Memorable Quotes from Kevin Connolly
2 quotesQuestioning Medical Oversights in Child's Health
John Q. Archibald
You know, what I don't understand is why they never found it, the doctors. My son has had clean checkups every year since the day he was born. How could the doctors not pick it up?
Dr. Turner
He might not have been tested thoroughly enough.
John Q. Archibald
Why not?
Steve Maguire
You got an ], right?
[[w:Health maintenance organization|HMO]
John Q. Archibald
Yeah.
Steve Maguire
Well, there's your answer. I mean, HMO's pay their doctors not to test. It's their way of keeping costs down. Now, let's say Michael did need additional testing and insurance says they won't cover them. The doctor keeps his mouth shut, and come Christmas, The HMO sends the doctor a fat-ass bonus cheque.
[points to Dr. Turner]
John Q. Archibald
Is that true?
[to Dr. Turner]
Dr. Turner
Possible. Not likely, but possible.
John Q. Archibald
You telling me that these doctors may have known what was wrong with my son and they could have treated him all along?
Dr. Turner
Who knows? I don't know.
Lester Matthews
Don't take this personal, Doc. But, y'all bunch a goddamn crooks.
Dr. Turner
You don't know what you're talking about.
Julie Byrd
What about that thing that you guys take?
Dr. Turner
The thing?
Julie Byrd
Yeah, that promise. What do they call it?
Steve Smith
It's called the ].
[[w:Hippocratic Oath|Hippocratic Oath]
Lester Matthews
More like the hypocritical oath'. How's it go, Doc? "I solemnly swear to take care of the sick and damn-near-dying, unless they ain't got major medical." Something like that?
Dr. Turner
You've got it perfectly, that's it.
Steve Maguire
It's funny, but it's not that far from the truth, okay?! This shit happens all the time! Paramedics bring in some accident victim and when the big boys in Accounting find out they can't pay, they send them packing.
Julie Byrd
Hospitals can't turn people away!
Steve Smith
Isn't there laws against that?
Steve Maguire
Yeah, there's laws! But there's also ways around those laws. The only thing we have to do is stabilise them. And after that, we're off the hook and you know it.
[to Dr. Turner]
Dr. Turner
That's not how it works.
Steve Maguire
That's exactly how it works! Maybe, not up there on the fifth floor. But in here, if you don't have any money, you get a Band-Aid, a foot in the ass and you're out the door!
Dr. Turner
Shut up. Enough already! I've heard all the bitching and moaning I can stand for one day, alright? Look, if you want to regard me as some kind of blood-sucking vampire, then fine, great, I'll be the bad guy. But who's holding the fucking gun?
[points at John]
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Concerns About Gun Violence in Society
Mitch Quigley
This country man, can't go anywhere without getting mugged, or murdered or stabbed. Kids killin their classmates, drivebys, ya know, I won't even go into a post office any more.
Steve Maguire
Shut up, Mitch.
Dr. Turner
No, you shut up. I hate the little bastard, but he's right. You know how easy it is to get a gun in the country? In five minutes, boom, gun show.
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