Over Bind vs Under Bind in Scrums and Health Care

Front row binding determines the outcome of the match. A good loosehead can mess up a tighthead, and a decent 3 can split the opposition front row apart.

The Ref must have, in my opinion, intimate knowledge of the front row. Firstly, safety, but secondly, if you're f$^ ing weak in the scrum, you deserve to be punished.

Now the feds are deciding how your doctor binds onto you.

Unless they also "nationalize" the health insurance laws, they are doubling up the oversight bureaucracy with the states. Stupid.

Like a ref who doesn't know the front row, they'll micromanage the scrum (health care and health insurance) making it less safe, and more expensive.

Healthy Fit Rugby Players a Burden on our Health Care system?

My Number 8 hurt her back. Her Primary Care doc said to rest and consider quitting Rugby.

Moron.

Do healthy people, who live longer, burden the health care system, or fat, obese people?

Here's some inconvenient truth.

Now, if my player was using England's NHS, she might have had a different experience. She'd be delayed in seeing a primary physician. Unless she worked for the NHS. You'll won't believe this one. Why is a National Health System, run by the gov't, using private treatment sources for their staff?

Because it takes too long to see a doctor in the NHS.

I've always maintained that we health Ruggers should get the hell out of the way. Use minor emergency centers, chiropractic, massage, and basic preventive measures. Don't clog up the system, so that the system can take care of those who need it.

Rugby is not a burden. But it is a disease...

What's the overseas Rugby Player to do?

What does a foreigner do about healthcare?

In California, they fall into the public system, get over-charged and then end up on the Medical Rolls as indigent. At least the MDs in CA are trying to sort that out...

One might think that going back home to a national healthcare system would save the visiting player some money. Think again...

Here's what you need to do if you're a club administrator: Get the player an indemnity plan, or accident medical coverage. $30 to $50/month during the season is worth avoiding the hassle. Drop once the seasons over, pick it back up next year.

Easy.

Who can save us?

Last World Cup, England thought Johnny W. would save them. He did...almost.

Google has decided to keep all of our medical records for us. Will Google save us from massive waste in paperwork?

Obama has proposed a "Health Care Federal Reserve" to control costs. Will Obama save us from rising medical costs by controlling the supply of money?

More Gov't Entities are suing health insurance companies, either for cancellations or payments to providers. Will the Gov't save us from the "evil" insurance companies?

The Gov't of Florida has decided to tell Insurance companies what to sell. Will Florida save us by creating products that may or may not work in the marketplace?

Meanwhile, the NHS of England has decided to crack down on citizens who dare to spend on their own healthcare. Will the NHS save us from spending our own money?

These are nice ideas, but nothing more than political games. Soon you'll be hearing about legislators getting "tough on insurance."

It's not the insurance companies. It's the separate and unique set of rules that each state sets up.

It's not the Gov't. Medicare is losing money, and more and more docs are dropping medicare patients.

It's not Google. My medical records don't belong in their servers.

And it's not a single payer system. Americans are too independent and "now now now" oriented for such a system.

Obama? His proposal has the most merit. If we can federalize health insurance regulations, stop this individual, state-by-state non-sense, then we'll see a huge drop in rates, more efficiency, timelier claims turn around, and more people covered with health insurance.

...then Johnny will hit a droppy from 40m....over!