[DB]

Wrong.

She took the example given knowing she wasn't going to be paid what her time was worth. In other words it was basically charity. She would have very likely made more money not accepting such patients. So who is going to care for these people if no one is willing to see them?

Most businesses can't afford to run their business as a part time charity. Nor should they be expected to.

[CharacterCounts]

Was she foed to take this patient? Was she a volunteer?

She cannot have it boh ways.

amone of those much hated (on this forum) lawyers. I volunteer to accept court appointed indigent cases. I was recent compensated $125.00 for a case which took about 12 hours of my time and rerquired 5 sepearte court hearings. Am I complaining? No - because I was a volunteer.

This whiny doc wants to have it both ways. She wants to accept indigents and have someone else pay her the going rate. That someone else is ultimately you and me the taxpayer.

[CharlesWayneCT]

I guess it's charity, but it's not like she LOSES money treating these people, she loses her TIME.

If she had a business where she was turning away paying patients, then she could suggest she was losing money.

If not, she might actually come out ahead taking these patients in her down times, because otherwise she'd be sitting around making nothing.