A Young Doctor's View

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Diagnosis, prognosis and cure in just three (3) short paragraphs !!!

If you doubt any part of what Dr. Jones says, go visit your local hospital

emergency room as an observer for an hour or so some Friday or Saturday

night.

See how many responsible people you can send this to !!!

Pictured below is a young physician by the name of Dr. Starner Jones. His

short two-paragraph letter to the White House accurately puts the blame on a

"Culture Crisis" instead of a "Health Care Crisis". It's worth a quick read:

Dear Mr. President:

During my shift in the Emergency Room last night, I had the pleasure of

evaluating a patient whose smile revealed an expensive shiny gold tooth,

whose body was adorned with a wide assortment of elaborate and costly

tattoos, who wore a very expensive brand of tennis shoes and who chatted on

a new cellular telephone equipped with a popular R&B ring tone.

While glancing over her patient chart, I happened to notice that her payer

status was listed as "Medicaid"!

During my examination of her, the patient informed me that she smokes more

than one costly pack of cigarettes every day and somehow still has money to

buy pretzels and beer.

And, you and our Congress expect me to pay for this woman's health care?I

contend that our nation's "health care crisis" is not the result of a

shortage of quality hospitals, doctors or nurses. Rather, it is the result

of a "crisis of culture", a culture in which it is perfectly acceptable to

spend money on luxuries and vices while refusing to take care of one's self

or, heaven forbid, purchase health insurance. It is a culture based on the

irresponsible credo that "I can do whatever I want to because someone else

will always take care of me."

Once you fix this "culture crisis" that rewards irresponsibility and

dependency, you'll be amazed at how quickly our nation's health care

difficulties will disappear.

Respectfully,

STARNER JONES, MD