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Originally Posted by Down Sized
When you have 1/3 of people retirement age that are obese, this cause all kinds of aches and pains plus many other diseases. I guess we shouldn't even go into the alcohol on top of the weight issues we have here. Go figure.  |
So many like to complain about Doctors. My son is a family physician and do you know what his biggest complaint is?
Patients come in and he offers lifestyle changes that they don't adopt. He prescribes meds that they don't take. They come back in and complain they are still not well. Hmmmmm. Also he is the only physician in his county that accepts Medicaid patients. These patients get paid mileage for their trip to the doctor and some of them get paid more for coming to see him than he does for the office visit. He has one full time person to file their claims and tries to find a specialist to see them if they need it. The number of "back office" people it takes to get reimbursed for insurance, Medicare and Medicaid is amazing to me. So while some are complaining about their doctors, that doctor may have some thoughts about you too.
BTW, he has been in practice 22 years and sees more patients than he did 10 years ago and gets paid less.