Sensitivity Lesson - You better watch what you say in today’s Britain.

City Journal ^ | 19 January 2007 | Theodore Dalrymple

[Mr J]

An example of cheap immigrant labor reducing Aetna's costs?

[stanz]

Amazing. More like 1984 every day.

[beachn4fun]

IMO, it still does not change the fact that the doctors could give lower rates for people who can or have to pay out-of-pocket. There is less administrative cost for accepting cash. They make enough money off of insurance companies to still live comfortably.

They still live in nice houses and drive nice cars. I have yet to see a doctor driving an old junker or living in a low-income area.

I for one wouldn't mind paying $50 or so for an office visit as long as it helps to keep the cost of medical insurance down.

[Monterrosa-24]

I agree with you that cash customers should have a lower rate on medical services. It would certainly lower their paperwork.

[Gengis Khan]

I live in Alabama and most doctors I know here are Indians not Pakis or Mohammed Hajee. Sorry to say but you are just a victim of racial stereotype.

[Gengis Khan]

Theodore Dalrymple is just another racist pig like many in his country.

[Monterrosa-24]

I know there are lots of Indians here and that is why so many motels post "American Owned" signs. I know that both Hindu, Christian Indian, and Moslem Indians can be good doctors. But unless I'm referred to one by someone I trust I ain't dragging my child into see one. I would rather go to a Jones than a Sankar all things being equal. Do you think that the ones named Mohammed are Hindu?

[Monterrosa-24]

I know there are lots of Indians here and that is why so many motels post "American Owned" signs. I know that both Hindu, Christian Indian, and Moslem Indians can be good doctors. But unless I'm referred to one by someone I trust I ain't dragging my child into see one. I would rather go to a Jones than a Sankar all things being equal. Do you think that the ones named Mohammed are Hindu?

[Gengis Khan]

You first.

[Gengis Khan]

Most of the gas stations that put up the "American Owned" signs are run by Whites who think they are the only "rightful" Americans in this country.

"I would rather go to a Jones than a Sankar all things being equal."

Which is why I said you are a victim of stereotype. I would have no problem going to any of them but would prefer to go to the one I know or believe is better and that has nothing to so with the name or the ethnicity of the person. And I dont mind even if the name is Mohammad. I know many Muslim doctors who are far better then their White colleagues.

" Do you think that the ones named Mohammed are Hindu? "

In Alabama, wherever there is significant number of South Asians (Huntsville, Birmingham, Montgomery, Mobile) Hindu doctors significantly outnumber Muslims. Just take a look at the campus of UAB and you will find more Hindus then American. Almost 90% of them are studying medicine.

[Monterrosa-24]

If they are so much better than their White colleagues then why do they cheat their butts off in class? I seen it too many times. So yes I don't care what you call me but I would rather go to a "rightful" doctor in Birmingham than in Calcutta.

[Gengis Khan]

"....why do they cheat their butts off in class?"

Ah and now you are claiming Indian are cheaters because they do better than Americans? You sound like a whiner.

Well the doctors I am talking about are ones who have long graduated from their schools and proved their worth in their field of specialization.

Well up to you if want to go to a "rightfully" (inferior) doctor. I would prefer to go to a far superior doctor. Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, "Paki" ....... whatever. Too bad you are scared of the colour or the name or whatever.

[BnBlFlag]

How low the "Free Born English" have sunk.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

“Next time, call him a fat bastard and don’t say anything about his color.”

Right on!

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

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