On Monday 09 July 2007 15:03, Ed Leafe wrote: <snip> > But I don't know of a single doctor who likes being told by some HMO > accountant how he should be treating (or not treating) his/her patients. > > I also don't know any who think that someone should die because they > are uninsured.
Hi Ed! You will be most unlikely to find anyone who thinks that, those who say it don't really think it. However, everyone dies, no matter what the doctors do or don't do. The best we can do is help people retain their function and feel comfortable while they live. For some time I had the policy that I would not let money keep people from seeing me. Eventually all of my patients were poor, some able to pay a little, others able to pay nothing. The patients able to pay the full price went to doctors who would ONLY see patients who pay full price. I closed the clinic in December and took my retirement. I still see a few patients on housecalls, -- Regards, Pete http://www.pete-theisen.com/ _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
