Comments for Essiewb's Weblog http://essiewb.wordpress.com Knitting My Way Through Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:05:24 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Today I am Rambling…Be Forewarned by sandrar http://essiewb.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/today-i-am-ramblingbe-forewarned/#comment-1526 sandrar Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:05:24 +0000 http://essiewb.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/today-i-am-ramblingbe-forewarned/#comment-1526 Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post... nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R. Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R.

]]> Comment on Harsh Words, Soft Beehive Hat by DineometerDeb http://essiewb.wordpress.com/2009/08/13/harsh-words-soft-beehive-hat/#comment-1517 DineometerDeb Mon, 17 Aug 2009 02:20:24 +0000 http://essiewb.wordpress.com/?p=1041#comment-1517 What is this person's name? I have an uncle Vito that will....just kidding any law enforcement personel that might be reading this! We missed you this weekend. Hope we can catch up soon. What is this person’s name? I have an uncle Vito that will….just kidding any law enforcement personel that might be reading this!

We missed you this weekend. Hope we can catch up soon.

]]> Comment on Harsh Words, Soft Beehive Hat by essiewb http://essiewb.wordpress.com/2009/08/13/harsh-words-soft-beehive-hat/#comment-1516 essiewb Sun, 16 Aug 2009 18:58:16 +0000 http://essiewb.wordpress.com/?p=1041#comment-1516 Maryz you are always such a wonderful support. Much love! Essie Maryz you are always such a wonderful support. Much love! Essie

]]> Comment on The Count by essiewb http://essiewb.wordpress.com/2009/08/09/the-count/#comment-1515 essiewb Sun, 16 Aug 2009 18:57:36 +0000 http://essiewb.wordpress.com/?p=1035#comment-1515 Thank you Connie. I'm glad to have you here. Essie Thank you Connie. I’m glad to have you here.
Essie

]]> Comment on The Count by Connie Rountree http://essiewb.wordpress.com/2009/08/09/the-count/#comment-1514 Connie Rountree Sun, 16 Aug 2009 16:34:00 +0000 http://essiewb.wordpress.com/?p=1035#comment-1514 I would just like to thank you for your blog. It is one of the few that i read. I just read your pill count one. It gave me inspiration to keep take my long list of meds. Lately i have been discouraged and your blog helped me . Thank You.... I would just like to thank you for your blog. It is one of the few that i read. I just read your pill count one. It gave me inspiration to keep take my long list of meds. Lately i have been discouraged and your blog helped me . Thank You….

]]> Comment on Harsh Words, Soft Beehive Hat by maryz http://essiewb.wordpress.com/2009/08/13/harsh-words-soft-beehive-hat/#comment-1513 maryz Fri, 14 Aug 2009 01:04:58 +0000 http://essiewb.wordpress.com/?p=1041#comment-1513 p.s. I'm not sure I understand the Estonian cast-on, but I'll give it a try. I have started using Portuguese style knitting/purling, and love it. I just haven't figured out how to do a SSK. 8^) p.s. I’m not sure I understand the Estonian cast-on, but I’ll give it a try. I have started using Portuguese style knitting/purling, and love it. I just haven’t figured out how to do a SSK. 8^)

]]> Comment on Harsh Words, Soft Beehive Hat by maryz http://essiewb.wordpress.com/2009/08/13/harsh-words-soft-beehive-hat/#comment-1512 maryz Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:46:15 +0000 http://essiewb.wordpress.com/?p=1041#comment-1512 I'm sorry for your hurtful encounter. I hope you did accomplish what you set out to do. Hugs! I’m sorry for your hurtful encounter. I hope you did accomplish what you set out to do. Hugs!

]]> Comment on Wendell Potter, My New Hero by essiewb http://essiewb.wordpress.com/2009/08/09/wendell-potter-my-new-hero/#comment-1509 essiewb Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:19:30 +0000 http://essiewb.wordpress.com/?p=1038#comment-1509 Yes, it's surprising to me that people fail to believe responsible, honest, first-hand information. The American public seems more than ready to believe those orchestrated soundbites and scare tactics that are so prevalent. Even simple information, like the fact that Medicare is a government-run program, is vastly distorted and widely ignored. Yes, it’s surprising to me that people fail to believe responsible, honest, first-hand information. The American public seems more than ready to believe those orchestrated soundbites and scare tactics that are so prevalent. Even simple information, like the fact that Medicare is a government-run program, is vastly distorted and widely ignored.

]]> Comment on Wendell Potter, My New Hero by doctorblue http://essiewb.wordpress.com/2009/08/09/wendell-potter-my-new-hero/#comment-1507 doctorblue Sun, 09 Aug 2009 21:39:55 +0000 http://essiewb.wordpress.com/?p=1038#comment-1507 Wonderfully inspiring thoughts. The Bill Moyers interview with Mr. Potter was truly eye opening, yet nothing overtly apparent has come from this. It just seems to me that the government would want to pursue investigation into some of the blatant Sherman Antitrust Act and other regulation violations that Potter hits on. If you're interested, I posted a blog entry on some settled and on-going private lawsuits against Cigna for some of the things Potter disclosed in his interview and Congressional testimony under http://doctorblue.wordpress.com "Are Medical Insurers Sacred Cows?" There's also a short 12-minute video on health care reform featuring Potter, Obama, members of Congress, insurance reps, and me at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wex7Qv8IEnQ&NR=1 I became disabled while insured by Cigna because its providers did nothing more than refer me from one test and specialist to the next. Under our current insurance-created medical system, doctors have only 5 minutes to diagnose and treat patients and under these conditions, in my humble opinion, no one is being correctly diagnosed. Doctors are simply prescribing pharmaceuticals to mask the symptoms that flare up. The symptoms are actually messengers or flags of underlying disease which is what doctors really should be addressing. As a result, you taxpayers are now paying unnecessarily for my Medicare and my Disability income while Cigna continued to reap substantial profits. Wonderfully inspiring thoughts. The Bill Moyers interview with Mr. Potter was truly eye opening, yet nothing overtly apparent has come from this. It just seems to me that the government would want to pursue investigation into some of the blatant Sherman Antitrust Act and other regulation violations that Potter hits on.

If you’re interested, I posted a blog entry on some settled and on-going private lawsuits against Cigna for some of the things Potter disclosed in his interview and Congressional testimony under http://doctorblue.wordpress.com “Are Medical Insurers Sacred Cows?”

There’s also a short 12-minute video on health care reform featuring Potter, Obama, members of Congress, insurance reps, and me at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wex7Qv8IEnQ&NR=1

I became disabled while insured by Cigna because its providers did nothing more than refer me from one test and specialist to the next. Under our current insurance-created medical system, doctors have only 5 minutes to diagnose and treat patients and under these conditions, in my humble opinion, no one is being correctly diagnosed. Doctors are simply prescribing pharmaceuticals to mask the symptoms that flare up. The symptoms are actually messengers or flags of underlying disease which is what doctors really should be addressing.

As a result, you taxpayers are now paying unnecessarily for my Medicare and my Disability income while Cigna continued to reap substantial profits.

]]> Comment on Wendell Potter, My New Hero by danielle10 http://essiewb.wordpress.com/2009/08/09/wendell-potter-my-new-hero/#comment-1506 danielle10 Sun, 09 Aug 2009 21:23:57 +0000 http://essiewb.wordpress.com/?p=1038#comment-1506 I love your political posts, even though I don't live in the US. You seem so wise to me and I enjoy your writing very much. Danielle I love your political posts, even though I don’t live in the US. You seem so wise to me and I enjoy your writing very much.

Danielle

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