tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post5600221892541591456..comments2024-03-26T15:30:39.733-07:00Comments on Rainy Day Thoughts: by Diane: I just realized my childhood doctor had the same Jewish principle as health care doctors on my father's sideRain Trueaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07994628226501093880noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-24809424097926069542020-03-12T11:20:59.419-07:002020-03-12T11:20:59.419-07:00Ranch Boss told me that the doctor we saw in Lake ...Ranch Boss told me that the doctor we saw in Lake Oswego was also Jewish. Interesting given the similarly built office and his approach to medicine. I never knew but then I rarely notice people's ethnicity or recognize what it is if it's different than my own.Rain Trueaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07994628226501093880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-49515653457813915832020-03-12T10:13:31.615-07:002020-03-12T10:13:31.615-07:00In the 40's and early 50's my parents did ...In the 40's and early 50's my parents did not have health insurance. Later they did. I dont' know when General Motors Frigidaire started giving their saleried employes insurance. We also lived across the street from an insurance salesman when we moved to Portland in 1958.<br /><br />When my mother and father started seeing Dr. Burnham Sr. during the depression, as students they likely did not have insurance.<br /><br />Government and insurance have strings attatched to health care. I am imagining a science fiction health care system with neither for my next blog.Diane Widler Wenzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03922006154864449959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-83244290142031422362020-03-11T18:41:17.990-07:002020-03-11T18:41:17.990-07:00I don't think my parents had health insurance-...I don't think my parents had health insurance-- although Dad was in a union; so might've had more than I knew. Clinics had such little stuff they could use for health issues back then-- part of our cost today is all the improvements. My dad died of a heart attack at 70 because of the lack of so many things we can take today to reduce the risks (maybe with side effects). Rain Trueaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07994628226501093880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-36056998477799952832020-03-11T18:15:48.612-07:002020-03-11T18:15:48.612-07:00Tabor and Rain,
Thank you for your comments. I di...Tabor and Rain, <br />Thank you for your comments. I didn't realize I was having a charming doctor/ patient relationship. It was not perfect by any means.<br />Rain, when we were young tonsils were removed right after the first infection. I am happy for your healthy childhood.<br />Dr. Burnham did not have an x-ray machine because I remember going somewhere else for that. He did draw blood. Usually just a prick on the finger and he put it on a slide. Diane Widler Wenzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03922006154864449959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-1539170416500047762020-03-11T18:08:14.170-07:002020-03-11T18:08:14.170-07:00We didn't have health insurance but our expens...We didn't have health insurance but our expenses were somewhat covered because both doctor bills, medications and even the taxi trips to and from the doctors were deductable. Diane Widler Wenzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03922006154864449959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-19191493716022379262020-03-11T16:26:11.359-07:002020-03-11T16:26:11.359-07:00I was not in doctors much as a child but did have ...I was not in doctors much as a child but did have my tonsils out; so must have had some health issue-- although their removal was a lot more common then. I remember the clinic, with very little equipment versus what they have today. When we first got married, we didn't have a doctor but then moved back to Oregon and went to the one my husband's family had gone to. He was in Lake Oswego, old time doctor who had built his own clinic himself. If someone needed more testing, they had to go to to a hospital as he had only an x-ray machine in the office. I liked him a lot.Rain Trueaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07994628226501093880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-69995411946051426742020-03-11T15:53:42.603-07:002020-03-11T15:53:42.603-07:00The past always sounds so romantic. My relations...The past always sounds so romantic. My relationship with doctors was not so charming, but they did cure me when I was a child. I agree that profit margins can destroy health care. Profit margins destroy prison and universities as well.Taborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11053208644196545549noreply@blogger.com