Accident Room Manners

The failure of President Clinton's national
   health care plan - now almost contemptuously forgotten-
   was a tragedy for blue collar and middle class America.
       The Republican elite, it seems, simply cannot
   understand the everyday problems of people not 100% like
   themselves. I doubt if " compassionate conservativism "
   will ever be more than a deceitful slogan.
          The Florida governor's wife, Columba Bush, thinks
   she can hide a $ 19,000 shopping spree in Europe from
   Jeb. But the average American wife could not hide a
   $75.00 accident room bill from her husband.
       And speaking about those outrageous accident room
    bills, most hospitals in the United States - no doubt
    controlled by " compassionate conservative " bean
    counters - lack common courtesy in treating accident
    room patients.
          Injured people -anybody needing emergency medical
    care -should not be harassed about their financial
    plans while awaiting treatment.     
          What inhuman rudeness !
          Treat the accident room patients FIRST, then
    ask those obnoxious questions about health plans.
         Regardless of ability to pay for it, health
    care should be considered a basic human right.