tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-265511791146423221.post7441892874621805411..comments2023-10-28T02:59:37.028-07:00Comments on E m e r g i n g ...Q u a k e r i s m ..L i t e r a t u r e ..R e l i g i o n ... L i f e: A reader responds: copays for firefighting?Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12396312339372162866noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-265511791146423221.post-59848224735121694092008-05-01T18:59:00.000-07:002008-05-01T18:59:00.000-07:00I'm glad you didn't think my comment was too over ...I'm glad you didn't think my comment was too over the top. <BR/>I am a nurse and have worked in a variety of settings, but mainly with elderly and psychiatric patients. When I did utilization review at a psych hospital, fighting with the managed care companies to keep psychotic patients in a safe environment was one of this most dispiriting experiences of my professional life. It was unbelievable how mercenary these companies were. Do you remember when the psychotic mother of 5 in Texas drowned her children one by one? I was not surprised to read that her insurance company insisted that she be released from the hospital, mere days before the murders, because she had "been psychotic before and never done anything"<BR/> Even people that *are* insured do not get decent care much of the time. The greed of the managed care companies is limitless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com