[Harrius Magnus]

You are either a provider or affiliated. You speak the truth. The "trusted" group of GYNs we use for our patient's just totally redid their services menu, from meet and potatoes to Botox, massage therapy, and pregnancy body molding (WTF?), among other things. Folks will pay cash on the head for these services, but boy, so much as misplace one digit on a ICD9 code and you will generate hours of misery for a patient and practice alike. This is everybody's problem, in the big picture.

[Fairview]

The point I am trying to make is that the average person thinks that the average doctor is "rich," and has no idea that (a) most doctors these days are comfortable but far from being rich, and some have real financial problems, (b) the headaches and risks of practicing medicine in the present economic climate is making a lot of them consider leaving the practice of medicine altogether, and (c) their compassion is not in short supply, especially considering that all work done for elderly and Medicaid patients is charity care.