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To: bentway who wrote (535811)	12/11/2009 12:37:23 PM
From: combjelly	Respond to of 1577178

"The doctors under socialized medicine get paid the same, no matter how long they spend with a patient." That is one factor. Another is that we have a far more labor intensive system. Which leads to mistakes.

To: bentway who wrote (535811)	12/11/2009 12:48:34 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 1577178

>>> The doctors under socialized medicine get paid the same, no matter how long they spend with a patient. And instead of patients "queued" up in the waiting rooms, they're "queued up" in their homes waiting for 6-18 months, waiting to GET to the waiting room. We have a shortage of doctors in this country. It will get worse when you cut their pay, which the current legislation will do. But it is still a hell of a lot better than almost any other country. Is this really that complicated?

To: bentway who wrote (535811)	12/11/2009 2:02:48 PM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 1577178

My understanding is the NHS and similar socialist entities do the same ... for a similar reason - to save money: doctors are forced by insurance providers and the HMO's they work for to see a certain number of patients a day, limit time to X numbers of minutes per patient. I know with my own doctor, it resembles speed dating - the patients are cued up in exam rooms, which the doctor zooms through.. The doctors under socialized medicine get paid the same, no matter how long they spend with a patient. Actually doctors here aren't forced by insurance providers to see X number of patients. Insurance companies don't care. HMO's where docs are on salary, sure, they're similar to the NHS etc.