Advice, Sadness, Rant

1) Advice - Don't get the H1N1 vaccine. Not enough studies and some dangerous ingredients used as excipients. That's my take on it this year.
2) Sadness - So I go to the ED to do an admission and hear that a 15 yo came home from school and hung himself. Who found him? His 9 yo brother. Why? Why? Why? What's so bad in a 15 yo life that this is the answer. Sad.
3) Rant - Reasons why we need healthcare reform.....So I have a patient who has been admitted for 2 days why? No insurance. Patient had insurance but b/c reimbursement poor not enough docs take it. So mom unenrolled her from the plan (w/o checking out fully her options) tried to enroll her in a new plan. they won't take her b/c they think she still has insurance. So she runs out of meds no money to get them filled. So she seizes on Wed. Goes to an ED gets a new rx for same meds (not a soln to the problem) and a dose of meds. Doesn't get the rx filled still no money so she seizes again Sat. She comes to ED gets admitted b/c she has no means of getting the meds. So she has been in the hospital x 2 days why so we can give her meds and maybe work on getting her a free month supply and help her get some insurance. So this is literally a >$100,000 bill at the expense of your tax dollars why b/c she is uninsured so cost will be eaten. Oh and if her mom were to get a job with insurance or try to get a private plan she'll have a long waiting period b/c she has a pre-existing condition. Yeah gotta love our "perfect system"