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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (33283)	12/27/2013 6:54:53 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

I do remember doctors not advertizing. I am not suggesting that they should advertize. Nothing I wrote suggests that. I haven't criticized those fine doctors who are so good they need only word of mouth to fill their practices. My only point is that doctors who operate outside the insurance system are hard to find and I think that some third party listing them so they are more easily located by those in need is a great public service.

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (33283)	12/28/2013 6:04:05 PM
From: i-node	1 Recommendation Recommended By TimF Respond to of 42652

>> It wasn't too long ago, that it was an unwritten rule that doctors or their organizations didn't advertise at all...... It wasn't an unwritten rule. It was specifically included in most professions' codes of ethics. The same was true of CPAs when I went into public practice. And federal government, in its wisdom, decided that professions cannot prohibit their memberships from advertising. Under the law, because it restrains competition. So, if you have an issue with doctors advertising, take it up with your government regulators. But the reality is that the prohibition on advertising was an anti-consumer provision that was designed to protect the professions' memberships.