Trench on the new healthcare law

March 23, 2010

Again I don’t comment a lot on politics lately however some things are so monumental that even I need to comment on it and today that would be the new healthcare law. I spent 20 years in the healthcare industry both for doctors and for insurance companies so I do know a little about the [...]

Proposed autism diagnosis changes anger “Aspies”

February 18, 2010

khou.com Most people I know that legitimately have Asperger’s don’t like to be referred as either. There’s still no cure for head trauma victims who claim Asperger’s or the self diagnosed Sphere: Related Content

Herbal quack arrested

October 10, 2009

Calif. doc who hailed herbal cancer cure arrested:
Pentecostal minister Dr. Christine Daniel was arrested on fraud charges after promising cancer patients that her “herbal remedy”

In all, federal prosecutors said Daniel siphoned about $1.1 million from 55 families between 2001 and 2004. At least six patients ranging in age from 4 to 69 died within seven months after seeing Daniel.

She was charging $3500 to $13K for a ‘treatment’.
Snake oil salesmen still exist under the guise of natural supplements and herbal remedies. Give me Western medicine any day of the week.

Whole Foods Boycott

August 21, 2009

whole_foods_logoSo this is what the Whole Foods boycott is all about? You have your tampaxes in a twist because CEO John Mackey is against President Obama’s healthcare plan and the fact that he basically called you all a bunch of fatasses. You know something? He’s absolutely right. And I even smoke and I still think he’s right.
And I hate to shatter your sense of self importance but there is nothing more pointless than a Facebook protest group.
Whole Foods isn’t a store I would normally shop at but if there was one near me I would start.
Get over yourselves people.

Trench weighs in on the healthcare debate

August 12, 2009

caduceusI love referring to myself in the third person.
Anyway, I heard President Obama, or one of his representatives say that Medicare is proof that the government knows about healthcare. That obviously came from some one who never had to deal with Medicare. I mean it’s a plan that doesn’t cover routine physicals. You would think the government would rather pay for preventative care than an illness down the road. Medicare is the ultimate definition of a government bureaucracy. I should know, I’ve worked in the healthcare industry for 21 years.
However I have to take the town hall protesters to task. You people scare me. Nothing was ever solved through hysterics. And you may want to turn off whatever talking head you’ve been listening to because a lot of you are beginning to sound the same.
Now look, I’m no fan of President Obama’s proposed healthcare plan but it’s because of my experience that I formed that opinion. Not from what some suit is telling me in order to gain ratings.
The town hall protesters remind me a lot of the ‘No Blood For Oil’ protesters from 2003. Just as uninformed of the real issues.

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