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To: Carolyn who wrote (6224)	11/14/1999 9:40:00 PM
From: faqsnlojiks	Respond to of 7442

Agree 100 percent!

To: Carolyn who wrote (6224)	11/14/1999 10:12:00 PM
From: Blue Snowshoe	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 7442

Carolyn, I was not talking about people who are in medicine for the right reasons. I'm talking about people who profit from it and from perks. This all started with a very simple fact I stated, many doctors get free lunches or treated better than other people. This is a fact. Medicine and how doctors practice medicine is and has changed. HMOs changed it, doctors used to own hospitals and decide what went on, corporations do now. We all know how things work, a corporation tries to make money. If you work for a HMO,help them make money, take money from them, a simple fact then is you are doing it for the money. That is the black and white result of it all. It doesn't matter what that doctor may have in his head about how only he can save the world, MONEY got made. That is the bottom-line. You see more patients you make more money, that is bottom-line too. Sure there are doctors who love what they do but there are some out to make money too. And that is what I'm talking about, the practice of seeing as many patients as you can, in as little time as you can. Order as many test as you can. Bill as much as you can. So to you and Joe and anyone out there I say, if the shoe fits, wear it, if it doesn't give it to your brother (or something like that). I for one find it a little funny people defending doctors who get free meals or make more money by seeing more patients. These are just stated facts. And I do know what I'm talking about. As for doctors, I've have the good fortune to work with some of the greats. They always seem to be the guys with no doctor ego and often act like regular guys. Likewise I've seen medicare fraud by doctors who you had to wonder just what kind of school they went to, if any. It's this "the money doesn't matter" crap from doctors and their families or friends that sets me off. It does matter or they would work for free. Money does matter and money is why MOST doctors are in such a hurry. Now I could be totally honest and state that I also believe that ego or money makes most doctors become doctors in the first place but no need to start WWIII. If it had been stated that money didn't matter to the medical person or doctor that got killed in action, I might agree. I guess we all have a different yard stick. As for the guy that makes a buck off of medicine, money matters that's why they don't work for free. That is why MBW comes after MD, not VW. BLUE