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The doctor won't see you now
The Washington Times ^
| 26 Oct 03
| By Paul Rosenzweig/Trent England
Posted on 10/27/2003 6:20:43 AM PST by .cnI redruM
Edited on 07/12/2004 4:09:44 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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At the rate things are going, it won't be long before the term "veteran doctor" becomes an oxymoron, judging from a report by the American Association of Physicians and Surgeons. And if that happens, we'll have only ourselves
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Editorial; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: beaurocracy; healthcare; medicare
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>>>>>The report revealed that two-thirds of the doctors in America are thinking of retiring early. Most want out, it said, because of "increased government interference" and "increased hassles with Medicare."
Add The Perscription Drug Panderation Act and this number will get worse. Also, Doctors will stop griping and start voting with their feet.
To: .cnI redruM
My sister-in-law was a big fan of scoialized medicine until she got sick working in England.
To: .cnI redruM
The Krizeks' case illustrates the grave danger of blurring the line between criminal and civil law.
I'd say the case illustrates the grave danger of allowing government to intrude into areas outside those specifically designated for it by our Constitution.
To: .cnI redruM
And if that happens, we'll have only ourselves actually, our government to blame. ...and the trial lawyers, and our refusal to enact sensible tort reform.
To: .cnI redruM; secret garden
AAPS members are the Lyndon La Rouches of the medical profession. While I don't doubt that their poster children in this instance may have done something wrong, trust the AAPS to spin it in the worst light.
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posted on
10/27/2003 6:30:18 AM PST
by
CholeraJoe
(I got hemoglobin, you got hemoglobin, all God's children got hemoglobin)
To: babyface00
People have forgotten that. They just keeping thinking they can protect themselves from consequence if they vote for yet another panderation.
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posted on
10/27/2003 6:30:43 AM PST
by
.cnI redruM
(The September 11th attacks were clearly Clinton's most consequential legacy. - Rich Lowry)
To: CholeraJoe
Isn't it a requirement to be in DWB as well? ;)
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posted on
10/27/2003 6:32:24 AM PST
by
secret garden
(Courage is not the lack of fear. It is acting in spite of it. - Mark Twain)
To: .cnI redruM
And then there are those in the medical field that routinely gauge the system fradulently and are never caught. e.g. the oxygen tank suppliers.
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posted on
10/27/2003 6:33:31 AM PST
by
sandydipper
(Never quit - never surrender!)
To: secret garden
Probably. Birkenstock wearing granola munchers.
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posted on
10/27/2003 6:36:52 AM PST
by
CholeraJoe
(I got hemoglobin, you got hemoglobin, all God's children got hemoglobin)
To: CholeraJoe
Volvo-driving, share-the-road stickered, democrat voting hippies.
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posted on
10/27/2003 6:39:36 AM PST
by
secret garden
(Courage is not the lack of fear. It is acting in spite of it. - Mark Twain)
To: 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
I remember hearing a story about a gynocologist who refused to accept lawyers or their spouses as patients because of the malpractice insurance he had to pay. This needs to become prevalent, throughout the entire Chamber of Commerce, until they compromise and present their own version of tort reform as a basis of discussion and compromise.
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posted on
10/27/2003 6:39:48 AM PST
by
.cnI redruM
(The September 11th attacks were clearly Clinton's most consequential legacy. - Rich Lowry)
To: sandydipper
I agree, medicare breeds dishonesty. The Prescription Drug Panderation Act will prove even worse.
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posted on
10/27/2003 6:40:37 AM PST
by
.cnI redruM
(The September 11th attacks were clearly Clinton's most consequential legacy. - Rich Lowry)
To: .cnI redruM
The story is entirely believable. I've heard of similar investigations and extortions by the government. Their latest whipping boy is the pharmaceutical industry who pay up to avoid long and costly battles. I also understand that such payments stay within the Justice Department to further their investigations of others and for other uses. Sort of like a bonus to the prosecutors.
Gee, I hope their not listening.
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posted on
10/27/2003 6:43:00 AM PST
by
Gennaro
To: Gennaro
THat supports the old Ayn Rand thesis of statists using law enforcement agencies as a protection racket.
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posted on
10/27/2003 7:05:40 AM PST
by
.cnI redruM
(The September 11th attacks were clearly Clinton's most consequential legacy. - Rich Lowry)
To: .cnI redruM
I have two friends who gave up their medical practices completely to pursue other careers.
To: RadioAstronomer
How ironic, so has Gov. Dean.
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posted on
10/27/2003 7:17:24 AM PST
by
.cnI redruM
(The September 11th attacks were clearly Clinton's most consequential legacy. - Rich Lowry)
To: sandydipper
"And then there are those in the medical field that routinely gauge the system fradulently and are never caught. e.g. the oxygen tank suppliers."
My first wife died at home of lung cancer, I learned that I could buy oxygen at the welding supply for a fraction of what the delivered tanks cost. Medical suppliers try to tell you that there is a big difference but they lie. I had to rent an accumulator for several months and I probably paid more in three months than the danged thing was actualy worth. Medical supply is a ripoff business, I bought a used hospital bed, a wheelchair, a bedside toilet and a walker for her for what one month of rental would have cost for the same items and I resold them after her death.
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posted on
10/27/2003 7:31:13 AM PST
by
RipSawyer
(Mercy on a pore boy lemme have a dollar bill!)
To: RadioAstronomer
"I have two friends who gave up their medical practices completely to pursue other careers."
What careers did they take up? Just curious.
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posted on
10/27/2003 7:44:28 AM PST
by
tjg
To: tjg
I know an allergist who quit medicine in his early 50's and became an investment banker.
A number of physicans leave practice and go into some form of medical administration. A neurosurgeon here left his practice and became a VP in the local hospital. There are probably jobs in the pharmaceutical industry for which physicians might qualify.
I am 55 and cannot afford financially to switch careers. I will ride it out for 10 more years.
My daughter was wise enough not to go into medicine. She has a PharmD. degree and makes 6 figures plus bennies working as a pharmacist for CVS without all the hassles I have to put up with.
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posted on
10/27/2003 12:46:47 PM PST
by
SC DOC
To: secret garden; CholeraJoe
No nuke, ban the automobile solar-power-lovin' anti-gun Birkenstock-wearing lesbian-wannabe Yugo-driving share-the-road stickered granola-munching unwashed flower-power free-loving tie-died democrat voting Hippy-freaks on acid.
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posted on
10/27/2003 12:52:05 PM PST
by
Lazamataz
(I am the extended middle finger in the fist of life.)
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