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To: Impristine who wrote (352)	4/21/1999 4:36:00 PM
From: AreWeThereYet	Respond to of 376

WOW What did NovaCare do to you?

To: Impristine who wrote (352)	4/22/1999 3:16:00 PM
From: TwoBear	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 376

I don't own NCES but that was a piece of work. That was awesome, maybe you should give up investing and become a poet! 2

To: Impristine who wrote (352)	8/10/1999 12:49:00 AM
From: 10K a day	Respond to of 376

So what do we do NOW? We are where we are.... because of our actions. because of our successes, because of our challenges, because of corporate greed, so what do we do. Should we be condemned as a profession for trying to prove efficacy. Should we be punished, for trying to focus on function. Have you ever heard a medication being judged By whether it improved function, improved mentation, improved spirit, improved coordination, Have you ever seen a profession, So controlled by another interest, So dominated by big business, So damaged by corporate greed, Have you ever seen such a backwards approach, Should we be condemned for trying to be the best clinicians, For making it so simple to understand, For being so good at our jobs, Should we be condemned for that, For always trying to be more efficient, Should we be condemned for trying to understand the problem, Really understand, So we could do the best, Be the best, And help the most, Should we be condemned for that. Should we be condemned for trying to save money, I don't understand, Why do we feel so bad as a profession, Did we fail? Did we get eaten alive by the circumstances? Did we not fight hard enough? Where we too self centered? Too worried about 'our' careers? What really happened? Were we taken over by the MBA's? Did they do it to us? Did the Physicians do it to us? The insurance companies? Did we do it to ourselves? So what do we do now? Do we give up? Do we fire all the administrators? Do we fire everyone who doesn't do 80 percent patient care? Would that help? Would it help to go back to our grass roots? And just do the patient care, Should we policy and procedure the world to death? Did we allow the system with their policies and procedures to dictate the same from us? Were we complacent? Were we weak? What really happened? I really want to understand what happened to our profession? I used to be happy to say I was a Physical Therapist? I still am very happy to say to patients I am a Physical Therapist. But I am not happy to say it to other staff. I'm not happy to say it to administrators right now I'm not happy to say it to doctors right now It's like, Man, There are too many of you. You guys were too greedy for too long. You guys were too self centered for to long. You guys had too much handed to you on a silver platter. You guys did not struggle enough. You were too soft. Too weak. You did not stand up for yourselves when the battle time came. You rolled over and died. You were not strong patient advocates. Or not strong enough. You did not fight like the mba's. You did not fight like the nurse reviewers. You did not fight like the strong managed care people. You were weak. You were not fit. You were not ready. You did a good job. A very good job. But you were weak. And not ready for the important battle. So what do we do now. I don't know anything else to do. I don't know how to be anything other than a Physical Therapist. I am a Physical Therapist. I will always be a Physical Therapist. I love movement. I love pain. I love the struggle. I love the passion. It hurts man, Man oh man. Does it hurt. But I love it. I don't know how to be Anything else. So I am happy to be what I am. A Physical Therapist.