[Suzi]

Blueash is ABSOLUTELY correct on everything stated. Mayo clinic is a wonderful
institution, however, board certified family physicians at Mayo or anywhere else are basically subsidized by specialized services such as labs, testing, surgeries and sub-specialists. Furthermore, if a family practice doctor does not "rub elbows" or practice in an intellectual enviornment like Mayo, Cleveland Clinic, etc. the quality of their practice will suffer. Doctors need to learn everyday, too, to keep up with advances. They need to learn from others and "share" what they may know or else they get stale and stagnant in their thinking. Don't think for a minute that reading a journal or going to a seminar once a year is enough. Mayo is fantastic because it has many great minds that daily collaborate on medical issues, injuries, diseases, current and trial treatments AND they contribute to the scientific world by the amount of research they fund. How much do you pay for that?
So, if Morse is going to plan clinics that will provide great care for medicare consumers, he better plan on subsidizing it heavily. Otherwise it will be "same ole', same ole'" or it will be destined to fail.