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Originally Posted by Villages PL
Not sure why you always bring up "freedom" as though that's an issue here.
It's impossible to know about every doctor-patient relationship but it's easy to learn about the condition of the doctoring profession in general. Many books have been written by doctors about doctors. Some people know from personal experience and/or from stories they have heard from friends, family and message boards.
Isn't this the reason why Villagers are enthusiastic about the new Villages Health Care Centers? Isn't it because these centers hold the promise of better operating systems and better doctors? Marcus Welby M.D.s?
Of course it remains to be seen how much better it will be. That's because some very important aspects will remain the same: 1) these Marcus Welbys will still not be nutritionists (not that I expect them to be) 2) patients for the most part will still have the same mind set that doctors should prescribe some miraculous medication(s) that will fix everything (requiring little or no effort on the part of the patient) and 3) doctors have been trained in medicine and naturally want to please their patients by prescribing medications to relieve symptoms.
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I bring up "freedom" here because nobody on meds here takes them at gunpoint nor threat of prosecution/jail. The person decides on their own volition to take them or not.
It really has nothing to do with the new TV primary doctor clinics that are opening here in order to pay physicians well enough to have some take-home pay while seeing few enough patients per day to be able to spend time with them to DO the counseling for a healthier, pill-free lifestyle.
It was stated from the outset of the "Marcus Welby" analogies on this subject in the Daily Sun, that with Medicare patients being the majority, the only way for the physicians
to make more than their costs of running the practice is to see huge numbers of patients.....which equals only a couple of minutes per patient.
The practice will probably be subsidized by those who are setting this up, so that a good salary can be paid the physician, regardless of income losses due to low reimbursement from Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance, and from unpaid bills.
I think this new practice setup is a good thing, like all the good things the developers have done here where we can
exercise and be active outdoors all year round! I found it impossible to swim, run, bicycle etc. on ICE, snow and slush!