Rosemary MacCabe #2 not a rave thread

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I've fallen out with American (irish) friends who now live in the states
They are all about their own private health insurance it's crazy they talk about it all the time border line obsessed with it

Swift clinic in dublin in and out in an hour

If you were pregnant with her thinking she had a clot you would be in a maternity hospital not emergency room
 
American healthcare is the second worst thing about the county, first being the gun culture. I don’t know how any reasonable person could sit there and justify spending $600 insurance a month and still be left with a thousand dollar bill after a 3hr appointment.. and confidently state that it’s miles better than here?? Our public health system is flawed, but it is FREE, and accessible to everyone. If you have the means to go private here then it’s even better again and you will never be left in a position where you have to consider remortgaging your house to pay for a slipped disc. Honestly in all the warped tit she has come out with that is some of the worst.
 
ahtisyourself said:
American healthcare is the second worst thing about the county, first being the gun culture. I don’t know how any reasonable person could sit there and justify spending $600 insurance a month and still be left with a thousand dollar bill after a 3hr appointment.. and confidently state that it’s miles better than here?? Our public health system is flawed, but it is FREE, and accessible to everyone. If you have the means to go private here then it’s even better again and you will never be left in a position where you have to consider remortgaging your house to pay for a slipped disc. Honestly in all the warped tit she has come out with that is some of the worst.
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I never realised how bad it was. There must be so many people that just suffer on and don’t get checked out??
 
Cantturn222 said:
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Swift clinic in dublin in and out in an hour

If you were pregnant with her thinking she had a clot you would be in a maternity hospital not emergency room
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I can only speak for one maternity a&E but I was never waiting 12 hours . Max 3! Sometimes instantly I just got unlucky one time ... Maternity care in Ireland is grand , can't really complain it's free and waits aren't too long in comparison to normal care
 
ahtisyourself said:
American healthcare is the second worst thing about the county, first being the gun culture. I don’t know how any reasonable person could sit there and justify spending $600 insurance a month and still be left with a thousand dollar bill after a 3hr appointment.. and confidently state that it’s miles better than here?? Our public health system is flawed, but it is FREE, and accessible to everyone. If you have the means to go private here then it’s even better again and you will never be left in a position where you have to consider remortgaging your house to pay for a slipped disc. Honestly in all the warped tit she has come out with that is some of the worst.
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A friend if mine had just emigrated to usa so no real private insurance just finding there feet
Her husband had a black widow heart attack
Blessed he's still with us
He 100 % stood by the fact he got seen to so quick because he was in usa and I think Medicare covered it
I don't belive that
If your heart is giving up in ireland and you have a massive heart attack it won't matter if your private or public you will get the same level of care to save a life
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Cantturn222 said:
A friend if mine had just emigrated to usa so no real private insurance just finding there feet
Her husband had a black widow heart attack
Blessed he's still with us
He 100 % stood by the fact he got seen to so quick because he was in usa and I think Medicare covered it
I don't belive that
If your heart is giving up in ireland and you have a massive heart attack it won't matter if your private or public you will get the same level of care to save a life
End of
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Statistics say otherwise. At least 50 people die each week in Ireland as a result of A&E over crowding. The Aoife Johnson case comes to mind immediately. Almost 240 people died on trollies at University Hospital Limerick over the last five years! You absolutely get what you pay for with private health care in Ireland. Seen to within minutes versus hours. I’ve seen it myself from personal experiences where the person had quite a serious medical problem and was left waiting 27 hours to be seen to. While they survived, the after effects would have been far less taxing had they been seen to sooner. Person has been going to private A&E ever since and gets seen to within a half an hour
 
My elderly parents both have private health insurance and both have waited over 12 hours in A&E in the last year, one of them vomiting in to many bowls during that time. So I’m guessing even though we live on a bloody rock, it all depends on your location when needing urgent medical care. Our local ‘university hospital’ isn’t fit for purpose and hasn’t been for many years.

ETA, I had brilliant experiences with the public health care system on all pregnancies (many moons ago mind you)
 
Cantturn222 said:
A friend if mine had just emigrated to usa so no real private insurance just finding there feet
Her husband had a black widow heart attack
Blessed he's still with us
He 100 % stood by the fact he got seen to so quick because he was in usa and I think Medicare covered it
I don't belive that
If your heart is giving up in ireland and you have a massive heart attack it won't matter if your private or public you will get the same level of care to save a life
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This is the crux of it, anything life threatening you’re going to a public A&E - the private hospitals won’t touch you. The sad fact of the matter is a lot of people waiting hours in A&E in Ireland wouldn’t cross the door in an American hospital because they wouldn’t be able to afford their care. So if you have the means in America yes it’s great, if you don’t, you’re better off in Ireland.

A pregnant woman in Ireland with a medical issue relating to her and not her pregnancy will still be in a public general hospital, I’ve looked after a few.
 
Weefa said:
The day she had the rant at her follower for suggesting she might have low iron levels, really put me off her. I don't see how someone can share all their health stuff, and so much about their own and their family's business, but then act all affronted that someone would dare to give some advice.

Then go straight back to sharing loads and wanting people to pay to read all about them.

But don't dare give any feedback! Don't think you can cross the line into this being a 2-way convo!

That person probably/possibly could relate to what she was saying and was trying to be helpful, but I'd bet she wouldn't bother again.
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I don't mean to harp on about the iron levels! But it was such a well meaning Irish comment. I was really shocked by Rosemary's response to it. I know people can probably overstep boundaries, but i feel for the most part rosemary has a good thing going with her followers. There isn't a big curated 'us and them' distance. In fairness to Rosemary i feel like she responds as you would to any pal, and that person was likewise messaging Rosemary as you would a pal! obviously pals can sometimes say the wrong thing, but the response of 'do not give people medical advice' felt so harsh - It's akin to that overuse of therapy language and 'boundary' speak which often leads to such hyper individualism, and then people lose the run of themselves if they don't like something, when it doesn't have to be that deep at all! I have also been an on and off patreon subscriber but it drives me cracked when episodes are missed! Podcasts are like a new extension of radio - you tune in to listen to your show on X day each week. so if they say every Tuesday, then you'll be part of my Tuesday routine and I'll be your loyal customer! It is not sustainable to have a funded version of a podcast, and then post willy nilly. Of course there are holidays but you are prepped for when that is happening - and in many cases people have backed up podcasts etc.. I do root for Rosemary, but i really feel the need to get this all off my chest lol.
 
SunflowerPower said:
I don't mean to harp on about the iron levels! But it was such a well meaning Irish comment. I was really shocked by Rosemary's response to it. I know people can probably overstep boundaries, but i feel for the most part rosemary has a good thing going with her followers. There isn't a big curated 'us and them' distance. In fairness to Rosemary i feel like she responds as you would to any pal, and that person was likewise messaging Rosemary as you would a pal! obviously pals can sometimes say the wrong thing, but the response of 'do not give people medical advice' felt so harsh - It's akin to that overuse of therapy language and 'boundary' speak which often leads to such hyper individualism, and then people lose the run of themselves if they don't like something, when it doesn't have to be that deep at all! I have also been an on and off patreon subscriber but it drives me cracked when episodes are missed! Podcasts are like a new extension of radio - you tune in to listen to your show on X day each week. so if they say every Tuesday, then you'll be part of my Tuesday routine and I'll be your loyal customer! It is not sustainable to have a funded version of a podcast, and then post willy nilly. Of course there are holidays but you are prepped for when that is happening - and in many cases people have backed up podcasts etc.. I do root for Rosemary, but i really feel the need to get this all off my chest lol.
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Feel exactly the same
 
Yes, seems like the money diaries have paused again. I was paying for it but had to unsub when I realised I was paying £5 for probably 3 articles (don't really care for the book and TV chat articles).
I just listened to the podcast. Not a slight on Rosemary but the host was terrible. Hadn't listened to it before. Is she always like that? Not sure she appreciates the role of interviewer, kept interrupting and shouting. So unprofessional.
 
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