I have patients in the US under HMO care that are suffering unnecessarily from denial of care.
I am organizing already to counter this immoral conduct and have publicly alleged misconduct by local hospital executives.
This action will amplify as the abuses grow more apparent and the death/suffering grows more obvious.
what kind of medicine do you do?
Actually, I am a research chemist. The "doc" in doc30 was a nickname I was given at work since I am one of the original PhDs in the research facility where I work. However, my work is related to medical devices and I have friends in the medical profession in both Canada and the U.S. My wife is also trying to get into the pharmacy program at UF. Also, since I am Canadian, I have consumer experience in both systems of health care.
Once, when visiting family, I became extremely sick and needed to see a doctor in Ontario. Sice I was out of the country for several years, I had to pay $28 Cdn out of pocket to cover the doctor visit and the lab tests. It was so cheap it wasn't worth filing for insurance when I got home. The prescriptions ran about $20 Cdn for a course of antibiotics. On the other hand, when I see a doctor in the U.S., the exams seem to be more thorough.