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To: Don Green who wrote (19458)	6/23/2017 4:53:47 PM
From: The Ox	2 Recommendations Recommended By Don Green John Pitera Respond to of 33421

3 or 4 years ago, my Dr. told me that the insurance company would only allow him 15minutes with me and that if I wanted to have him deal with multiple issues, I would need to schedule multiple 15 minute appointments. Yes, malpractice insurance and lawsuits are a major burden and have had a disastrous effect on every aspect of healthcare. Hospitals too often have an adversarial relationship with the doctors and their groups. Many times this is due to some bean counter or upper management type with blinders on, trying to siphon off "new" revenue streams. There's plenty of fairly easy ways to reduce a substantial amount of the mess. But it takes all sides. I can point fingers everywhere. Take the alcoholic who drinks through his 2nd liver, then demands that the state, or Medicare/caid pay for a 3rd one.

To: Don Green who wrote (19458)	6/25/2017 9:23:01 AM
From: John Pitera	1 Recommendation Recommended By Don Green Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 33421

Hi Don, and what kind of care could doctors give us in the 1950's... I was glancing at a new book on Joe Dimaggio. Dinner with DiMaggio: Memories of An American Hero May 9, 2017 by Dr. Rock Positano and John Positano It was written by the a foot doctor who became DiMaggio's close friend the last decade of his life, and he mentions right in the beginning the botched.... or very bad heel surgery that Joe D had in 1950 or so that helped to end his career.. The doctor who knew DiMaggio late in his life felt that DiMaggio had a compartmentalized life... where the time and people he knew in Florida, California and New York were all different and knew different sides of him. I find that medical care varies quite dramatically these days .... choosing your doctor and and having access to good ones has never been as critical as these days with the huge advances in medicine.. medical technology, and medical access to information. John