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Joseph,
This should have been addressed to the father rather than the mother.
The letter writer was probably the boy’s mother. Are you suggesting that a frum married woman should address correspondance to men who are not her husband?
War??
kollelman,
People used to pay their doctor for pregnancy visits, and 200, 500, whatever to deliver a baby. Todayโs rates are insane, probably due to the fact that OB/GYN doctors are probably paying 200k/year just for malpractice insurance.
Part of it is the fact that a dollar today has a different value than it used to. A loaf of bread used to cost less than 20 cents. A Manhattan apartment could be rented for under $50 a month. Another part of it is the increased use of technology, which is expensive. The infant mortality rate is a lot lower today than it used to be. And yes, malpractice insurance does also play a role in the higher costs.
Some “routine” interventions done in hospitals likely are not as necessary as they are made out to be. Also, for healthy pregnancies, birth at home or at a birth center with midwives is much less expensive than a hospital birth with an OB who is essentially a surgeon overseeing a natural process that usually does not require surgery.
kollelman,
Additionally, due to the government being a guaranteed payer, rates are artificially high, since there is really no competition.
Not sure what you mean here. Can you explain more? How is the government a guaranteed payer?
There can be a pool for high risk people โ just like car insurance.
And insurance rates would be sky-high for those unfortunate enough to be delegated to the high risk group, if insurance companies even offered coverage to them (now required by the ACA). And that’s a lot worse than paying more for car insurance for your 16 year old, because sick people need medical care a whole lot more than teenagers need to drive. Health care and driving cars are not really comparable things, despite it sounding good in print.
kollelman,
Your plan does sound terrible, I’m sorry. There is still a long way to go to improve health care and coverage in the U.S.
I agree that the fees that medical providers charge are often exhorbitant. I do not believe this is due to insurance companies blindly paying out, however. When I receive explanations of benefits from my insurance company, they pay out only a pre-negotiated amount to the provider, and I am responsible for a pre-negotiated co-pay, either a fixed dollar amount, or a percentage of the pre-negotiated amount. The excess amounts (sometimes crazy!) charged by the provider is disallowed, and the provider is forced by the agreement with the insurance company to accept the amounts negotiated. Patients who are uninsured do not have this protection, and are at the mercy of whatever the provider bills.
In your free market vision of health care, what is the role of insurance? Even if there is cutthroat competition among providers, the cost of care during a catastrophic event or prolonged illness is still going to be very high.
Avi K,
Should we tovel dogs in a keilim mikva?
DaasYochid,
Thatโs actually a simple one to answer โ ืื ืชืืขืจื ืืฉ โ but I get your point.
True – I could have probably come up with a better example, like answering why we observe 8 days of Passover instead of 7 (Avi K with a plug for moving to Israel in 3… 2… 1…).
Joseph,
Exactly.
DovidBT,
For example, some prominent and well-regarded Torah-observant Jewish lecturers will talk about tradition, morality, etc., when making a point, but avoid saying โWe do this because itโs a commandment from G-d.โ
Doesnโt that represent a lack of emunah and bitachon?
I disagree completely. The fact that Orthodox Jews talk unabashedly about Hashem is part of what drew me towards Orthodoxy in the first place. When, however, a non-Orthodox Jew asks me why I keep my fridge light off on Shabbos, simply responding, “because Hashem told me to”, while true, would not actually answer the question. He’d immediately retort, “where in the Torah does it talk about refrigerators??”
DovidBT,
Iโm still not convinced
What does that mean? That you think observsant Jews are lacking in emuna and bitachon?
Avi K,
1. The air and ground of Lakewood are tamei (Rambam Hilchot Tumat Met 11:1). I will go even further than Tak. The house of the worst anti-religious politician in Israel has more kedusha than all of Lakewood.
If you want all Jews to move to Israel, how about working on making Israeli society something where all Jews would feel welcomed and accepted? Rather than bashing whole communities and their traditions, and demanding that they change to fit your mold?
Avi K,
Avram, who says that the general welfare would be promoted by socialized medicine.
And who says that universal healthcare has to be centralized, or even publicly administered?
In countries where this exists people clog up ERs and clinics with imaginary or minor illnesses just to talk to someone or simply because it is free.
Are you arguing about something real world, or are you making something up that sounds plausible to you? Your example is probably more apropos to a typical ER in the U.S.
Avi K,
using the word โYidโ (โJewโ in Jargon, a.k.a. pidgin German) is not only Sephardi-bashing
How?
but mimicking Archie Bunker, who also called us that.
Nah, he said “Yid” (rhymes with squid) rather than “Yid” (rhymes with deed). Joking aside, perhaps the most common anti-Semitic perjorative is “Jew.” Would you therefore argue that we should stop calling ourselves Jews?
Let the dead non-language rest in pieces (there is Polish Jargon, Hungarian Jargon, etc.)
If this is typical of the respect shown to Ashkenazic Jewish traditions, then it is no wonder that Chareidim cannot integrate well within Israeli society.
mentsch1,
To quote Ben Shapiro on the subject โHave you been to a DMV? do you really want the DMV making your healthcare decisions?โ
Park bathrooms fall under municipal government. DMVs are state government. And DMVs can be made a LOT better if states invested more in their IT infrastructures and technology. Same with health care.
Have you ever met an older person who wishes he didn’t have access to Medicare?
Joseph,
I lean towards favoring universal health coverage, but not simply because I believe the government has a “moral obligation” to provide it. Rather, the government exists to provide for the general welfare of the citizenry, and I believe increased health care coverage benefits everyone, not just the poor. Take your example of “universal coverage” by ER visits. Yes, the ER will treat everyone, even those who cannot pay, but that “model” of care is very inefficent, cost-ineffective, stresses hospitals, and delays urgently needed treatments for others. Increasing access to preventative care and clinics for non-emergency injuries and illnesses ends up being cheaper than using the ER as your primary care facility.
As far as universal housing, HUD already provides quite a few programs for low income homebuyers and renters. We can probably do it and still have the world’s largest military. BTW, taking care of health care would have the additional benefit of reducing the need for housing assistance. Health problems among earners are frequently the impetus for housing insecurity, and perhaps the majority of the chronically homeless suffer from mental health or other health problems that should be treated.
Joseph,
Itโs global in the same sense as the false narrative peddled by the so-called man-made global warming promoters.
What does this sentence mean?
Joseph,
Itโs been a pretty mild summer so far. Seems like recent summers have been cooler than in the past.
I guess you don’t live in the West.
We in the Northeast have indeed avoided multiple-day triple-digit heat waves over the past few summers, but the summers are still ending up warmer than the 1981-2010 climatological normals. In other words, some summers are so hot, that the less hot ones now feel mild to you.
sefardi guy,
Sorry, nice try, but Ashkenazim still have the best trolls. By far.
back from sem,
Superd -isnโt it better for me to get married now? Cuz then Iโll have to be on the level I am on now
Unless you know what your values and goals are, that is a recipe for disaster, and would CV”S lead to deep resentment.
What if I know that he will help me with hashkafa
Like what if I know for a FACT
Impossible to know in real life.
Joseph,
Is it fair to say that in many government jobs, once youโre past your probationary period, as long as you physically show up to sign in and sign out on time you can otherwise slack off on the job barely doing adequate work and have little worry about being fired?
It is true that it is somewhat difficult to fire a government employee, and many managers are loath to undertake the documentation necessary, but it is possible.
Blanket hiring freezes and slowdowns likely make this situation worse. Managers may feel more inclined to deal with sub-performers if they knew the positions could be quickly refilled with qualified and high performing new hires.
DaasYochid is to ubiquitin as ArtScroll is to Gemara.
CTLAWYER,
Being run by a diocese yields economies of scale not enjoyed by yeshivos.
Exactly. And only a fraction of tithing Catholics send their children to private Catholic schools, so the ratio of contributors to users is much higher than in the frum community.
Joseph,
As a result, if nearby school busing is eliminated, 85% of public school students will lose busing but only 20% of private school students will lose the same.
Where do you get these statistics?
Geula613,
I read your OP a few times and am confused about what you are saying is going on. Is it possible to provide some more details or clarity?
Thanks!
Joseph,
Imagine being known as Katrina all your life when suddenly when youโre 50 years old, or 30 years old, you have to change to a nickname due to a hurricane.
This may be an issue for some women and girls named Katrina who live along the central Gulf Coast, but probably not elsewhere.
CTLAWYER,
Wraggeโs system spread worldwide in the professional weather community.
Correct that he was the first; however, nobody else did it for decades after his retirement. The US government started naming tropical cyclones in 1953, largely to avoid confusion when there were multiple systems ongoing simultaneously. Currently, the US does not control the naming – it is done via 6 year rotating lists maintained by the World Meteorological Organization.
Health,
And btw, I used lingo so everyone here can understand, not just some medical professionals, which obviously you donโt understand the audience that reads YWN!
What do you mean? Every YWN poster is a medical professional. ๐
iacisrmma,
The question is about a minyan in Orlando. I did not see how her response answered the OPโs question.
Since when has not knowing the answer ever been an impediment to posting on the CR? ๐
Should I respond that โoranges are goodโ because Orlando is in Florida? Many threads in the CR go off topic because of responses like these.
Why is it a problem if a thread goes “off topic”? If you were to answer that off-topic replies might prevent the OP’s question from getting answered, I’d respond that having his thread drop way down the CR landing page due to a lack of responses is a much bigger threat to getting his question answered than unrelated (IYO) comments. I think lightbrite was doing the OP a favor by keeping his thread high on the CR landing page.
Joseph,
Should parents have a veto?
No, it’s not their life.
Should they be making the selection for their child to approve of?
That depends on what the child and parents want, and the norms of their community.
Should they have absolutely no input if their child is deadset on marrying a specific person?
What do you mean input? Of course parents should advise their children and raise concerns if needed. They should also be aware that their children may make different decisions than they would, and how the parents react to those decisions can impact the relationship with their child/prospective new in-law.
Is it different whether the child is a son or daughter?
Why would it be?
kollel_wife,
I’m so sorry to hear about your miscarriage and very scary experience. We had a miscarriage recently as well. Please may Hashem bless His people with healthy pregnancies and healthy babies.
iacisrmma,
LB: please tell me what your post has to do with the question asked?
The question was in regards to Orlando, and lightbrite’s comment was about Orlando.
Why a harsh response?
daniel41,
As far as I know, West Haven/ChampionsGate is very far to the southwest of Orlando down I-4 (past Disney World and well on the way to Lakeland). So it’d be a 30 minute drive to get to the Orlando Torah Center. I would definitely call the number iacisrmma provided, as there may be other minyanim available that are closer.
2scents,
Your missing basic facts, EN does not transport, they call 9-1-1 when they believe the patient would require transport or more advanced care
Thank you for finally clearly answering that question! The fact that they do not provide transport should be clearly noted on their Web page and other materials; that is a significant piece of information and can cause a lot of confusion. I think they should also instruct patients to call emergency services (Hatzola or 911) themselves before they arrive if they believe there is a medical emergency… just like your physician would do.
Gadolhadorah,
Would you give a dollar to tzadakah for every pot, pan etc. that has ever had to be toiveled in mikvah because of some crooked mashgiach, whether chasddish, litivish or Eastern Shore leading to treifus being sold to a frum yid?
That would come out to a grand total of $0 to tzedaka ๐
Libun or hagalah would be required after accidentally cooking treifus in your pot, pan, etc., but not tevilah.
catch yourself,
In all of this, I found the [first comment on page 2 of this thread] to be the most troubling post in the whole thread.
If it makes you feel any better, having observed his other posts, I think Gadolhadorah meant it in jest.
2scents,
with transport depending on them calling 911 as a 3rd party caller
This is inconsistent with your statement above about the Ezras Nashim stickered ambulance in front of your house attracting attention. Does Ezras Nashim provide medical transport, or do they not?
2scents,
They do not offer Advanced Life Support, so how can they offer NR?
ALS and neonatal resuscitation (e.g., certification from the NRP) are not the same thing. Ezras Nashim volunteers (according to their Website) are certified by NRP for neonatal resuscitation and also as EMTs, which, assuming entry level, they would be capable of providing BLS, whereas paramedics could provide ALS.
Are all Hatzola volunteers paramedics (that is, they have substantially more training than entry level EMTs)? If not, how do they handle emergencies where ALS might be required?
golfer,
Are you perhaps familiar with the term, โkoshi haโshibudโ?
I’ve encountered the term, e.g., in Maoz Tzur on Chanuka, but I’m not sure what you mean in this context.
Joseph,
What is CJ and RJ?
2scents,
With regards to out of hospital births, there is the risk of complications to mother and baby that would require rapid lifesaving interventions. Its a statistical fact that some newborns will require aggressive resuscitation and some mothers will have life threatening complications.
Ezras Nashim volunteers are reportedly trained to deal with those types of emergencies (e.g., they are certified in neonatal resuscitation). Is it your argument that they are not? Or is it something else?
Kotlorism,
Your story makes no sense. And I’m pinning it on you as your story because you decided to post it on the CR with admittedly no idea of the facts. At first, you write (bracketed statements and bold are mine):
They [the Ezras Nashim volunteers] kept on reassuring her that their ambulance is on its way and will be here momentarily.
And further down:
A Neighbor told me 911 [i.e., not an Ezras Nashim ambulance] pulled up a few minutes after Hatzolah left.
1. What ambulance did they call? Does Ezras Nashim provide medical transport, or do they rely on NYC EMS for transport? In this story, did they call for their own transport which didn’t come in a timely manner, or did they call 911 (as in the first story), who didn’t come in a timely manner?
2. What’s your beef with Ezras Nashim? Is it that they have a policy to call 911 after arriving at an emergency situation (hence delaying the arrival of EMS when they should have instructed the patient to call for emergency services themselves before they arrived), or is it that they call 911 and not Hatzola?
Kotlorism,
Thank you for the extra chizuk for me to never sign up for Facebook or other similar social media platforms.