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To: krb
Crybabies?

Are we a little jealous? Why the disdain for physicians?
22 posted on 08/29/2002 8:10:54 PM PDT by Chesner
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To: Chesner
He's correct Chesner, many friends of mine were either in the medical field or are looking to leave leave it here in CA.
Lawsuits, middle men, HMOs and lack of treatment being allowed by them make the health industry suck out here.

Doctors used to bill insurance and get most of it paid. Today they say you can bill for $100 and have to settle to $7.
Not worth it at this time like in the 80s.
24 posted on 08/29/2002 8:15:07 PM PDT by A CA Guy
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To: Chesner
Crybabies? Are we a little jealous? Why the disdain for physicians?

No jealousy...I'm tired of their complaining about how bad the practice of medicine has become. In short, I am one of a number of people who think that American physicians are reaping the whirlwind of something that they themselves have sown, and so I give 'em the ol' eye roll when they bitch about premiums rising; they (as are we all) are part of a complicated process that dates back years in its genesis that they themselves helped cause their current state with unchecked greed on the part of their comrades years ago...their problem is not a simple matter of "malpractice insurance rates are too high."

Other threads that have included more details about the facts involved in this issue, and always smoke out a lot of us on the many sides of the issue (there are more than two). Let's not start one here because of your comment or mine.

If you want a fight, don't worry. There will be a US physician fight thread almost every month on FR :-)

37 posted on 08/29/2002 9:33:52 PM PDT by krb
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