[Villages PL]

Originally Posted by ilovetv

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.

But why say it in the first place? Did anyone say otherwise? I'm asking because this is not the first time you have brought up this argument.

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.

I think it does have something to do with it because you argued against what I said in my opening post. You argued in favor doctors. But in the past you also argued in favor of the new health clinics because supposedly they will represent a needed improvement. You can't have it both ways. Which is it? We are okay the way we are? Or we need a new system with better doctors?

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.

Then the current system is failing us. Why did you speak up on behalf of it in your first reply to me?

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.

And the subsidy comes from where? All the evidence points to the fact that the money will come from the patients. There's no free lunch.

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!

It will be better for those who don't mind paying a monthly or yearly fee. It's called "concierge service".