Comments for NickJacobs.org - Formerly Ask a Hospital President http://takingthehelloutofhealthcare.com/blog The new blog of F. Nicholas Jacobs, FACHE, author of Taking the Hell Out of Healthcare Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:49:29 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 CommentsForAskAHospitalPresidenthttp://feedburner.google.com Comment on Don’t Drink the Water? by National Van http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForAskAHospitalPresident/~3/wET8GrLzIdE/ National Van Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:49:29 +0000 http://takingthehelloutofhealthcare.com/blog/?p=1171#comment-455 it is no surprise that some many cancer causing toxins are in the air. We as people are living a lot less off the land and much more on many products and foods. Foods that filled with toxins. it is no surprise that some many cancer causing toxins are in the air. We as people are living a lot less off the land and much more on many products and foods. Foods that filled with toxins.

]]> http://takingthehelloutofhealthcare.com/blog/2009/07/08/dont-drink-the-water/comment-page-1/#comment-455 Comment on Happy 4th of July…(Sort of) by Lavinia Weissman http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForAskAHospitalPresident/~3/-6R2JlvncVI/ Lavinia Weissman Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:26:14 +0000 http://takingthehelloutofhealthcare.com/blog/?p=1148#comment-450 Mike, Thank you for the way you expressed yourself here. I would be most honored if you would read my blog entry about the state of affairs re: health and what I believe is so important. Health is so much more than health care and my project is about creating the New Metrics of Health. Many families of the military are so stretched emotionally because of the "entitlement" of how our economy works, it also challenges there health. Nick and I have had some delightful conversations about this and other aspects of society in health care such as bullying. In my humble opinion the economic tension in our society adds to that bullying and depletes a person's health. here is my blog link: http://aboutworkecology.typepad.com and the entry you want to read is the current one about WECare. I also have no Nick in the blogsphere and personally for over 5 years. Blogsphere does not inspire the kind of conversations where people can unite to create the change we need. I invite anyone to call me if they want to be part of this change. Mike, you proposed a change and I hope you are working for it. Let me know what I can do to help. Cordially, Lavinia Weissman AboutWorkecology.typepad.com Mike,

Thank you for the way you expressed yourself here. I would be most honored if you would read my blog entry about the state of affairs re: health and what I believe is so important.

Health is so much more than health care and my project is about creating the New Metrics of Health. Many families of the military are so stretched emotionally because of the “entitlement” of how our economy works, it also challenges there health.

Nick and I have had some delightful conversations about this and other aspects of society in health care such as bullying. In my humble opinion the economic tension in our society adds to that bullying and depletes a person’s health.

here is my blog link:

http://aboutworkecology.typepad.com and the entry you want to read is the current one about WECare.

I also have no Nick in the blogsphere and personally for over 5 years. Blogsphere does not inspire the kind of conversations where people can unite to create the change we need. I invite anyone to call me if they want to be part of this change.

Mike, you proposed a change and I hope you are working for it. Let me know what I can do to help.

Cordially,
Lavinia Weissman
AboutWorkecology.typepad.com

]]> http://takingthehelloutofhealthcare.com/blog/2009/07/03/happy-4th-of-july/comment-page-1/#comment-450 Comment on Happy 4th of July…(Sort of) by Mike Russell http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForAskAHospitalPresident/~3/VYXmxdjSsn8/ Mike Russell Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:52:16 +0000 http://takingthehelloutofhealthcare.com/blog/?p=1148#comment-449 Nick, I believe you've started a vitally important conversation here that really needed to happen. Groups like IAVA (Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America - http://www.iava.org ) have become active - and especially adept at utilizing social media technology - to help our returning vets and, I believe, active duty military personnel who are currently serving, as well. This online exchange could potentially become a rallying point for a grassroots effort to help our service men and women and their families with these matters. Clearly, a solution is needed (maybe even a legislative one) to remedy this current state of affairs. Nick, I believe you’ve started a vitally important conversation here that really needed to happen.

Groups like IAVA (Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America – http://www.iava.org ) have become active – and especially adept at utilizing social media technology – to help our returning vets and, I believe, active duty military personnel who are currently serving, as well.

This online exchange could potentially become a rallying point for a grassroots effort to help our service men and women and their families with these matters. Clearly, a solution is needed (maybe even a legislative one) to remedy this current state of affairs.

]]> http://takingthehelloutofhealthcare.com/blog/2009/07/03/happy-4th-of-july/comment-page-1/#comment-449 Comment on Happy 4th of July…(Sort of) by Nick Jacobs http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForAskAHospitalPresident/~3/uVLAmY2wjG8/ Nick Jacobs Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:32:33 +0000 http://takingthehelloutofhealthcare.com/blog/?p=1148#comment-448 Yeah, me, too. Thanks. Yeah, me, too. Thanks.

]]> http://takingthehelloutofhealthcare.com/blog/2009/07/03/happy-4th-of-july/comment-page-1/#comment-448 Comment on Happy 4th of July…(Sort of) by Lavinia Weissman http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForAskAHospitalPresident/~3/5m95EHKoYDo/ Lavinia Weissman Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:10:55 +0000 http://takingthehelloutofhealthcare.com/blog/?p=1148#comment-447 It's funny, I started to write an intelligent response (debate, argument, protest and more) and realized this was unproductive. Nick, I just want to tell you how sorry I am for all the hardship your son-in-law, daughter and grandchildren have gone through this year. It’s funny, I started to write an intelligent response (debate, argument, protest and more) and realized this was unproductive. Nick, I just want to tell you how sorry I am for all the hardship your son-in-law, daughter and grandchildren have gone through this year.

]]> http://takingthehelloutofhealthcare.com/blog/2009/07/03/happy-4th-of-july/comment-page-1/#comment-447 Comment on Happy 4th of July…(Sort of) by Shawn Ryan http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForAskAHospitalPresident/~3/lHT-O8CDT1A/ Shawn Ryan Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:42:28 +0000 http://takingthehelloutofhealthcare.com/blog/?p=1148#comment-443 Another consideration you haven't covered is all the stories of bitter spouses who are making life miserable for soldiers who are away at war. Wives who empty bank accounts and run off with a new fling, husbands who rack up thousands in accounts listed to girlfriends and wives away at war. I am sincerely sorry for your daughter's situation, however she needs to expect that a company will ask for something more than just her say so that her husband is at war and this is his will. Contracts are binding and simply leaving someone as 'decision maker' without a legal document stating such seems to be a little bold. I'm glad your daughter has a good and strong relationship with her spouse. Sadly not all our troops are as secure at home and companies are doing the only thing that they can with such ambiguity. Hopefully she can get a power of attorney as suggested by Bryan. -Shawn Another consideration you haven’t covered is all the stories of bitter spouses who are making life miserable for soldiers who are away at war. Wives who empty bank accounts and run off with a new fling, husbands who rack up thousands in accounts listed to girlfriends and wives away at war.

I am sincerely sorry for your daughter’s situation, however she needs to expect that a company will ask for something more than just her say so that her husband is at war and this is his will. Contracts are binding and simply leaving someone as ‘decision maker’ without a legal document stating such seems to be a little bold.

I’m glad your daughter has a good and strong relationship with her spouse. Sadly not all our troops are as secure at home and companies are doing the only thing that they can with such ambiguity. Hopefully she can get a power of attorney as suggested by Bryan.

-Shawn

]]> http://takingthehelloutofhealthcare.com/blog/2009/07/03/happy-4th-of-july/comment-page-1/#comment-443 Comment on Happy 4th of July…(Sort of) by Bryan Williams http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForAskAHospitalPresident/~3/q1Ct6sI3hGg/ Bryan Williams Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:31:04 +0000 http://takingthehelloutofhealthcare.com/blog/?p=1148#comment-442 You know accountability is responsibility. A power of attorney can be obtained by the wife and the husband going to the JAG office. That along with the deployment orders could have had this resolved by mail in 2 to three weeks. Under the sailors and soldier act, military families are allowed are allowed some rights. But like every responsible American, it's not handed to you. If you ignore the military departure briefings, that explain all of this, and you find yourself in a jam, then it's time to ask for some help. Corporate America has responsibility to protect peoples accounts just like soldier are responsible to protect us. Acting angry at somebody because they are doing what they are paid to by you, is not the solution. Throwing a pity party for yourself is not a solution. If your intent here is to find a solution I have given it, go to the local military JAG office, or even call them on the phone. Get the Power of Attorney. You know accountability is responsibility. A power of attorney can be obtained by the wife and the husband going to the JAG office. That along with the deployment orders could have had this resolved by mail in 2 to three weeks. Under the sailors and soldier act, military families are allowed are allowed some rights. But like every responsible American, it’s not handed to you. If you ignore the military departure briefings, that explain all of this, and you find yourself in a jam, then it’s time to ask for some help. Corporate America has responsibility to protect peoples accounts just like soldier are responsible to protect us. Acting angry at somebody because they are doing what they are paid to by you, is not the solution. Throwing a pity party for yourself is not a solution. If your intent here is to find a solution I have given it, go to the local military JAG office, or even call them on the phone. Get the Power of Attorney.

]]> http://takingthehelloutofhealthcare.com/blog/2009/07/03/happy-4th-of-july/comment-page-1/#comment-442 Comment on Happy 4th of July…(Sort of) by Nick Jacobs http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForAskAHospitalPresident/~3/3VZODcRpXQA/ Nick Jacobs Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:17:49 +0000 http://takingthehelloutofhealthcare.com/blog/?p=1148#comment-440 No, Bryan, I’m a father who has watched his daughter and her children suffer through a year of pure hell while their husband and father has been in harm’s way in a war. He did exactly what he was told to do before leaving, and placed my daughter as the key decision maker on this account, but there was small print that said, “Except for changing the phone to another account,” and that was not part of his instructions. Thanks for your sympathetic input. No, Bryan, I’m a father who has watched his daughter and her children suffer through a year of pure hell while their husband and father has been in harm’s way in a war. He did exactly what he was told to do before leaving, and placed my daughter as the key decision maker on this account, but there was small print that said, “Except for changing the phone to another account,” and that was not part of his instructions. Thanks for your sympathetic input.

]]> http://takingthehelloutofhealthcare.com/blog/2009/07/03/happy-4th-of-july/comment-page-1/#comment-440 Comment on Happy 4th of July…(Sort of) by Bryan Williams http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForAskAHospitalPresident/~3/wXsyQwgVZ1A/ Bryan Williams Mon, 06 Jul 2009 06:14:23 +0000 http://takingthehelloutofhealthcare.com/blog/?p=1148#comment-439 Are you a con man looking to open more business for your self? Are you trying to make it easier for thieves to steal from people? Your telling corporate America to stop securing peoples accounts. Your saying allow anybody to walk into store under the guise that the person they are trying to change their account is over seas. Those soldiers are briefed on what they need to do weeks before leaving. Now if they want to ignore the briefing about doing a power of attorney. According to this article they better then sign a letter releasing all their creditors from any obligation from securing their accounts, and allow just about anybody to come in and make changes on their behalf. Are you a con man looking to open more business for your self? Are you trying to make it easier for thieves to steal from people? Your telling corporate America to stop securing peoples accounts. Your saying allow anybody to walk into store under the guise that the person they are trying to change their account is over seas. Those soldiers are briefed on what they need to do weeks before leaving. Now if they want to ignore the briefing about doing a power of attorney. According to this article they better then sign a letter releasing all their creditors from any obligation from securing their accounts, and allow just about anybody to come in and make changes on their behalf.

]]> http://takingthehelloutofhealthcare.com/blog/2009/07/03/happy-4th-of-july/comment-page-1/#comment-439 Comment on Happy 4th of July…(Sort of) by Karen Grzybicki White http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForAskAHospitalPresident/~3/GBdm8f6JXnI/ Karen Grzybicki White Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:07:27 +0000 http://takingthehelloutofhealthcare.com/blog/?p=1148#comment-438 And you wonder why so much of the world thinks we're arrogant a**holes. And you wonder why so much of the world thinks we’re arrogant a**holes.

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