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To: Doc Bones who wrote (6238)	7/9/2008 8:25:28 AM
From: kenhott	Respond to of 7143

<Dr. Whitecar, an oncologist for 34 of his 68 years, says he's "frustrated and angered" by the need to dislocate his patients, but he says he doesn't have any choice. He says his practice is now solvent after being as much as $2 million in debt to his drug supplier.> <One result: After almost a decade of rising salaries, oncologists' median income was roughly flat in 2006 and 2007, at about $360,000.> <While drug companies stress their financial aid programs for needy patients, oncologists say navigating these programs can take weeks of paperwork and phone calls. Wayne Keiser of the Redwood Regional Medical Group of Santa Rosa, Calif., says his practice hired three dedicated "financial counselors" whose job is to handle the bureaucratic process and paperwork needed to obtain free or discounted cancer drugs.> A lot going on here but I won't get our my hanky just yet for all the onco. No doubt things are changing. No doubt there is more work for the dollar for the onco. No doubt a few oncos are really being financially hurt. That is I think may just be the general trend for all health care. Like try being a GP. But if things are really as bad as the tone of the article, all the patients would be getting their drugs some place else other than the onco office. I guess the docs didn't mention that the branded drug companies really hate it when they tell them "Help me or I am going to stop prescribing your drug". And maybe that is partially how those million dollar accounts get figured out at the end. So is this article about having to do more work for the same dollar? Sounds like most working people these days. If I had an onco practice, I would LOVE to have enough business to be able to afford 3 dedicated financial counselors. :) ----------------------- Not long ago I found out an old friend of mine was killed in a place no one cares about, with people who are yesterday's news. I think she was doing more work for the same dollar too. ----------------------- These are the days of the open hand They will not be the last Look around now These are the days of the beggars and the choosers This is the year of the hungry man Whose place is in the past Hand in hand with ignorance And legitimate excuses The rich declare themselves poor And most of us are not sure If we have too much But we’ll take our chances Because God’s stopped keeping score I guess somewhere along the way He must have let us all out to play Turned his back and all Gods children Crept out the back door And its hard to love, there’s so much to hate Hanging on to hope When there is no hope to speak of And the wounded skies above say it’s much, much too late Well maybe we should all be praying for time These are the days of the empty hand Oh you hold on to what you can And charity is a coat you wear twice a year This is the year of the guilty man Your television takes a stand And you find that what was over there is over here So you scream from behind your door Say what’s mine is mine and not yours I may have too much but I’ll take my chances Because God’s stopped keeping score And you cling to the things they sold you Did you cover your eyes when they told you That he can’t come back Because he has no children to come back for Its hard to love there’s so much to hate Hanging on to hope when there is no hope to speak of And the wounded skies above say its much too late So maybe we should all be praying for time -------------- Just some song lyric. Nothing a cup of coffee can't cure. :)