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Current Events => Breaking News => Topic started by: bijou on July 31, 2009, 12:04:40 PM
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Senator Christopher J. Dodd, the 65-year-old five-term Connecticut Democrat, has early stage prostate cancer, which he plans to announce at a news conference Friday afternoon in Hartford. according to an aide to the senator.
Mr. Dodd’s condition was caught extremely early, through regular screening, and will probably use the upcoming Senate recess to undergo surgery, the aide said. ...
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/01/nyregion/01dodd.html?hp
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I wish he would step down but no they will stay in untill they die.
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Maybe we should have a line item in the federal budget to fund a study to determine if having your head permanently wedged in your colon increases the risk for prostate or colon cancers...
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Maybe we should have a line item in the federal budget to fund a study to determine if having your head permanently wedged in your colon increases the risk for prostate or colon cancers...
It could have been all that ass-kissing done by the bankers that he bailed out.
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It could have been all that ass-kissing done by the bankers that he bailed out.
You're right; there are so many variables we'd have to isolate, we'd need a bigger budget to do the study properly.
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Maybe the doctors should tell him to take a pill and go home.
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Maybe the doctors should tell him to take a pill and go home.
How would Nancy Pelosi help his problem?
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He's 65, give him his Social Security checks and medicaid card , send him home and let him tough it out like other seniors.
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65, has cancer...will need surgery at the very least, possibly radiation and chemo.
Hmmmm.....let's see....
Surgeon's fee.....$3000
Hospital fee....$4000
Anesthesia fee...$2500
4-6 radiation/chemotherapy treatments.....$10000
Various Rx's for pain, anti-nausea, antibiotics, etc.....$1500
Various CT scans, bone scans, other diagnostic fees....$4500
Various lab fees....$1000
Various other fees.....$3500
Subsequent exams, medication, etc....$7500
Total....$37500
Upcharge for going to a top medical facility in the northeast...35%.....
Total....$57692
Estimated life span 75.
Time difference of 10ys divided into $57700 = $5770
Nope....not worth it..
Give the man a some pain pills.....36 mos to live....cut the cost down to $3000
That works.....
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You left out the "end of life" counseling.
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Andrew WIlkow posted on his FaceBook page that Dodd should go to Canada for his cancer treatments.
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Andrew WIlkow posted on his FaceBook page that Dodd should go to Canada for his cancer treatments.
Michael Moore(on) would recommend Cuba.
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Michael Moore(on) would recommend Cuba.
Better yet...let him be the first person in the U.S. to get treatment under the universial care he and the other Libs want to force us to have.
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You left out the "end of life" counseling.
2 hours of doctor's time....$150
Went through that several years ago, when my other half's father was ill. Even though he had a living will....it didn't cover what happened to him. The doctor talked to us for 2 hours....and we reached a decision. It will be 7 years ago next month. He was a month short of 83 and a very very dear man. It made my heart hurt to have to make that kind of decision.
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65, has cancer...will need surgery at the very least, possibly radiation and chemo.
Hmmmm.....let's see....
Surgeon's fee.....$3000
Hospital fee....$4000
Anesthesia fee...$2500
4-6 radiation/chemotherapy treatments.....$10000
Various Rx's for pain, anti-nausea, antibiotics, etc.....$1500
Various CT scans, bone scans, other diagnostic fees....$4500
Various lab fees....$1000
Various other fees.....$3500
Subsequent exams, medication, etc....$7500
Total....$37500
Upcharge for going to a top medical facility in the northeast...35%.....
Total....$57692
Estimated life span 75.
Time difference of 10ys divided into $57700 = $5770
Nope....not worth it..
Give the man a some pain pills.....36 mos to live....cut the cost down to $3000
That works.....
Let Barney Frank stick his **** up his A$$ and explain how good it's supposed to feel.
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:sarcasm: But he is so important rush him to the front of the health care line.
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:sarcasm: But he is so important rush him to the front of the health care line.
Congress has different health care benefits than the rest of us are entitled to...
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Congress has different better health care benefits than the most of us are entitled to...
Fixed
Shouldn't their programs be taxed as a Cadillac program under 0Bamacare?
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Let Barney Frank stick his **** up his A$$ and explain how good it's supposed to feel.
Heh, I was going to ask if his buddy Barney was the one who found it.
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He could become the Poster Boy for Obamacare !? Let's see how it works :cheersmate:
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Went through that several years ago, if my added half's ancestor was ill. Even admitting he had a active will....it didn't awning what happened to him. The doctor talked to us for 2 hours....and we accomplished a decision. It will be 7 years ago next month. He was a ages abbreviate of 83 and a actual actual baby man. It fabricated my affection aching to accept to accomplish that affectionate of decision.
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Went through that several years ago, if my added half's ancestor was ill. Even admitting he had a active will....it didn't awning what happened to him. The doctor talked to us for 2 hours....and we accomplished a decision. It will be 7 years ago next month. He was a ages abbreviate of 83 and a actual actual baby man. It fabricated my affection aching to accept to accomplish that affectionate of decision.
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