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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 07:00 AM Original message |
Half of primary-care doctors in survey would leave medicine |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 07:16 AM Response to Original message |
1. My father preemptively retired at the advent of managed health by companies. |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 08:03 AM Response to Reply #1 |
17. bless him |
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liberalhistorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
80. That's what my former GP I had when I lived in |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
91. My father sold his practice years ago for the same reasons as those |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 05:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
127. my father also got tired of the shit and retired 4-5 years early in 2006 |
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greymattermom (680 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 07:17 AM Response to Original message |
2. Big changes are in store |
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desktop (263 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 07:28 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Why is giving our jobs to foreigners fortunate? |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 07:45 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I think it is fortunate that American doctors will have to compete |
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desktop (263 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 07:59 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. So you are anti jobs for Americans, I bet you love outsourcing to |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 09:10 AM Response to Reply #15 |
38. No, you misunderstand. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 07:33 PM Response to Reply #38 |
129. American doctors have to pay back huge loans for medical school |
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elias7 (913 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 08:27 AM Response to Reply #8 |
25. Making millions? What specialty are they in? |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 09:15 AM Response to Reply #25 |
39. My brother-In-law just sold his practice to a Baltimore Hospital for |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 09:18 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Geez!!!! nt |
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elias7 (913 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 10:58 AM Response to Reply #39 |
62. Bill Frist was a cardiothoracic surgeon, not a primary care doc |
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wolfgangmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 11:37 AM Response to Reply #39 |
72. Say it with me. Surgeons are not family physicians. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:51 PM Response to Reply #39 |
90. Family Physicians vs specialists. There is a huge difference in income. |
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peaches2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 03:02 PM Response to Reply #39 |
110. Some make millions, most don't |
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melm00se (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 03:12 PM Response to Reply #39 |
112. just so we can |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 07:35 PM Response to Reply #39 |
130. How many years did he train? How many parties did he forgo while |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 07:37 PM Response to Reply #130 |
131. Yes... |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 09:28 PM Response to Reply #131 |
132. I went to law school. Doesn't compare to medical school. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 09:17 AM Response to Reply #132 |
136. My sister went to vet school.... |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 09:46 PM Response to Reply #25 |
134. A minimum wage worker will earn over 2/3rd of a million dollars in his or her lifetime |
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crikkett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 08:52 AM Response to Reply #8 |
32. they might have to do their own ironing. |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 10:00 AM Response to Reply #8 |
48. Just, Perhaps, But Not Fortunate |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 10:20 AM Response to Reply #8 |
52. How in the hell can an American doctor... |
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greymattermom (680 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:09 PM Response to Reply #52 |
83. resident salary |
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wolfgangmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 11:33 AM Response to Reply #8 |
70. If your relatives are making millions a year. |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 01:11 PM Response to Reply #8 |
95. My husband is a family physician in private practice |
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greymattermom (680 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:07 PM Response to Reply #5 |
82. actually |
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Rydz777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 08:43 AM Response to Reply #2 |
30. I have great respect for the ability of Indian trained |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
85. nurse practitioners |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 07:18 AM Response to Original message |
3. Saved enough millions???????????? |
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DUlover2909 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 07:40 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. $100k today is the same as $70k in 2001 with US dollar devaluation. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 07:53 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Most Dr's... |
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elias7 (913 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 08:33 AM Response to Reply #13 |
26. Wrong. You have no idea what you are talking about. |
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RattusRattus (11 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 08:36 AM Response to Reply #13 |
28. First |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 09:21 AM Response to Reply #13 |
41. I would guess that you have some kind of personal problem with doctors |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 09:29 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. The reason would be simple... |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 09:48 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. You really, really need to get in touch with reality. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 09:52 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Luckily.... |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 09:59 AM Response to Reply #44 |
46. What part of there will not be enough doctors if you cap salaries do you not understand? |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 10:03 AM Response to Reply #46 |
50. No... |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 10:54 AM Response to Reply #50 |
60. And they, especially britian, have a chronic shortage of doctors |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 11:13 AM Response to Reply #60 |
64. But Britains system |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 11:24 AM Response to Reply #64 |
67. Favorable how? |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 11:36 AM Response to Reply #67 |
71. Like I said... |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 11:41 AM Response to Reply #71 |
73. You aren't charged here |
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wolfgangmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 11:53 AM Response to Reply #50 |
78. Sorry chum |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:06 PM Response to Reply #78 |
81. Uh.... |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 01:46 PM Response to Reply #81 |
97. Japan caps compensation for specific treatments, NOT doctors' salaries |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 02:17 PM Response to Reply #97 |
107. See post 106 nt |
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wolfgangmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 12:39 PM Response to Reply #81 |
137. Uh, no they don't |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 10:50 AM Response to Reply #42 |
57. Great idea |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 11:46 AM Response to Reply #42 |
75. Yes, and a call to healing. Back when medicine was an art, not a science, much less a BUSINESS, |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 10:50 AM Response to Reply #13 |
58. Unless of course you have a 1,500 plus sample... |
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wolfgangmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 11:46 AM Response to Reply #13 |
74. that is not my experience and I know a lot of docs |
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Ramsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:02 PM Response to Reply #13 |
79. Guess I forgot about my trophy wife... |
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bmbmd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:17 PM Response to Reply #79 |
121. No trophy wife? Too bad. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:57 PM Response to Reply #13 |
92. Some are, but not "most". Most I know work their butts off because they want to help people. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 01:06 PM Response to Reply #13 |
94. Oh bullshit |
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desktop (263 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 07:55 AM Response to Reply #6 |
14. You want doctors to make as much as CEOs |
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Changenow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 08:25 AM Response to Reply #6 |
22. They have earned a decent living |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 10:45 AM Response to Reply #6 |
56. As are teachers and law enforcement officers. |
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MichellesBFF (313 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 07:43 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. DR's |
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iamjoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 07:48 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. I'd Go For That |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 07:51 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. When I was at Carolina.... |
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wolfgangmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 01:03 PM Response to Reply #11 |
139. So we should count on someones Daddy...? |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 08:36 AM Response to Reply #7 |
27. That means the tax payers also inherit the |
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wolfgangmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 12:59 PM Response to Reply #27 |
138. Government gets the liability insurance? |
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sentelle (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 08:55 AM Response to Reply #7 |
35. a cap is fine... |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 09:54 AM Response to Reply #7 |
45. i would support the no cost education plan based on merit only |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 01:50 PM Response to Reply #45 |
100. Yes, I was startled to hear from a friend who traveled in Costa Rica |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 10:30 AM Response to Reply #7 |
54. I'd go for figuring out how to help them get low-cost malpractice insurance, as well |
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wolfgangmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 01:08 PM Response to Reply #54 |
140. Single payer will take care of malpractice. |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 07:46 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. It's not the Doctors salaries that are killing us... it's the cut the insurance |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 08:05 AM Response to Reply #9 |
18. Yes. That's the point of the article. |
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uncle ray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 11:15 AM Response to Reply #18 |
65. they are tied together. |
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wolfgangmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 01:47 PM Response to Reply #65 |
141. Your assumption that all doctors are only in medicine to get filthy rich. |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 07:53 AM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Why should doctors have their salaries capped while there are other professions that provide nothing |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 08:00 AM Response to Reply #3 |
16. ... |
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Zuiderelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 11:19 AM Response to Reply #3 |
66. LOL! Yes, that's what I want... a doctor who can hardly make ends meet. |
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lostnfound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 07:20 AM Response to Original message |
4. Back in 2002, 70% were "satisfied" with their careers. |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 08:10 AM Response to Reply #4 |
19. Good pt. It's the current insurance system ... |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 08:15 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. This is what happens when bean counters are allowed to practice medicine |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 08:26 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Truth! |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 10:00 AM Response to Reply #4 |
47. look at your insurance filing, it's the current insurance situation |
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Oak2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 05:28 PM Response to Reply #47 |
126. Odd... I come from a family of dentists, and they all worked (or are working) full-time |
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wolfgangmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 01:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
143. Clinic owner here. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
21. The free market will fix this |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 08:27 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. you forgot the sarcasm icon |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 09:06 AM Response to Reply #24 |
37. Why do I need it anymore? |
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phillysuse (683 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
29. And no one is going into primary care either - |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 09:05 AM Response to Reply #29 |
36. Don't take this the wrong way... |
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wolfgangmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 02:08 PM Response to Reply #36 |
144. This work is critical and hard. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 02:12 PM Response to Reply #144 |
146. See post 142. |
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IsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
31. Bull SHIT!!!! Talk is cheap. Reminds me when half of the Clinton voters said they would not vote |
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investintrains (84 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
33. 1000 vegan MD's |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
34. The whims of insurance companies drive MDs nuts |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 10:06 AM Response to Reply #34 |
51. ok but MDs also need to disclose this |
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peaches2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 03:25 PM Response to Reply #34 |
115. You are so right! |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:49 PM Response to Reply #115 |
124. I hate BCBS |
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peaches2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 06:42 PM Response to Reply #124 |
128. We are both on Medicare now |
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wolfgangmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 02:09 PM Response to Reply #115 |
145. Get your coverage from a bookie. |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
49. half of respondents- NOT HALF OF DOCTORS. |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:47 PM Response to Reply #49 |
86. yes, the title of the article is misleading |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
53. Our health care system HURTS primary care doctors. It's inhumane. |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:48 PM Response to Reply #53 |
87. hear hear! |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
55. Not all doctors are millionaires -- and many don't make all that much money |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
59. require prices of ALL fees be presented in advance IN writing - fixed with NO adjustments |
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lisainmilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
61. Here is a site: Physicians for National Healthcare |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:50 PM Response to Reply #61 |
88. Thank YOU! |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
63. To say that a medical doctor should only make $100K is insane. I know plumbers and |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 11:28 AM Response to Reply #63 |
68. As we nationalize healthcare, sacrifices are going to... |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 11:48 AM Response to Reply #68 |
76. That's bullshit. Where are you getting this idea? |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 11:52 AM Response to Reply #76 |
77. Great Britain and Canada nt. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 01:52 PM Response to Reply #77 |
101. Your assertions have already been debunked upthread |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 02:16 PM Response to Reply #101 |
106. Exact same result.... |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:51 PM Response to Reply #63 |
89. I agree. |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 01:46 PM Response to Reply #63 |
98. another big fat are you crazy. |
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Libertyfirst (583 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 10:56 PM Response to Reply #63 |
135. Thank you for your post. |
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Delphinus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
69. I wonder if |
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tjahome (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
84. I have lurked long enough... |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 01:37 PM Response to Reply #84 |
96. you've never been to britain have you? stop drinking the kool aid, kthnx! |
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ItNerd4life (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 02:01 PM Response to Reply #96 |
103. LOL. You don't live in the UK either, but feel free to criticize other peoples perceptions |
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tjahome (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 02:16 PM Response to Reply #103 |
105. Thanks ItNerd |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 03:04 PM Response to Reply #103 |
111. Apparently you don't live anywhere. |
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tjahome (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 02:13 PM Response to Reply #96 |
104. Wow! Thanks for the lashing! |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 03:18 PM Response to Reply #104 |
113. You should re-read pitohui. |
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tjahome (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 03:37 PM Response to Reply #113 |
116. You make good points |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 03:40 PM Response to Reply #116 |
117. Why don't the good doctors go to cash-only today? |
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tjahome (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 03:48 PM Response to Reply #117 |
118. Some are... |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 03:58 PM Response to Reply #118 |
119. So what would universal healthcare change? |
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tjahome (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:23 PM Response to Reply #119 |
122. All about scale |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:33 PM Response to Reply #122 |
123. Who is suggesting that? |
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tjahome (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:54 PM Response to Reply #123 |
125. Irrational Fear |
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wolfgangmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 02:38 PM Response to Reply #122 |
148. Great. [sarcasm alert] |
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tjahome (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 03:32 PM Response to Reply #148 |
150. You are missing the point of this sub-thread |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 03:25 PM Response to Reply #96 |
114. Maybe Cuba will help us out |
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wolfgangmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 02:24 PM Response to Reply #84 |
147. Cash only medical clinic owner here. |
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RobMan (4 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
93. Agreed....but consider this as well |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 01:48 PM Response to Reply #93 |
99. these are obscene incomes, the median american income is around $40K a year |
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peaches2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:05 PM Response to Reply #99 |
120. Your post is a sad statement |
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Thickasabrick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
102. Meh....let them quit...it's about the money for them....not about the patients. |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
108. Doctors have the most secure jobs out there |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
109. Very interesting, very similar spam in this thread |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
133. What? Internists don't like serving as gatekeepers for HMOs? |
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Londoner (4 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
142. NHS salaries in the UK |
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Sgent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
149. Primary Care Physicians |
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