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| Friday, November 6th, 2009 | | 5:53 am |
Health Care as a Human Right - "The First Question"
I just received an e-mail from Kucinich and Dingle that pretty much puts to sleep any chance of a fair hearing for Single Payer as the House crafts its bill. This is really no surprise as the handwriting has been on the wall ever since the President condemned the effort for Single Payer with faint praise.... he was for it, if he was starting from scratch, but political realist that he is, and wanting "reform" he is willing to settle for something that he can get through a very divided and hesitant congress. After all, what can one truly expect from politicians who exist in a world of necessary compromise? The situation in health care is very bad. But most people are healthy. So, it's someone else's problem. Leadership requires the ability to focus disinterested, denying people on a problem that doesn't immediately affect them, and in our society, we live through our frontier, independent, John Wayne image, fed by pervasive materialism that is our society and its values. This view could lead to depression, existential depression, if one ruminates. I am professionally pre-occupied with health care, largely individual, which I can do something about, but never, almost never, enough. The act, itself, is therapeutic for me. In my battle with existential depression, I must wage the fight, and I do. As a physician, I'm very happy in this mission of social good, and personal survival. It's philosophical and psychological, and for me, not religious if religion requires theism. PNHP, Single Payer, T.R. Reid, Maggie Mahar, and now, change.org have provided me with enlightenment and inspiration, and change.org is very provocative as a forum of largely like-minded and thoughtful progressives. Orange County is not overflowing with such folks. So I find myself, while I'm focusing on Health Care as a political issue, in fact, a timely imperative, turning more to change.org, than the wonderful community of Live Journal. At LJ, I can rant and rave... like this... about Porsches, and college football, and an occasional movie, and WW II history. But, I wander from my topic. I agree with William Tsaio, Harvard health economist, when he says: "Before you can set up a health care system for any country, you have to know that country's basic ethical values. The first question is: Do people in your country have a right to health care? If the people believe that medical care is a basic right, you design a system that means that anybody who is sick can see a doctor. If a society considers medical care to be an economic commodity, then you set up a system that distributes health care based on the ability to pay. And then the poor are pretty much left out."
He's right! And that's it in one clear paragraph. Guess where every other industrialized nation is and where we are, and that's why we just popped up as #30 in an assessment of infant mortality. If the first question is one of ethics and morality, who better than to consult then the clergy. So I did, and I turned to a most liberal rabbi, the rabbi of the synagogue to which Lin and I belong, because of our ethnic tie to the Jewish community and our Jewish heritage. This is the synagogue and the rabbi that accept Jewish atheists. This is a start: Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 9:00 PM To: civilliberty.guide@about.com Cc: Rabbi Arnold Rachlis; Michael Malouf, M.D. Subject: Health Care as a Moral Imperative Inspired by this column s Universal Health Care a Human Right?
By Tom Head, About.com and by T.R. Reid: “The Healing of America; A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper and Fairer Health Care.” Going beyond the definition of a right, I feel that health care, universally accessible and available to all residents in our country, is inferred in the social contract of our participation as human beings, as social animals, mammals that live in a group, and protect our young. We extend the biology, as reasoning creatures, to justify our values, and we create social institutions to advance our common interests. I’m a member of one of those bodies, the profession of medicine, which I entered, truly, to help my fellow man. I’ve been doing it for 45 years, never questioning the value of helping my fellow men in distress. I’m a secular humanist atheist, but I have values.... Human life. I’m surrounded by a nation of church goers, and I wonder why the guardians of morality aren’t in the forefront of this fight for health care justice. Where’s the clergy and the evangelists? If this isn’t right vs wrong, I don’t know what is, but where are those folks who quote the scriptures? Help! Where do I find the members of the clergy to ask this question? Inspired by this column <http://civilliberty.about.com/od/equalrights/f/health-care-human-right.htm> Laurence Lewin, M.D. Santa Ana, CA .... and this was the response: Dear Larry, In general, you are right, but there have been ads and letters that I've signed along with hundreds of clergy. We also talked by phone with President Obama to give him support, as well. Thanks for writing. B'shalom, Arnie Now what does he mean, "in general"? Current Mood:  contemplativeCurrent Music: 89.3 KPCC - Southern California Public Radio - | | Thursday, October 29th, 2009 | | 9:32 am |
| | Monday, October 26th, 2009 | | 11:43 am |
Classmates Health Care Forum
Tripped across this in Classmates: A discussion group. Common Sense Health Reform Bryan Wilson Started: Oct 24 2009 10:42am PST It seems like everyone on capitol hill is looking at reforming insurance. Until the cost of care is lowered, we don't have a chance of any insurance decrease. Tort reform will lower doctors malpractice premiums. The panels currently being discussed will save medicare and medicaid 54 billion. What would this save private insurance companies and self funded companies? Eliminate waiting periods for new hires. This will cover many current uninsured. Require all full time employees to carry insurance. Many young people don't carry it, making the average rated age higher. The younger ones will lower the average ages, therefore lowering rates. Make higher copays for emergency room visits for non emergency treatment. Emergency rooms charge extremely higher rates than clinics. Require medicaid patients to go to clinics instead of the emergency rooms. With the government insurance option, the providers will all get reimbursed at medicare rates. They will be unable to stay in business if that is all they are paid. Eventually all of our hospitals and doctors will be government run. We WILL lose many of our precious providers. They will retire, or go into other businesses. Just ask your own doctor what they would do if 100% of their income is paid by medicare next year. See what they tell you, then reply. Let's work on reducing cost in a common sense way that we all will win in this needed reform. By the way. Health Insurance Companies average 3% profit currently. Many of them are non profit carriers. Pleasee urge your congress men and women, and senators of your state to use bi-partisan common sense, and get a health cost bill passed. my reply
Wow! Are you the perfect setup! Hi there. I'm a doctor. Been one since 1962. Still practice.
I've been unsuccessfully involved in health care reform since 1958. I was one of those nephrologists who was deferred from the Viet Nam War because more people were dying from kidney failure in California than were dying of kidney failure in the war. Because we didn't have enough trained doctors and nurses and artificial kidney machines, I was rationing medical care to the lucky few with insurance, or lack of complications, and people were dying right and left. It was no fun being a nephrologist and having to play god.
In 1973, Medicare singled out a disease entity, End Stage Renal Disease, and put this category into Medicare. Today, hundreds of thousands of people are alive because of Medicare.
"With the government insurance option, the providers will all get reimbursed at medicare rates. They will be unable to stay in business if that is all they are paid." There's a germ of truth in this. It's no way to get rich, and no way to pay back your medical school loans, but, there are some of us who became doctors because we believed in medicine as a profession, not as a profit center!
You ignore the first question that must be asked: "Is health care a human right?" Every other industrialized nation has answered that question in the affirmative. And they all have better health care, for all, at less cost. Try reading T.R. Reid: "The Healing of America." Current Music: 89.3 KPCC - Southern California Public Radio - | | Monday, October 19th, 2009 | | 8:15 pm |
Money Driven Medicine
Money Driven Medicine is a book by a former Yale University English professor, Maggie Mahar, and a documentary based on her book. It is extremely timely, and it speaks not only to me, but for me. | | Sunday, October 18th, 2009 | | 6:01 pm |
Football and Movies
As I'm relatively free to think and write for the moment, I want to salute a few teams. USC held on to beat a very motivated Irish team, and I need to see what happened in the Notre Dame comeback. The Trojans managed to hold on, however. Their idiotic self-inflicted wounds, penalties right and left, helping the Irish, could have done them in, so they'd better clean up their act. Georgia Tech for a great show at Virginia Tech, and a very interesting offense, the triple option, that will give defensive coordinators fits. Alabama for soundly whipping a stubborn South Carolina team. I still don't feel like I know the Tide, but the way they're winning in the SEC is very impressive. However, watch out for visiting Vols, who are tuning up and whose quarterback looked like a weapon... at last, a week ago. California! Those poor Bears after blowouts against Oregon and USC, they came to life again, and showed what they could do against my poor, sad Bruins. Washington with a great turn around in one year and a new attitude. They were beaten at Arizona State in a very good game. It would not surprise me to see the Huskies upset the Ducks next week. Stanford is a team that I really like for Andrew Luck, a freshman QB and the consistent blue collar, Toby Garehart who is a pulverizing runner. They lost to Arizona, and I didn't get to see it because Direct TV is fighting with Comcast, and Versus isn't shown on Direct. Poor Oklahoma with an another injury to Sam Bradford, who seems to be a really admirable person. Texas and Colt McCoy look to deserve a high ranking, though they are fortunate not to be in the SEC or the Pac10. Oklahoma's freshman QB looks promising, but the Miami freshman QB looks even better. Lin got it into her head to rent some movies and picked one great one, State of Play, with Russell Crowe and Ben Affleck. It deserved its 84% on the Tomatometer. Duplicity, 64%, was dreadful. We stopped in the middle. I was delighted to see the Saints and Drew Brees wallop Eli and the Giants, and very, very sorry for the Angels on a cold and rainy day in New York. | | 12:56 pm |
Scott Fujita, "A Linebacker With a Conscience."
It looks like a great day for New Orleans as they lead another unbeaten team, the New York Giants, by a lot of points. Sitting on the sideline with a leg injury is a 6' 5" linebacker with the curious name of Scott Fujita. Funny, he doesn't look Japanese! I remembered having a high regard for him when he was a college. I remembered he played in the Pac 10, but I couldn't remember where, so I looked him up, first in Google and then to an excellent article by David Fleming, "Linebacker With a Conscience."If you think that football is simply barbarism and the players, barbarians, read this article. Fujita was raised in a traditional Japanese family, was deeply affected by the unconstitutional deprivation of civil liberties sustained by his grandmother, whom he considers to be the bravest person he has ever known. Amongst his accomplishments are degrees in Political Science from the University of California, a Masters in Education, recognition as an academic as well as a football standout, and the courage to speak out for gay rights. When you watch the Saints, keep your eye on Number 55! He's far more than an excellent football player. | | Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009 | | 5:43 pm |
PNHP Meeting
I'm going to take a break for my sanity. I'm going to a Physicians for a National Health Program The author of "The Healing of America," T. R. Reid, will be the keynote speaker. I need to recharge my batteries. Crystal Cruises seem a long way away/ At leas the Bruins are undefeated... and won't lose this week, either. They have a bye! Current Music: 89.3 KPCC - Southern California Public Radio - | | 5:19 pm |
Part of What's Wrong With Health Care
Two patients with potential live-related donors and a jump in the creatinine to about 7. Need to get a transplant, quick, or an AV fistula for anticipated dialysis in less than 3 months. I have 2 secretaries, no nurses, no coordinators. Two different insurance companies. One patient is on a transplant list already as I've followed her for 3 years. The transplant center decides it isn't going to do any more transplants on Medicaid patients. They aren't paid enough! So they transfer the records to the other transplant center, I think! In the last 24 hours, I've made 3-4 calls to the transplant center to get the show on the road. They've got a lot of secretaries, co-ordinators and other bodies to get the show on the road,and they've got their rituals and protocol, and it isn't going to happen, predictably, fast enough, so I have to act as though its an impossibility, and prepare for dialysis by having an AV fistula placed for anticipated dialysis. This is not optimal, but I can't deal with other institution's inertia, or whip insurance companies into line. If he gets transplant after a fistula is placed, the surgery is an expensive and unnecessary waste. I have to remember my role in this complex mechanism, and the limitations of what I can and can't control. I know what good medicine is. I know what patient centered medicine is. And I know what I'm up against. I'm just pissed off and frustrated. Current Mood: very pissed off!Current Music: 89.3 KPCC - Southern California Public Radio - | | Thursday, September 17th, 2009 | | 1:00 pm |
Letter to Senator Feinstein on Health Care
I'm one of the 63% of American physicians recently surveyed by authors for an article that appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine, who favor inclusion of a public option in any healthcare reform. The cost of healthcare is out of control and getting worse. Senator Baucus has become the Neville Chamberlain of health care reform. I urge you to accept nothing less than a public option in forthcoming legislation. Join Senators Nelson Rockefeller and Bernie Sanders in insisting that their be, at the least, a public option. This will cost me income! There are bigger things than money. I have 7 children and 10 grandchildren, and this could be th bill that extends Medicare to the entire U.S. Population. If you do it as Single Payer, there will be no deficit spending. If you can't go all the way, at least don't sell out, and become a member of the flock of Republican-appeasers that seems to have forgotten who won the last election, and why! | | Tuesday, September 15th, 2009 | | 6:28 am |
63% Physicians Favor a Choice Including a Public Option
Thanks to NPR and the New England Journal of Medicine, there is a latest word. “September 14, 2009 Among all the players in the health care debate, doctors may be the least understood about where they stand on some of the key issues around changing the health care system. Now, a new survey finds some surprising results: A large majority of doctors say there should be a public option. When polled, “nearly three-quarters of physicians supported some form of a public option, either alone or in combination with private insurance options,” says Dr. Salomeh Keyhani. She and Dr. Alex Federman, both internists and researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, conducted a random survey, by mail and by phone, of 2,130 doctors. They surveyed them from June right up to early September. Most doctors — 63 percent — say they favor giving patients a choice that would include both public and private insurance. That’s the position of President Obama and of many congressional Democrats. In addition, another 10 percent of doctors say they favor a public option only; they’d like to see a single-payer health care system. Together, the two groups add up to 73 percent. When the American public is polled, anywhere from 50 to 70 percent favor a public option. So that means that when compared to their patients, doctors are bigger supporters of a public option.” http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112839232And, hooray for San Francisco and its leap forward. | | Tuesday, September 8th, 2009 | | 9:17 pm |
Reclaiming the Healthcare Battle
Ideas for the battle ahead from Grit TV The big speech is tomorrow night, and I'm up for more demonstrations and vigils. If we can't get a public option, the insurance companies and the Republicans have won again, and done on it lies and fears. | | Tuesday, August 25th, 2009 | | 4:10 pm |
| | 3:47 pm |
One Nephrologist to Another about Single Payer
Medicine and Opera is a blog by a distinguished nephrologist, Neil Kurtzman, M.D., subtitled "Comments and reviews of opera, music, and medicine." It is the latter that claims my attention, as I searched to answer to the question of what was the real overhead in Medicare? Dr. Kurtzman has a distinguished resume, and we share some experience in a common field, but we have drawn very different conclusions from our experience. In response to this entry, I've posted the following on his blog, and invited him over to mine. Neil Kurtzman Says: August 14, 2009 at 7:57 am | Reply They don’t. Very few doctors in practice want a single payer plan. The AMA represents less than a third (and shrinking) of America’s physicians most of whom consider it a relic. If you subtract students and doctors in training, who get free memberships, almost of whom drop the membership when its no longer free the fraction is much smaller. More and more doctors refuse to take new Medicare patients who don’t have supplementary insurance. Medicare’s rates don’t cover the expense of an office visit. Laurence Lewin Says: I'm a fellow nephrologist and all I do is see patients. The lucky ones have Medicare, those less fortunate, but still lucky, have Medicaid (MediCal.) And there are some even less fortunate who are "insured" under the category, in Orange County, CA, of "MSI," Medical Services to the Indigent. We don't have a county hospital. These are the people with "insurance." Then, for those who don't have "insurance" there are community clinics that are funded by charity. I have been seeing these patients in this location for 42 years. In 1973, nephrology exploded when the NKF, through extremely effective lobbying, convinced congress that hemodialysis was no longer the "experimental procedure" that many insurance companies classified it as, in the attempt to provide their shareholders with the profits they expected. Do you remember those days, Dr. Kurtzman? Medicare, a Single Payer, suddenly smiled on, no longer only the old and lame, but anyone with a need for dialysis, and nephrology was well on its way to becoming a profit center in health care. A single favored organ and the wizards who made its substitute work helped to prove what Medicare and Single Payer could do in a defined situation. Weren't we nephrologists lucky, and our patients? Not so lucky if you just had diabetes and needed regular doctors visits to avoid the complications that lay ahead. If you didn't get the care, it was no consolation that now you could be rescued from death from uremia, but just in the nick of time. Why not apply universal coverage to the victims of other organ system malfunction? If you wish to cast aside Single Payer, which insurance companies would you like to see compete for the lucrative End Stage Renal Disease market? Not a lot of takers. Not much profit in it, at this point. Bottom line: there isn't enough money to take care of all of the wonderful devices, medicines and tests that science brings to bear on disease. In a democratic society, in the 21st century, health care is a right of citizenship. Flushing money down the drain is a luxury that we can no longer afford. Health care can no longer be looked upon as a sector to be thought of as a profit center for entrepreneurs and profit-making corporations. Single Payer lowers administrative costs, stretching that % of the GDP that is spent on health care and the savings can be directed to cost-effective therapies and prevention. It isn't easy, but someone of your stature should have more creative inspiration than obfuscation. Come on over to my blog, and continue the discussion. Current Mood: fiestyCurrent Music: 89.3 KPCC - Southern California Public Radio - | | Monday, August 24th, 2009 | | 4:54 am |
| | Thursday, August 20th, 2009 | | 11:54 am |
Remote Area Medical Comes to Southern California
This group, which was featured on 60 Minutes, and mentioned in Bill Moyers' Journal came to Inglewood and The Forum, where the Lakers used to play, for a week that ended on Monday. The Los Angeles Times covers the effort as to how this foundation came to an area that wouldn't normally be thought of as a Third World community, but more and more, as the numbers of uninsured and under-insured grows, the United States begins to look like something other than a developed, industrialized nation, with its priorities straight. Of course, it is the priority given to health care for all our citizens that is distorted.This being well into the second week of the month, and with my dialysis clinic rounds largely completed, I found myself with a bit of spare time. This appeared to be a project that was more than a political demonstration, and it was an opportunity to pitch in and help. I was curious to see how RAM would try to meet the healthcare needs of this under-served population. I called the number that California Physicians Alliance had provided and spoke to a friendly lady, telling her that I was a nephrologist, and I'd like to help. She didn't have a lot of details but she said, "Come on down," in a pleasant Tennessean twang. Lin wanted to help, so off we went on Day 2, August 12th, a Wednesday. We parked at the Forum in the volunteer lot. Lin suggested that the right vehicle for the occasion was the Toyota Sienna Minivan, and we were inconspicuous in our studied informality. We were directed to a man at a computer, had our volunteer forms accepted, and without asking for any proof that I had a license, we were ushered into the auditorium and down to the Forum floor where at least 50 dentists were at work, oculists were fitting glasses, and primary care doctors were seeing patients in mobile clinics. I was introduced to a couple of GP's who explained that they were evaluating patients referred from the dental triage area who had high blood pressure. There was an area, previously set aside by an enterprising nephrologist who brought a team of 3 aides, his own medical history form, and I later learned, an arrangement with RAM to run Basic Metabolic Panels, and CBC's, and apparently UA's via dipstick. During the 5 hours that I spent there, over 2 days, he was not physically present, so I used his space, without benefit of the lab tests. It was very primitive. Mostly, I explained hypertension and encouraged appropriate therapy. Without labs, I couldn't safely write prescriptions save for one lady who had symptoms of urinary tract infection, and no previous history of kidney or bladder disease. In all, I saw about 7 patients, and was delighted that one of them, a blind diabetic appeared to be getting excellent advice from a pharmacist, knew what a hemoglobin A1c was, and was doing a great job. It can be done! Mostly, for me, the lesson was that this was a very sub-optimal setting for treating the kind of chronic disease that I spend my life confronting. I need labs, time and followup. People need to be educated and they must somehow be motivated. This setting was fine for dental extractions and eyeglasses, and screening, but in chronic disease, follow up is everything. The nephrologist had a plan, and I hope it worked. It certainly seemed to have good intention, but I wonder about the capacity, in this setting for follow-up. I began to really appreciate Clinica La Amistad, run by St. Joseph Hospital, and Share Our Selves, run by Hoag Hospital Presbyterian, where I have access to the laboratory and imaging services, as well as medical records, and medications. For followup, this nephrologist would still be dealing with uninsured patients, a need for drugs and lab tests, let alone his own remuneration. I have problems enough with CalOptima (Medicaid) and their rigid adherence to drug indications as listed in the FDA-mandated drug enclosure. This ignores that Secondary Hyperparathyroidism occurs in Stages II, IV and V of Chronic Kidney Disease, and gives an indication only for dialysis patients. Nephrologists simply ignore indications when they're dealing with insured patients and prescribe what's medically indicated, in the patient's best interests, but to get this out of some insurance companies and CalOptima, is an impossibility. At the free community clinics, I can come close to practicing the kind of ideal medicine that I would like to practice, but, of course, somebody is paying for the lab tests and drugs, even when there is no remuneration for me. The somebody is the contributor to these non-profits. Anyway, I believe more strongly than ever that Single Payer Health Care is the way to go....Medicare for everybody, and failing that, at least a government option. The Coops are a very lame delaying tactic by the Blue Dogs who are responding to their private sector contributors. Current Music: 89.3 KPCC - Southern California Public Radio - | | Sunday, August 2nd, 2009 | | 3:11 pm |
A Botanical and Gastronomic Adventure with Geoff and Family
Geoff, Jeanie, Jake and Jessica were with us last night and this morning. We went off to Fullerton Arboretum after the Pancake House, and we picked tomatoes and cucumbers, and had Polly's Peach Pie and ice cream, and generally forgot about diets. | | Saturday, August 1st, 2009 | | 11:43 am |
Healthcare and the Honorable John Campbell (CA 48th Congressional District)
Out of the blue, I received the following e-mail from a dialysis nurse I know: VOTE! THIS IS TOO IMPORTANT NOT TO!!! BP Congressman John Fleming ( Louisiana physician) has proposed an amendment that would require congressmen and senators to take the same healthcare plan they force on us (under proposed legislation they are curiously exempt). Congressman Fleming is encouraging people to go on his Website and sign his petition (very simple - just first, last and email). I have immediately done just that at: http://fleming.house.gov/ . Please urge as many people as you can to do the same! If Congress forces this on the American people, the Congressmen should have to accept the same level of health care for themselves and their families THANK YOU IN ADVANCE! Well, Congressman Dr. Fleming and I may not see things exactly the same way, but I'd love to talk to him, as well as my own congressman, the Honorable John Campbell. I didn't think I could sign the petition, but I did write to Congressman Dr. Fleming and sent this copy to my congressman. At least, I live in the district he represents. I sent this off to Congressman Dr. Fleming, and to the Honorable John Campbell, as one of his constituents: Message Subject: HEALTHCARE Message Text: I heard about your proposal that Congressmen and Senators be required to participate in the same program that they pass for all of citizens. Sounds fine to me. As a physician in active practice for the last 42 years, I've had many opportunities, on a daily basis, to experience the impact of government run insurance and private insurance, and for the last 8 years, I've participated in government run insurance, as a beneficiary: Medicare. Count me in the majority of Americans who wish to see a public option in healthcare reform. I've tried to make this clear to my representative in congress, the Honorable John Campbell of CA (48th District) but for some reason, he doesn't want to contact me. I am a small business owner and entrepreneur, and I volunteer 2 days per month to care for uninsured (and often, undocumented) patients with kidney disease. Should you encounter Mr. Campbell, please extend my best wishes, and my invitation to spend some time with me in the trenches of healthcare. Sincerely yours, Laurence Lewin, M.D. (714) 288-9229 | | Thursday, July 30th, 2009 | | 11:37 pm |
| | Monday, July 27th, 2009 | | 9:41 am |
Geoff's Birthday Today
I'm awfully proud of what a great father, husband and son, I have. He's got the creativity all crystalized, and he's the sweetest guy! He doesn't get his modesty from his dad, nor his speed on the court, nor his baseball passion. But I'm one of his earliest fans, as is his mother. Happy Birthday, Ace! Five at one blow! The Brave Little Tailor would be very proud! I am! Some learn by example, and some use their experiences to evolve to a higher plane. My dad would be so proud of the love and devotion that Geoff has for his wife and family, let alone his brother. His mom and I wanted to have children who were close, but we couldn't have known how close they would be. | | Saturday, July 4th, 2009 | | 6:09 am |
Wimbledon: Great Semi-Final
I took the afternoon off, yesterday It's 4th of July weekend, and I didn't feel like making the usual 100 mile circuit, with the increasing afternoon traffic, and at least 2 patients not coming for treatment. Lin and I watched the match between Roddick and Murray. It was a great match, and I admit to being torn. Roddick prevailed, deservedly, but Murray, seeded 3, played very well, and carried the burden of the British hope of a first Wimbledon finalist since 1938. I was rooting for who ever played best, and it turned out to be America's Andy, and I won't hold it against him that he is from Lincoln, Nebraska. Murray will be in the thick of it for years to come, but this may be Roddick's last best chance. As much as I like Federer, I'll be rooting for Roddick on Sunday. There really is nothing like Wimbledon. I'd have loved to see a Britain, and a Scot, at that, win Wimbledon this year, but with Roddick having a near hopeless record against Federer, I'll have my underdog. It would be a great win for Roddick. Murray will be back. Happy July 4th! I have to go to work! |
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