlighted why Socialized medicine is not feasible in the U.S. We are a unique nation. We go to the doctor much more often than any other country, and we take way, way, way more medicine too. We%26#039;re also the fattest country on earth. Imagine all the people demanding free care to cure their %26quot;obesity disease%26quot; (oh yeah, people are going to start making ludicrous demands because it%26#039;s all %26quot;free%26quot;). In countries that have Socialized medicine, some people are actually sent to mountain resorts because they have asthma, or for a week to a lakeside massage therapy clinic once a year to treat their bad backs. You really think Americans won%26#039;t go way overboard in demanding these %26quot;freebies%26quot;?

So, you%26#039;ll have every fat person demanding quick cures, (maybe a quarter of a million stomach staples every year… imagine the cost!) and everyone with any imagined or exaggerated problem demanding expensive treatment and lots of %26quot;free%26quot; medication.

Whatever the government estimates the costs to be, it will cost 4-6 times that amount, just like road construction.

This is why we can%26#039;t afford universal health care (nor need it, nor would find it desirable…. I live the nightmare of Socialized medicine here in Europe; you DON%26#039;T want it!!!) Everyone who can afford a REAL doctor willingly bypasses the crappy Socialist mess and opts for a decent, private doctor.

Do you really want your children birthed by the same doctor that helped pump out Loquitia%26#039;s seven screaming kids?|||I%26#039;m sure there are horror stories from Canada.

But there are horror stories here in the states as well. People who are misdiagnosed, people who can not get the insurance company to cover tests and/or surgery, and people who cannot find specialists in there area.

But, um, have you noticed how Canadians aren%26#039;t really streaming across the borders?

And, of course, WHEN a national healthcare plan finally gets put into place, we won%26#039;t merely copy Canada. If anything, we will be learning from the problems they have, and getting a better program.|||I don%26#039;t think I have ever seen so many unfounded and absurd answers to a question! The problem with our SOCIALISTS (Dems) is that they are so in love with their vision they ignore reality! The US can%26#039;t afford socialized medicine nor is it able to run such a system. Look at Social Security and Medicaid! Do you want to entrust your health to the government? I recommend getting a good education and an excellent job so you can afford to pourchase health insurance. Government handouts are always second rate!|||Urollogist, I.P. Daily and Dentists Pullum and Yankem all gave an account of socialized medicine. Along with Proctologist Seymor Butts the doctors recanted any complaints they had raised about Socialized Medicine. They were caught up in the fear tactics of the opponents to decent health care. The opponents assured them that poor people would only be seeing doctors in the ER and they wouldn%26#039;t be bothered they also offered the esteemed physicians money to support only expensive health care so average people, old people and poor people will be excluded and thus make it possible for them to ride in on high horses and look down on those cake eaters. Psychologist Dr. Crazyfool said that he only treats the ones opposing affordable healthcare because they are better than anyone else and the only ones needing his services.

Propaganda, look who is talking about propaganda. The right has nothing to complain about when it comes to propaganda. They are masters at it. Sort of a pot vs kettle hypocracy thing again.|||Indeed

I%26#039;ll keep my VA benefits thank you very much.|||Socialized medicine would be a bad idea, but single payer, universal health insurance which all doc and hosp. would have to accept and as full payment would be a good idea. It%26#039;s not free, but it would be portable, secure, and cover all of us.|||It is just one of the steps on the socialist liberal dims playbook to run their agenda down the yellow brick road!!|||Marxist,

First of all, I hope you had to really hunt for a negative reference to Canada%26#039;s health care system, because it really isn%26#039;t all that bad.

I have a personal friend up there, and she has some very good things to say about it.

You can believe whatever the Hell you like.

Second, who the Hell wants HMOs anyway?

Not the patients.

Not the doctors.

Hmm…must be the INSURANCE COMPANIES?

Yeah, THAT%26#039;S the ticket!|||Certainly, it would be a slow protected death for all of Americans….take a look at what it has done for Eastern, Western and Canada…..oh….should not forget Cuba too, it will not only wind up shortening our life span put it will destroy the economy and thus…..bye bye USA.|||Talking about socialized medicine system is not so good in Canada?! Do you know your Medicare part B, and part D are

not great either! I have a friend who went for a PSA test through a lab/examination for possible prostate enlargement, the Medicare did not reimburse the test cost? The Medicare Review Board says: This is not medical necessities, so, claim denied. I think the people who works at the Medicare Review Board, must be a moron, or, crazy! Is the PSA test a kind of cosmetic test/treatment? A high school student can tell you: It is medical necessity.

I propose that we should overhaul the Medicare system - The

system is too large, regulations are too vague, responds too slow, do not have knowledgeable peoples working there. The Coordination Department of the Medicare is not able to interface with the Insurance company fast enough. The is the whole reason why many Americans can not get proper health care. Wrong peoples are handling your claims!|||it is not viable for the us, it will be the biggest cluster f you ever saw if it comes to be

Why is it that MOST MEN refuse to see a doctor unless they truly 100% believe something is absolutely wrong? My main concerns are prostate cancer and Testicular cancer. Men should be getting checked regularly JUST LIKE WOMEN. This is why women live longer, because we see it as an obligation to go to the doctor once a yr and get an annual… But men dont do that. They end up getting sick and knowing nothing about it till its too late! I seriously urge men to go to the doctor… For your families and friends if not for yourself!

Im working towards a radiation therapy degree and prostate cancer and testicular cancer death rates are extremely high because men refuse to see doctors till its too late.

Men: What is your main reason for not going?

And women… What are some ways you%26#039;ve successfully gotten your guy to get checked yearly?|||I agree with you 100%! My husband, my brother, my father and my male friends are all the same. And the worse part is, they complain. %26quot;My head hurts, my arm hurts, I can pee, my back%26quot;!!

If I offer to take them to the doctor, there response: %26quot;No, I will wait and see how long this last%26quot;. This is all the time and from every man I know.

And this is what I believe why, (I am not saying I am right, but here goes.), they are chicken s*%26amp;t. They are afraid of the pain or embarassment during the exam. They simply can%26#039;t handle the whole thing.

Women can take pain better then men, so we go….we say, to he%26amp;# with it and we go. We would rather have the few minutes of discomfort, pain and/or embarrassment to stay healthy and yes, thats why we live longer.

But wow, I was so happy to read this question because it is so TRUE.|||i%26#039;m scared.|||Because men don%26#039;t want to feel weak, and for most of them, going to the doctor is a sign of weakness. Totally dumb reasoning, don%26#039;t you agree? But this is the way they are.|||Because men automatically think something is goin to get shoved or poked in the wrong place. Plain and simple and if they refuse I tell them there peniss will fall off LMAO.|||Fear. Men are way more afraid to have a problem with their %26quot;member%26quot; than anything else. They%26#039;d rather avoid it than face it. Also I think it depends on the way that man was raised. If he had a hothead for a father who never went when ill, chances are he won%26#039;t either. Men are supposed to be made of steel or something. It%26#039;s just part of the testosterone build up. I think the most effective way to get a man to go is to show how upset you are at the thought of losing him over something preventative. Show him that caring about you and loving you can come in the simple form of a Dr. appt.|||We don%26#039;t stop for directions, we don%26#039;t read the instructions, we don%26#039;t talk about feelings, we don%26#039;t like to shop, we hate to admit when somethings %26quot;wrong%26quot;, and we don%26#039;t go to the doctor unless we know something%26#039;s wrong. It%26#039;s just the rules. I%26#039;ll get checked, but only about twice a decade.|||my man says it%26#039;s cause he is afraid of finding something wrong. A lot of guys like to push their problems away and pretend they don%26#039;t exist. I%26#039;ve tried explaining that some things can be fixed if only caught early, but alas they are stubborn breed too.

The only thing I%26#039;ve found that works is to just bring him there.|||I honestly think guys are scared to go to the doctor because they are homophobic…there afraid of some doctor sticking stuff in their private areas….woman are much more tougher with this stuff…we all hate going but we know it will be over in a few min|||I hear that. Fortunately, my BF has no problems going to the doc. My problem is trying to get him to eat more healthfully. I don%26#039;t know how you get someone to do something they don%26#039;t want to do, other than encourage them alot.

My mom had a bump on her shoulder for like a year and we kept trying to get her to the doc and she wouldn%26#039;t go. I finally said, ok if you die from that, I%26#039;m not going to your funeral. She went. She had cancer that had grown very deep. Now she has a huge depression in her shoulder. It was harsh, but sometimes, you have to be cruel to be kind.|||Fear.

they don%26#039;t want to show fear. . .and they don;t want to seem weak.

I would rather have a man who would do the smart thing than

the %26quot;hyper masculine%26quot; thing. . .

wouldn%26#039;t you?

Luv, Fory|||Some men are just stubborn. I think men dont want to show weakness. They dont want to see if something could be wrong.

Also to check prostate, they have to stick their finger in you know where and alot of men have a phobia of something going in that part.

Women are so used to going to the doctor because if they dont they could have more serious consequences. Like they may not be able to have children if something serious happens.

I know Im a woman answering this question but I have asked men that myself. Its really an ego thing sometimes, and sometimes its because of the type of the examination is too invasive for them. They are not used to being poked and proded like women are.|||Guys just want to die and get the marriage over with.|||Who the hell knows? Guess its related to the other following %26quot;diseases%26#039; of manhood;

1. I%26#039;m not drunk and I%26#039;m driving.

2. I don%26#039;t need to ask for directions

3. Whatta ya mean %26#039;put the lid down%26#039;?

Its a mystery of the universe my dear. But…i have news for you…I get a physical EVERY year without fail. I also let my wife drive IF SHE thinks I shouldn%26#039;t. I not only put the seat down but the lid as well (A phobia of my mother%26#039;s when I was a kid and after marrying a woman with 3 daughters a must!) .

However I still don%26#039;t ask for directions. Why? Because (as I tell my wife) You%26#039;re never really lost if you don%26#039;t care where you are.|||what do u got against midgets,, want to go for a limo ride|||Pride. We take pride in knowing how to do things and whats wrong with our bodies. My girlfriend is always telling me to go when sometimes is wrong.. She keeps fighting with me and does that sad face and i end up giving in.

Scientists have just told cancer patients and those who have a history of cancer in their family. to stay away from soy. My father was diagnosed and subsequently cured of prostate cancer. Given that prostate cancer is a relitively common occurrence should I not eat soy?(I do like it, and eat it)|||Soy products contain chemicals called phytoestrogens.

Phytoestrogens have been shown to stimulate the growth of breast and endometrial tumors which express the estrogen receptor (ER). They are not carcinogens, meaning, they do not induce cancer.

Phytoestrogens have no or little effect on other types of tumors, like prostate ones. Logically, phytoestrogens would even slow the growth of prostate tumors since most on them are estrogen-sensitive, meaning estrogens tend to kill them (however, I have seen no results confirming that).

Phytoestrogens are therefore not advised for people with breast cancer, or a family history of breast cancer.

So there is no problem for you, you can enjoy soy products as much as you want !|||Can Vitamins and Soy Prevent Cancer?

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http://www.newstarget.com/GoogleSearchRe…|||What I had read is that HIGH doses of soy have been linked with cancer growth. Small amounts can actually be preventative. It%26#039;s probably safe if you%26#039;re eating reasonable amounts.|||If I were you I WOULD LISTEN TO THE HEALTH_NUT AND CHECK OUT HER BLOG!!!!

I recently heard from my doctor that SOY PRODCUTS are bad for you and too much of it will cause cancer….so maybe I%26#039;d stay away from it….but check with %26quot;Health_Nut%26quot;|||What took you so long to get with the program. Did you know that the soy plant is one of the very few plants that has the affinity to draw up maximum aluminium and stores this highly toxic chemical in its beans. Do you know what they then do to it before they turn it into milk. Have you ever seen a soy cow lately?

Another interesting fact - the Asians only ever consumed soy in times of famine and or poverty, which should alert you to the fact that soy has very little nutritional value.

She tried to pass this when her husband was president. She will be trying to pass it if she gets in. It sounds all great and happy and good, but the reality is we will wind up with a healthcare system like Canada or France. These people have had to wait 6 months or more to get prostate exams. The survival rate of prostate cancer in the USA right now, 88%. The survival rate of prostate cancer in France right now, 44%. This is only one example. Would it not be better to focus on our Insurance companies first? Just wondering.|||I am opposed to Mrs. Clinton and socialized medicine. The main problems with health care in the US are state and federal government regulations. A large part of the expense goes to satisfying bureaucrats and their endless regulations.|||They are either dumb dumb and blind or all three.|||Your facts are mistaken about the healthcare in France and Canada. Those are wivestales spread by people afraid of nationalized medicine. And if you check the stats, you%26#039;ll see that people in both France and Canada have higher life expectancies than us Americans. That%26#039;s because people go to the doctors more because it%26#039;s much cheaper, and they catch problems much earlier.

You should check the stats to see I%26#039;m right. They live longer and grow taller. They also have lower infant mortality rates than us because prenatal care is much better.

I%26#039;m guessing you got your false figures from Rudy Giulani, and mistakenly said France for England. Either way the numbers are wrong. It%26#039;s more like 74% in England although Giulani said 44% (his campaign made a math error).

Additionally, prostate cancer rates have decreased significantly in England. Prostate cancer survival at five years among men diagnosed during 1999-2003 in the UK was 74.4 per cent. This was 3.6 percentage points higher than the rate of 70.8 per cent for men diagnosed during 1998-2001. Much of this is likely to be due to increasingly widespread use of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing. We%26#039;ve simply been more agressive in getting the word out to get tested than in the UK, but they are approaching our rates quickly. For France, 5-year mortality rates have been decreasing about 3% every year for the same reason (more screening).

When it comes to health care, you should always fact-check ANYTHING a politician says (whether they be Democrat or Republican, because both parties have been captured by health care special interests)|||You pulled those numbers out of your prostate:

http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/…|||So you think that 44 million Americans that doesn’t have health insurance is better than having something?

You and all the ones who are against universal health system are poisoned by insurance corporations.|||You would still be able to get your choice of insurance or if you could not, it would be there. Not all Americans are rich and a family of four would have to pay a large amount for insurance and if he earns minimum wage, with the cost of living going up the past 8 years, there isn%26#039;t much money left to live. Insurance companies are private and they have to make a profit, and that will be at our expense.|||What you said is true and here is proof. (Dick Morris worked for Clintons)

www.townhall.com/columnists/column.asp…

My dad had prostate cancer about 4 years ago and had his prostate removed. He%26#039;s been cancer free since then, however this last physical he was referred to an Endocrinologist due to low testosterone levels. Could this be a side effect from his prostate removal or is it independent of that? Is this easy to correct? I have heard that there is a risk of heart attack with low testerone levels in older males ?|||This is a question that only your dad%26#039;s doctor can answer.

I%26#039;m happy to hear he is cancer free!!!|||It is normal for testosterone levels to drop in men as they age. Treatment for prostate cancer includes taking female hormones to lower testosterone levels. He had surgery, is all of the prostate removed? It%26#039;s a difficult surgery. At times some prostate tissue remains. Elevating his testosterome level could cause his cancer to return, if it isn%26#039;t completely removed. A general term is tht all men will develop prostate cancer, that type of cancer normally grows very slowly and most cases are left alone, being that the odds of having medical issues that damage your health from prostate cancer or lower than passing on from natural causes in old age. So most of the time, you%26#039;ll die before it can progress far enough to do you any harm.

Hi, I´m a 14 year old boy, my semen was yellow today, it´s probaly not prostate cancer, Ok, so it´s not cancer, but I dont eat carrots, and if it is a infection, do I HAVE to go to the doctor? I live with my mom, and I dont like sharing this kind of stuff with her unless I really have too, can this wait? Or is there anything at home I can do to clear this up? Oh, and I think my semen was yellow, a couple times, like one day it was, the next it was white and than today it was yellow again. Is this something for me to worry about? Can I die from a prostate infection? Will it go away over time?|||your an idiot who likes self harm..EMO!

Go see a freakin Urologist or Doctor…yuck!|||This is you exact same question as before. See a urologist, PLEASE.|||Maybe it is your diet. It should not be yellow though..beige maybe. You can check w/a clinic.|||well an infection in that area can spread quickly and if it is an infection the only way to get rid of it is antibiotics and you can only get those with a prescription so i would wait a few days but if it is still the same go to the doc|||Read the answers on your last question.|||I think you%26#039;re probably okay, dude- here%26#039;s a cut n%26#039; paste from a urology website that I found when googling your question:

%26quot; A yellow cast to the semen, as you have noted, is very common and a variation of normal. If you take multivitamins, this may be a cause. Although there is no need to be medically concerned, stopping the vitamin supplement may help. Thickened semen usually occurs if one ejaculates infrequently and is due to concentration of that portion formed in the seminal vesicles. Occasional clear semen is not a specific sign of disease. A brown or red tint to the semen is a sign of bleeding, usually from the prostate gland. Although prostate bleeding is generally of a benign nature, it is best to have this evaluated by a urologist.%26quot;

To be certain, though, it wouldn%26#039;t hurt to see a doctor. As embarassing as it is, you can get your mom to book you an appointment, without telling her specifics. (Telling her it%26#039;s a %26quot;guy thing%26quot;, perhaps?) It%26#039;s better to be safe than sorry.|||Yeah, just read your last question%26#039;s answers.

Before you answer….please read.

The way i see it…money is life. If you lack money, you%26#039;re not getting health care until you hit an emergency room. The money you have is life.

Every decision that involves resources and money is political. By deciding to give money to Suburban Church charities, we took money out of inner city programs. That effects lives. Some might die from that decision.

We fund breast cancer research at 5 times the rate we do prostate cancer, and prostate cancer kills more people. The decision to fund one and not the other means lives.

A lot of rare diseases simply don%26#039;t see any funding until someone extremely wealthy or famous gets it. Then resources come in. That%26#039;s life.

Think of someone with Aids. The ones like Magic who can get treatment can live almost normal lives. In africa it%26#039;s a death sentence.

MONEY IS LIFE.|||Yes, money is life.

The history of the human race is really nothing more than the study of economic systems. All wars are fought over money, all regimes are established over money, and all dictatorships are organized to control money.

If you stick to this line of thought, you will always have a correct understanding of history.

I would like to see the whacked-out guy explain how any analysis of history, society and culture is even possible without the study of money. The Holocaust was about money - The Germans were forced to over-inflate the money in circulation in order to pay reparations for WWI, and they concocted a vast conspiracy theory to indict the Jews for the colapse of the German economy. Big surprise - the %26#039;socialist%26#039; Nazis immediately demonized, imprisoned, robbed and murdered the wealthiest element of German society. Revolutionaries in Russia used the same tactic to blame the Czar for Russia%26#039;s economic woes and to justify the transfer of wealth from the Russian aristocracy to the Communist aristocracy.

Meanwhile, as in all societies, the poor stay poor. Despite the most benevolent claims of governments, religions, and social organizations, the real economic power always remains in the hands of the dominant few, and vast poor are mostly left to fend for themselves.

Money is food, work is money, resources are money, free time is money, money is security, money is longevity, money is health. Money represents all possessions, all resources, all pursuits. Show me a philosopher with no money, and I will show you his tomb stone.|||money is not life, it is a shelter. And it is also the root of all evil! And all means all!|||You are freaking whacked out. And wrong.|||There are different ways of looking at this In your argument Money is Life However on a personal level Life is more important than money What if I let my kids starve to death because I wanted to save money?|||Stupid people who say money is the root of all evil are wrong because whoever said that has to pay money to have the internet so you sir are evil in your eyes

I am looking for help from anyone that has had to battle the insurance companies in order to get the treatment they DESERVE.My Father (56) has been diagnosed with prostate cancer that has metastasized to his hip bones. His original PSA was 184. He started hormone therapy in February and with hormone therapy it has dropped to 60 and then 26.6, and hopefully lower; but haven%26#039;t gotten the latest results yet. His Gleason score is 9 (5+4). His biopsies showed that the prostate had undifferentiated carcinoma (meaning that the cancer was solid all the way through).He has started seeing Dr%26#039;s at City of Hope and has signed up for a clinical trial using hormone therapy and Helical Tomo Therapy. The Helical Tomo Therapy is looking like it is going to be his best opportunity to fight this cancer. This type of radiation spirals around the entire tumor and %26quot;hits%26quot; it from hundreds of different angles as it travels around. Blue Cross Blue Shield has denied the treatment, how do we fight this???|||My son has a very rare abdmoninal sarcoma that does not follow any known protocol. Because of this he is frequently denied benefits including a treatment we feel may have saved his life. What we did, and what you need to do is file for an appeal. Continuously.

Even though my son was a stage IV with no known %26#039;cure%26#039; available, the insurance company would deny the benefit based on being %26#039;medically unnecessary%26#039;. At first we were just too horrified not to react emotionally, but we soon learned that if we talked calmly to enough people that eventually they would approve the benefit based on %26#039;compassionate need%26#039;. We did need to go through two appeals for one denial. One thing you need to do is ask specifically for an expert in your fathers type of cancer to review the treatment plan. We asked that our insurance company provide us with the reviewers name and credentials too. Once we had someone review the case who understood what we were up against his benefits were paid.

Another option is to contact your states insurance bureau to register a complaint. And, you should also put a call into your local and state representatives (the last thing they want is bad publicity).

Turn to a lawyer only as a last resort. It is best to just try and reason with the insurance people first. You might also check to see if your father can have a %26#039;case worker%26#039; help you manage his insurance (the company provides a case worker who can help guide you through some of the process - although they can%26#039;t determine benefits).

Don%26#039;t give up. Keep after the insurance company, especially if you feel they should cover this expense. Get your fathers medical team to back you on this, have them write or talk to your Dads insurance provider.

It%26#039;s a lot of work sometimes and we%26#039;re still at it. It helps to keep a notebook and write everything down too, any correspondence, who you talk to, and the dates. I keep a huge notebook and keep all insurance and billings in plastic sleeves arranged by date. Works really well.

Good luck. I know what its like, just keep cool and go after what you deserve.|||why should they deny treatment when your Dad is being a volunteer on a new drug=If anything they should be compensating your Dad for being a so called quinea pig for them=sometimes I think the government sucks|||that is terrible. i thought when hospitals were testing a drug that they gave it for free. i think you can contest the insurance co decision. but i doubt if you would win.|||If he is having experimental treatment No Insurance will cover it even Medicare Go to his Doctor %26amp; see if there are grants covering expenses If it is a clinical trial It should be free anyway.|||It can be hard to find insurance companies that will keep cancer patients and help them. I%26#039;m not trying to scare you. I would call a lawyer referral service in your area ( the intial consultation is usally free) and %26quot;feel them out%26quot; regarding the best approach. FYI: Although your father is just 56, you may want to investigate, at some point, getting him on Medicare Medical Disability. One of the lawyers who advertises frequently in my area of Texas is Ronald D. Honig. He handles Social Security %26amp; SSI Disability cases. Per the ad on pg. 190 0f the January 2007 AT%26amp;T Yellow Pages: %26quot;Over 30 years experience. 12 years as a Social Security Staff attorney. Free Intial Consultation. Retirement, Widows, and Childrens claims. 1.800.359.0019 or 214.368.0777. 9400 N. Central Expressway # 905 Dallas, Texas 75231. Not certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.%26quot;|||I went through this myself for different medical treatment and it was Blue Shield. They ALWAYS deny everything hoping you will not fight it. Put together an appeal letter stating the reasons why it is so necessary and give a good argument against their reasons for denying. Get Drs to write letters to attach to appeal. Also attach any studies that have been done to prove that the therapy works. I did this and it was approved very quickly after they got my appeal. This is on a med that costs $1200 a month for life.|||Agree with everything above, but I suggest you also bring the problem back to City of Hope and your doctors. It%26#039;s in the hospital%26#039;s interest to help you through the appeal process, and most have administrative specialists that can help you.|||try a hompathic doctor, some one that know how to cure cancer by raising body ph level and killing the cancer with out killing the patient, caner cannot live in a high oxygen, high hydrogen attmostphere, so simple and yet doctors are killing people with chemo

According to a study in the May 16 issue of Journal of the National Cancer Institute regualr multivitamins use may be associated with an increase risk for advance or fatal prostate cancers. After five years if studying and follow-up 10,241 men were diagnosed with prostate cancer. %26quot;These pills could have unintended consequences for our health%26quot; says Goram Bjelakovic M.D and Christian Gluud M.D…just like Kevin Trudeau said…the government is all in it for the money…what do you say about this?|||I have my own opionions… And personally, I think his books suck. Don%26#039;t believe everything you read… just because he wrote it doesn%26#039;t make it true.

Okay, we know that PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen) is produced by prostate gland cells (the epithelium) hence it is reasonable to think that the cells will continue to manufacture PSA even if they are in locations outside the prostate? Having said that, does an elevated level of PSA in a prostate cancer patient in remission and with full/radical Prostatectomy indicates the presence of a metastatic tumor somewhere? If NOT how and why could the PSA levels be so elevated in the above described patient? Your informed comments will be greatly appreciated - Thank You.|||Because PSA is specific for prostate, I%26#039;d be very concerned about recurrence or metastasis.

There could have been invasion of the tumour that was missed, or early, previously undetected metastasis at the time of surgery.

My best to your friend… good luck with a bad disease.