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Ron,
It is so sadly obvious that we cannot trust our rulers in Washington to
effectively 'fix' anything; least of all healthcare.

John Schulz

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   1. RE:  (Gross, Ronald)
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   3. What an opportunity (KMATTOX at aol.com)
   4. RE: What an opportunity (McSwain, Norman E Jr.)
   5. Re: What an opportunity (KMATTOX at aol.com)
   6. RE: What an opportunity (McSwain, Norman E Jr.)
   7. concerns regarding the airworthiness of hundreds of emergency
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2009 07:47:22 -0400
From: "Gross, Ronald" <Ronald.Gross at baystatehealth.org>
Subject: RE: 
To: "Trauma-List [TRAUMA.ORG]" <trauma-list at trauma.org>
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I can't remember---as things are now, Medicare (y'know, run by the
gov't) is supposed to go broke when?  And the gov't's proposed fix is?

-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Smith <rfsmithmd at comcast.net>
Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 7:25 PM
To: Trauma-List [TRAUMA.ORG] <trauma-list at trauma.org>
Subject: Re:

At a recent town hall meeting, a man stood up and told Representative
Bob Inglis to ?keep your government hands off my Medicare.? The
congressman, a Republican from South Carolina, tried to explain that
Medicare is already a government program ? but the voter, Mr. Inglis
said, ?wasn?t having any of it.?

On Jul 31, 2009, at 2:53 PM, Gross, Ronald wrote:

> Not to add fuel to a fire burning from the left and the right
> towards the middle, but I found this story amusing in light of what
> I had heard earlier.  I had just been listening to CBS News on the
> radio; the reporters were discussing how huge sums of stimulus money
> allocated for infrastructure improvement, specifically bridges, have
> thus far been used on bridges that needed no emergent work while
> others were crumbling, and that the banks that had received billions
> and billions in bail out funds were spending millions and millions
> in bonuses for the same folks that created the mess they were in,
> and that AIG subsidiaries were in such bad shape that in might cost
> many more billions to shore up the AIG conglomerate.
>
> This is the same administration that wants to manage medicine,
> establish a brave new world of universal insurance, eliminate waste
> and fraud in the medical world by dictating how it is that the
> medical world will manage care, etc.
>
> I'm having chest pain.  And I already have a headache.
>
> RIG
>
> House Passes Bill to Prolong 'Cash for Clunkers'
> White House Says Nearly Broke Program Will Continue; Bill Would Add
> $2 Billion
>
> By Ben Pershing and Dana Hedgpeth
> Washington Post Staff Writers
> Friday, July 31, 2009 2:19 PM
>
> The House approved a bill Friday afternoon to provide $2 billion to
> continue the federal government's week-old "cash for clunkers"
> program, which has proven so popular with consumers that it was
> almost out of cash. The 316-109 vote split Republicans but attracted
> the support of nearly every Democrat in the chamber.
>
> The money will come from funds in the already-passed economic
> stimulus package that were intended for energy loan guarantees.
> Congress will seek to replenish the energy program at a later date.
>
> "If you were planning on going to buy a car this weekend, using this
> program, this program continues to run," White House press secretary
> Robert Gibbs said Friday. "If you meet the requirements of the
> program, the certificates will be honored."
>
> Senate leaders hope to bring the bill up next week. Conservatives
> who opposed both the original cash for clunkers program and the
> stimulus package as a whole may seek to slow the process, as might
> liberals who want the program's mileage standards to be revised
> upwards.
>
> Two members of the Michigan congressional delegation said the
> administration had told them it would continue to honor exchanges
> made under the program "until further notice."
>
> Lawmakers also want problems fixed in the way the program has been
> administered and and to ensure auto dealers are being reimbursed in
> a timely fashion. Technical glitches have made it difficult for the
> administration to know exactly how many exchanges have taken place
> and how much money has been paid out to date.
>
> "The question I have is, how do you make sure it's a smooth
> transaction?" said Michigan Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R). "It's a
> glitch in the electronic record-keeping that's the problem."
>
> As the House debated the hastily-drafted measure, Rep. Jerry Lewis
> (R-Calif.) lamented that there had been "not one hearing on the cash
> for clunkers program on the Appropriations Committee," and no
> consideration by the House of how the program had worked so far or
> how much more money it would need in the future. "Here we are,
> shoveling another $2 billion out the door," he said.
>
> But supporters of the program emphasized that its dire financial
> straits indicated that it was working. "This is the best $1 billion
> of economic stimulus funds that the government has ever spent," said
> Michigan Rep. Candice Miller (R).
>
> Only 40,000 applications for turning in clunkers have been filled
> out, according to a Congressional official. But dealers say they
> have many clunkers sitting on their lots that they have not
> processed and stacks of paperwork they can't get through the
> government's system. Government officials told Congressional leaders
> that 200,000 forms still need to be processed, according to survey
> results done of dealers involved in the program.
>
> Congressional leaders expressed concerns that people's cars will be
> destroyed even before their car has been officially approved for the
> program.
>
> Auto dealers, who have said the program is confusing to execute, are
> following the developments closely. Peter Kitzmiller, president of
> the Maryland Automobile Dealers Association, said Friday that he
> will advise dealers to continue negotiating trade-in deals with
> customers, but to stop delivering cars until the government gets a
> handle on the funding issue.
>
> Greg Lewis, sales manager at Fitzgerald Auto Mall in Gaithersburg,
> said Fitzgerald dealerships have suspended clunker sales -- not only
> because of the funding issue but because of ongoing problems with
> processing transactions through the Web site of the National Highway
> Traffic Safety Administration, which administers the program.
>
> Fitzgerald dealerships are on the hook for nearly $1 million worth
> of deals already made with buyers, Lewis said, and officials are
> believe it would be "a big gamble" to make new deals at this point,
> "It's just constantly crashing," Lewis said of the computerized
> system.
>
> Kitzmiller said that given the processing difficulties, "I have no
> idea how NHTSA knows if they are out of money or not. I'm pretty
> sure they don't know how many deals are in the pipeline."
>
> In New York, Honda dealership general manager Brian Benstock said
> one of his showrooms was full of people Thursday night when
> television news shows reported that the program would be suspended
> at midnight. "We started telling customers 'fish or cut bait,' " he
> said. At 11:55 p.m., Benstock's staff told one hesitant customer
> that "the hour glass is closing," Benstock said. The man gave up his
> 1997
Mitsubishi<http://financial.washingtonpost.com/custom/wpost/html-qcn.asp
?dispnav=business&mwpage=qcn&symb=MSBHF&nav=el
> > Diamante and left with a brand new Honda CRV at 1 a.m.
>
> Benstock said he's taken in 60 clunkers since the program started
> but has yet to get paid from the government. "We haven't received a
> dime," Benstock said. "We knew the government program was going to
> end but we had no idea it would happen this fast," Benstock said.
>
> Even if Congress approves the $2 billion extension on the program,
> dealers say the money will only last a week if the interest keeps up
> at current levels. That means the program will again be out of money
> during the August recess of Congress.
>
> Benstock and other dealers say that there's pent up demand. The U.S.
> auto industry had been selling 17 million cars a year, but this year
> they expected to sell 10 million.
>
> "The clunker customers have been hanging on for years and all of a
> sudden someone is giving them an opportunity to get a newer car,"
> Benstock said.
>
> The House bill was drafted after Michigan lawmakers held an
> emergency meeting Friday morning in the office of Sen. Carl Levin (D).
>
> The program, formally known as the Car Allowance Rebate System
> (CARS), gives vouchers worth up to $4,500 to consumers who trade in
> gas-guzzling cars for more fuel-efficient models. The highly
> publicized effort -- passed by Congress in late June to help the
> flagging U.S. auto industry and launched just a week ago with $1
> billion in funds -- was scheduled to run until Nov. 1, or until
> money ran out.
>
> But as tens of thousands of people rushed to trade in their cars,
> sources familiar with the discussions who spoke on condition of
> anonymity said, federal transportation officials worried that the
> program's coffers could be empty by week's end.
>
> Shortly before 1 a.m. Friday, several local dealers said in
> interviews that they would wait to see how the government was going
> to proceed with the program before they accepted any more clunkers.
> Dealers had been expecting an overwhelming response to the program
> to continue through the weekend.
>
> "Clearly, this has been a very stimulative program that's got
> consumers back into the car market. It's our hope that possibly more
> funds can be made available," said Cody Lusk, president of the
> American International Automobile Dealers Association.
>
> Lusk said the group has fielded hundreds of calls from frustrated
> dealers who have had problems entering vehicle data into the
> program's Web site. He said frequent crashes of the site have made
> it harder for car sellers to complete deals.
>
> Jack Fitzgerald, who owns several dealerships in the Washington
> region, said his stores have already taken in about 200 clunkers. He
> said the government hyped the program too much before setting clear
> rules and guidelines on it. He suggested that the government
> consider lowering the dollar amount of the vouchers and extending
> the program for more time.
>
> Tammy Darvish, another major auto dealer in the Washington area,
> said that her more than two dozen dealerships have had lots of
> interest in the program but that its success has left dealers
> strapped for money as they wait for payments from the government.
>
> Under the program, dealers credit the amount of the voucher to
> customers who buy new cars. They then get reimbursed by the
> government.
>
> "There's a whole lot of money out there that dealers haven't
> collected on," said Darvish, who noted that she's taken in about 200
> clunkers. "We've sold the cars and we've processed the paperwork,
> but we haven't been reimbursed. I'm out about $1 million. The
> government is supposed to reimburse me for that."
>
> At a Toyota dealership in Silver Spring Bob Grimm, a 64-year-old
> retired Defense Department worker, came last week to look at buying
> his son a new car. He didn't buy then but went home and researched
> the prices on the Internet. He came back Friday and made the deal.
> He traded in his clunker -- a 1996 Chrysler minivan with 176,000
> miles on it. With the $4,500 voucher he got from the clunker
> program, plus getting rebates and other incentives -- he ended up
> buying a 2010 Toyota Corolla for $11,370. The car's manufactured
> suggested retail price was $18,505.
>
> "That's why I couldn't resist the deal," said Grimm, who drives a
> 2006 Corvette. "It was $4,500 off the $15,870 price."
>
> The Toyota Silver Spring dealership manager Ethan Rossignol said
> Toyota estimated his dealership would sell 200 cars in July. They've
> sold 350 -- 110 of them were consumers buying new cars after trading
> in their clunkers. His back lot, now dubbed "The Clunker Lot" is
> full of gas guzzlers from the 1990s. There is a Mercedes station
> wagon, a 1991 Cadillac Brougham with 130,000 miles on it, Chevy
> Suburbans, Jeep Grand Cherokees, Ford Explorers and Mercury Grand
> Marquis.
>
> "It's nuts," Rossignol said of how busy his dealership has been. "It
> is one of the best things to happen to the automobile industry in a
> decade."
>
> Staff writers Sholnn Freeman, Paul Kane, Tom Heath and Scott Wilson
> contributed to this report.
>
>
> Ronald I. Gross, MD, FACS
> Chief of Trauma & Emergency Surgery Services
> Baystate Medical Center
> Assistant Professor of Surgery
> Tufts University School of Medicine
> 759 Chestnut Street
> Springfield, MA  01199
> 413-794-4022  phone
> 413-794-0142  fax
> ronald
> .gross at baystatehealth.org<mailto:ronald.gross at baystatehealth.org>
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2009 08:07:24 -0400
From: S Schecter <schecters at gmail.com>
Subject: Re:
To: "Trauma-List [TRAUMA.ORG]" <trauma-list at trauma.org>
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I can't remember---as things are now, Medicare (y'know, run by the
gov't) is
> supposed to go broke when?

2018

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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2009 12:48:55 EDT
From: KMATTOX at aol.com
Subject: What an opportunity
To: trauma-list at trauma.org
Cc: crippen+ at pitt.edu
Message-ID: <c49.3f251d16.37a5cbf7 at aol.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"

I have discovered a very interesting chat room for health professions,  
where they discuss a lot of things from religion to politics, to music,
to  
motorcycles, to travel, to fishing, to beer, to the philisophy of
exploration 
of  the limits of space.   Virtually all of the members are doctors,
nurses, 
and others in the health professions.    Sometimes the  discussions get 
heated, rarely personal, but that happens to, until the web  master
tells them 
to cool it.      

This is the very kind of Philisophical Professional List server that
many  
of you have been looking for.   It keeps your clinical list servers
clean 
for clinical stuff.    I find myself going to this site for  relaxation,
but 
also new information

Please do not ask to be a member unless you plan to be active, but also
you 
 sometimes need a thick skin.  

The site for enrolling is:

http://www.trauma.org/index.php/community/list/url/http:list.ftech.net/pipermail/trauma-list/2009-August/_http://lists.ccm-l.org/mailman/listinfo/med-events_ 
(http://lists.ccm-l.org/mailman/listinfo/med-events) 

Go for it.  

k
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2009 11:52:37 -0500
From: "McSwain, Norman E Jr." <nmcswai at tulane.edu>
Subject: RE: What an opportunity
To: "Trauma-List [TRAUMA.ORG]" <trauma-list at trauma.org>
Message-ID:
	<B79C02DCC4FA074DB02381DF1C5D60BA027D708B at EX07.ad.tulane.edu>
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Ken
Are you suggesting that we keep this list 'clean' of political
statements and arguments and just use this for exchange of clinical
information?

Norman

Norman McSwain MD
Professor, Tulane School of Medicine
Trauma Director, Charity Hospital Trauma Center
norman.mcswain at tulane.edu
504 988 5111
-----Original Message-----
From: trauma-list-bounces at trauma.org
[mailto:trauma-list-bounces at trauma.org] On Behalf Of KMATTOX at aol.com
Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2009 11:49 AM
To: trauma-list at trauma.org
Cc: crippen+ at pitt.edu
Subject: What an opportunity

I have discovered a very interesting chat room for health professions,  
where they discuss a lot of things from religion to politics, to music,
to  
motorcycles, to travel, to fishing, to beer, to the philisophy of
exploration 
of  the limits of space.   Virtually all of the members are doctors,
nurses, 
and others in the health professions.    Sometimes the  discussions get 
heated, rarely personal, but that happens to, until the web  master
tells them 
to cool it.      

This is the very kind of Philisophical Professional List server that
many  
of you have been looking for.   It keeps your clinical list servers
clean 
for clinical stuff.    I find myself going to this site for  relaxation,
but 
also new information

Please do not ask to be a member unless you plan to be active, but also
you 
 sometimes need a thick skin.  

The site for enrolling is:

http://www.trauma.org/index.php/community/list/url/http:list.ftech.net/pipermail/trauma-list/2009-August/_http://lists.ccm-l.org/mailman/listinfo/med-events_ 
(http://lists.ccm-l.org/mailman/listinfo/med-events) 

Go for it.  

k
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2009 12:57:38 EDT
From: KMATTOX at aol.com
Subject: Re: What an opportunity
To: trauma-list at trauma.org
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"

Of course my answer to you and anyone who might confused or who knows
that  
I always shoot straight, is, "YES and NO."

You can pick and choose whatever you want to do and either broaden or  
narrow your horizons.     I belong to at least 15 list  servers and try
to 
participate some time during the week with each of  them.     I learn a
great 
deal from all of them and among  them, I have friends in almost every
city and 
small community of the world, and  when traveling there, can say hello
and 
put a face to a name.   

k

In a message dated 8/1/2009 11:57:34 A.M. Central Standard Time,  
nmcswai at tulane.edu writes:

Ken
Are you suggesting that we keep this list 'clean' of  political
statements and arguments and just use this for exchange of  clinical
information?

Norman

Norman McSwain MD
Professor,  Tulane School of Medicine
Trauma Director, Charity Hospital Trauma  Center
norman.mcswain at tulane.edu
504 988 5111
-----Original  Message-----
From:  trauma-list-bounces at trauma.org
[mailto:trauma-list-bounces at trauma.org] On  Behalf Of KMATTOX at aol.com
Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2009 11:49 AM
To:  trauma-list at trauma.org
Cc: crippen+ at pitt.edu
Subject: What an  opportunity

I have discovered a very interesting chat room for health  professions,

where they discuss a lot of things from religion to  politics, to music,
to  
motorcycles, to travel, to fishing, to  beer, to the philisophy of
exploration 
of  the limits of  space.   Virtually all of the members are doctors,
nurses,  
and others in the health professions.    Sometimes the   discussions get

heated, rarely personal, but that happens to, until the  web  master
tells them 
to cool it.       

This is the very kind of Philisophical Professional List server  that
many  
of you have been looking for.   It keeps your  clinical list servers
clean 
for clinical stuff.    I find  myself going to this site for
relaxation,
but 
also new  information

Please do not ask to be a member unless you plan to be  active, but also
you 
sometimes need a thick skin.  

The  site for enrolling  is:

http://www.trauma.org/index.php/community/list/url/http:list.ftech.net/pipermail/trauma-list/2009-August/_http://lists.ccm-l.org/mailman/listinfo/med-events_  
(http://lists.ccm-l.org/mailman/listinfo/med-events) 

Go for  it.  

k
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2009 11:58:33 -0500
From: "McSwain, Norman E Jr." <nmcswai at tulane.edu>
Subject: RE: What an opportunity
To: "Trauma-List [TRAUMA.ORG]" <trauma-list at trauma.org>
Message-ID:
	<B79C02DCC4FA074DB02381DF1C5D60BA027D708C at EX07.ad.tulane.edu>
Content-Type: text/plain;	charset="US-ASCII"

For some reason, I knew what your answer would before I hit the send
button

Norman

Norman McSwain MD
Professor, Tulane School of Medicine
Trauma Director, Charity Hospital Trauma Center
norman.mcswain at tulane.edu
504 988 5111

-----Original Message-----
From: trauma-list-bounces at trauma.org
[mailto:trauma-list-bounces at trauma.org] On Behalf Of KMATTOX at aol.com
Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2009 11:58 AM
To: trauma-list at trauma.org
Subject: Re: What an opportunity

Of course my answer to you and anyone who might confused or who knows
that  
I always shoot straight, is, "YES and NO."

You can pick and choose whatever you want to do and either broaden or  
narrow your horizons.     I belong to at least 15 list  servers and try
to 
participate some time during the week with each of  them.     I learn a
great 
deal from all of them and among  them, I have friends in almost every
city and 
small community of the world, and  when traveling there, can say hello
and 
put a face to a name.   

k

In a message dated 8/1/2009 11:57:34 A.M. Central Standard Time,  
nmcswai at tulane.edu writes:

Ken
Are you suggesting that we keep this list 'clean' of  political
statements and arguments and just use this for exchange of  clinical
information?

Norman

Norman McSwain MD
Professor,  Tulane School of Medicine
Trauma Director, Charity Hospital Trauma  Center
norman.mcswain at tulane.edu
504 988 5111
-----Original  Message-----
From:  trauma-list-bounces at trauma.org
[mailto:trauma-list-bounces at trauma.org] On  Behalf Of KMATTOX at aol.com
Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2009 11:49 AM
To:  trauma-list at trauma.org
Cc: crippen+ at pitt.edu
Subject: What an  opportunity

I have discovered a very interesting chat room for health  professions,

where they discuss a lot of things from religion to  politics, to music,
to  
motorcycles, to travel, to fishing, to  beer, to the philisophy of
exploration 
of  the limits of  space.   Virtually all of the members are doctors,
nurses,  
and others in the health professions.    Sometimes the   discussions get

heated, rarely personal, but that happens to, until the  web  master
tells them 
to cool it.       

This is the very kind of Philisophical Professional List server  that
many  
of you have been looking for.   It keeps your  clinical list servers
clean 
for clinical stuff.    I find  myself going to this site for
relaxation,
but 
also new  information

Please do not ask to be a member unless you plan to be  active, but also
you 
sometimes need a thick skin.  

The  site for enrolling  is:

http://www.trauma.org/index.php/community/list/url/http:list.ftech.net/pipermail/trauma-list/2009-August/_http://lists.ccm-l.org/mailman/listinfo/med-events_  
(http://lists.ccm-l.org/mailman/listinfo/med-events) 

Go for  it.  

k
**************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See  yours in just 2
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Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2009 02:42:46 -0700 (PDT)
From: John Annen <rjannen at yahoo.com>
Subject: concerns regarding the airworthiness of hundreds of emergency
	medical	services helicopters
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I expect this story, from Avweb's Avflash of August 1, 2009, will be of
interest to a number of list members.Regards,
John Annen

Special Counsel Accuses FAA Of Wrongdoing
The
U.S. Office of Special Counsel has written President Barack Obama and
Congress alleging that there's a "substantial likelihood that FAA
officials and employees engaged in violation of law, rule or
regulation, gross mismanagement and an abuse of authority, all of which
contributed to a substantial and specific danger to public safety." The
Special Counsel also accuses the Department of Transportation of
foot-dragging in its investigation of the allegations, which originated
with a whistleblower complaint from FAA inspector Rand Foster on July
8, 2008. Forester contends that the FAA decided, for political reasons,
against enforcing certification standards on more than 300 emergency
medical services helicopters that had non-compliant night vision
systems installed on them. The Office of Special Counsel initially gave
DOT and the FAA 60 days to answer the allegations and has granted
several extensions. On July 20 the Special Counsel decided enough was
enough and notified the government.
In his complaint, Foster says the FAA initially decided to
declare the affected helicopters unairworthy via a Notice of National
Policy. In his complaint, Foster alleged FAA brass decided against
issuing the notice because of negative publicity that arose over
alleged safety concerns at Southwest and American Airlines. "The
information disclosed by Mr. Foster reveals a substantial likelihood of
wrongdoing and raises concerns regarding the airworthiness of hundreds
of emergency medical services helicopters."

The Special Counsel's Letter is availablehere:
http://www.avweb.com/pdf/specialcounsel.pdf

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