Most of the hospitals here have bought out the individual practices, so the Docs work for the medical/industrial complexes. There are very few private practices around here anymore. From the patients point of view, the practices are run better now - the wait to see the Doc is considerably less, billing is more accurate, etc.
All of my friends who became doctors went the ROTC route - free school in return for four years of service (after internship). I haven't asked my new GP how he wnt through med school - might remember to do so next year when I see him again, or might not. On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 12:50 PM, G Mann <g2ma...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you, all points well made. The "health care system" has gotten out > of hand. There are minds great enough to find viable solutions, where are > they? Why are they not being heard? > > An elephant is, after all, a mouse built by a government program.... > > I offer the idea that we educate children to care for themselves and others > with basic first aid and perhaps advanced care. When I was age 4 a dog bit > my ear off... my Grandmother sewed it back on, with nothing but grit and > skill [she was a great seamstress btw.] She had raised 11 children at a > time when you took care of your own, the country doctor was as good as it > got, and people stood on their own two feet. > > Could we be headed back to that mindset? [BTW, tiny thin scar on the ear.. > not even noticeable, good job Grandmother !] > > Grant... > AZ > > On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 9:30 AM, Rich Thomas < > richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> wrote: > > > > > > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > Subject: Re: [MBZ] prescription costs > > Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2012 11:02:41 -0400 > > From: Rich Thomas <richthomas79TD300@**constructivity.net< > richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> > > > > > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > > > > > > > The military will pick up the tab if the student agrees to give them > > some number of years as a military doc, and I think something like the > > Indian Health Service might do that too but not sure. There are some > > options like that, but none of them address the emerging needs. > > > > The main issue is that a lot of stuff is being pushed down to primary > > care docs who do not really make enough to pay back loans, the > > opportunity cost, and to make a reasonable (and here that can be defined > > different ways, but think about other things you could be doing with > > your education and intelligence) income and have a life (no 80-100hr > > weeks). They might make $100k a year. Or go be a drug rep and make 2x > > that with half the effort, or work for a drug company, or an investment > > bank right out of college and bypass the next 7-10 years of more school > > and debt... you get the idea. > > > > All that said, the idea of gummint generally paying for med school will > > not have a lot of positive effects due to a variety of reasons (you can > > figure that aspect out easily enough). It would make more sense to > > churn out a load of physician assistant types who could handle a lot of > > the snotty noses, belly aches, and low-end damages that a real doc does > > not need to waste time on or devote a lot of overhead to. Put a > > PA-in-a-box in every Walmart or CVS and you could cut costs tremendously > > while triaging a lot of mundane sorts of things, and give the gomers > > some place to go. > > > > --R > > On 7/8/12 12:38 AM, G Mann wrote: > > > >> Question: Wouldn't the population be better served if the government > >> offered to carry the education cost for anyone who wanted to become a > >> doctor? > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________**_________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/< > http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com< > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -- OK Don 2001 ML320 2012 Passat TDI DSG 1997 Plymouth Grand Voyager _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
