Healthcare Chaos Explorer Gifts

'I monitor healthcare coverage changes hot off the wire.'

"We're keeping you overnight because the nurses love you!"

'It all started when he tried to assemble a backyard gym without reading the instructions.'

"I never imagined I'd be up on my feet this soon."

"Be afraid my friends...if the government takes over your healthcare, you're going to be left with nothing!"

The Best Laid Plans

Hospital porter leaving brain behind

'Let's go raise some hell and tell people we support government sponsored health care!'

"Parts and labor?"

'The principle of setting higher targets is practical, imaginative and likely to work...but the idea has one major flaw.'

Doctor sits near work boxes labelled; 'NHS' and 'Private'.

'Only one side effect - colossal pain...'

'There's been a little mixup, Mr. Root. The computer has the virus not you.'

'The doctor is delayed in the hospital. I'm Lulu, the PA's assistant. How may I help you?'

Medicaid Expansion: "Better not take the risk, you never know when the well's going to run dry..."

Covid-19 vaccine - locally-sourced $50 /shot

'My union prevented taking away our dental plan to pay for executive bonuses!'

The Black Hole of Plans

Health costs soaring in the U.S., Americans are going to other countries for medical care.

'Let's order one more MRI, just to play it safe.'

The rising cost of health care (shown by the rising cost of prescription drugs)

'Which way up would you like it?'

"I have the results of your PET scan and your CT scan. You are not claustrophobic."

"Your insurance doesn't cover the prescription, so this is the placebo."

"You clean him up! You're the one who gave him sleeping tablets and a laxative!"

'Oh no, a few more change orders from Mrs. Fergenson, right?'

'What's the government doing about the jabless?'

I can't handle too much change so I'm reading a four-year-old magazine while waiting for my telemedicine appointment.

"Nine out of ten doctors are in the wrong room."

Public Health Cuts

'My husband is a police detective. He does know how to toss a room.'

Michael Moore.

"The doctor is a little squeamish, so don't mention anything gross."

"You're not making this easier for any of us."

Medical whistle blowers.