/home/wpurdemo/resistancesuffolk/wp-content/mu-plugins Comments on: Medicine for the One Percent https://resistancesuffolk.wp.urdemo.website/2014/04/21/medicine-for-the-one-percent-2/ A collection of writings dealing with current US & Long Island politics Wed, 29 Apr 2026 12:14:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 By: Maidstone Jewelry https://resistancesuffolk.wp.urdemo.website/2014/04/21/medicine-for-the-one-percent-2/#comment-47 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 12:14:09 +0000 https://resistancesuffolk.wp.urdemo.website/2014/04/21/medicine-for-the-one-percent-2/#comment-47 my friend writes:
Hi, David.
I have been an in-patient at Weill-Cornell since March where I had serious abdominal surgery. Recovery has been slow– and I have had access to only few hospital resources to assist me (e.g. Staff to help me walk to increase mobility and gain strength). However, these services are available through a privately paid fee — and the NYPH website boasts a 40 per cent boost in recovery time by using them. Best M

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By: Janet Van Sickle https://resistancesuffolk.wp.urdemo.website/2014/04/21/medicine-for-the-one-percent-2/#comment-48 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 12:14:09 +0000 https://resistancesuffolk.wp.urdemo.website/2014/04/21/medicine-for-the-one-percent-2/#comment-48 Hi David:
The rich live longer perhaps, but certainly with better possibilities for good health, not least of which is diet and access to non-covered care like massage therapy, relaxed vacations, naturopathic and all kinds of alternative health providers. They get the best hearing aids and dental care and eyeglasses and many other necessities for the elderly. Longevity is not really what matters, it’s the quality of life that counts.
I would be astonished if the quality of life for the elderly rich is not better in every country in the world, than that of the aged poor.
Best,
Janet

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