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To: cAPSLOCK who wrote (517)	3/20/1998 6:46:00 PM
From: BDR	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4634

Continuing off topic: Swing away. In healthcare we are definitely moving from a highly regulated, marketplace with restricted access towards an open market where all ideas can claim a place on the shelf and the consumer can select what they want. There are various factors at work here including the application of antitrust concepts, consumerism, patient's rights, cost, and a history of arrogance on the part of the medical profession. However, the laissez-faire approach also makes opportunities for charlatans as well and they are much better at setting up a scam than the average lay person is at detecting it. Call it paternalism but as a urologist I really do believe I have a better grasp of urological problems than my patients do. Educating them is part of my job. I also think I have a better grasp of the subject than do the family docs, nurse practioners and physician's assistants that will replace me in the new paradigm of managed care. May you invest wisely and grow old but stay healthy doing so. Old age scares me when I think I may have to depend on a cost accountant or an herbalist for care.