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Politics : A US National Health Care System?

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To: Glenn Petersen who wrote (1330)	9/27/2006 7:33:41 PM
From: Lady Lurksalot	Read Replies (2) of 42652

Glenn, from your posted article "DOCTORS PER 1,000 RESIDENTS (2002) . . . "Note: Excludes doctors of osteopathy and federally employed physicians." Doctors of osteopathy (DOs) should not be excluded. Over the last many years, DOs have achieved parity with MDs, up to and including performing cardiac surgery, orthopedic surgery, et cetera. Yes, some specialties (notably obstetrics) have severe shortfalls of practicing physicians, the biggest reason for this being the exorbitant cost of their malpractice insurance, which often approaches six figures. As for trying to find specialists during off hours, most hospitals make it a condition of hospital staff privileges that physicians agrees to be available for a certain amount of on-call time to treat emergencies. - Holly

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