![]() |
|
![]() |
|
Reply |
|
Thread Tools |
#31
|
|||
|
|||
![]() Quote:
Selling the patients the extended warranty! ![]()
__________________
"God made me and gave me the right to remain silent, but not the ability." Sen John Kennedy (R-La) " ... and that Norm, is why some folks always feel smarter, when they sign onto TOTV after a few beers" adapted from Cliff Claven, 1/18/90 |
![]() |
![]() |
|
|
|
|
#32
|
|||
|
|||
![]() Quote:
"I'm from the government, and I'm here to help". If there is one thing we should have learned by now (but obviously haven't) it is that if Government is doing it, private enterprise can do it better. And faster. And cheaper. Case in point: when we first moved here, I was perplexed by the office of "tax collector". Seemed sort of odd as well as sort of provincial. We were there to get our driver's licenses changed from Minnesota to Florida. Once inside the building we were directed to the end of the hall and told to wait until our names were called (maybe 10 minutes), went to a window, filled out a couple of forms, had our vision checked, etc. At the end of the process I asked the lady how long we'd have to wait for our licenses. She looked at me sort of oddly and said "you'll have them in your hand when you leave here". And we did. In Minnesota that would have been a six-week wait AFTER we got in to see the agent, and no guarantee of even that. And then of course there is Elon and his reusable rockets. Driver's licenses and reusable rockets are not health care, but leaving things to the bean-counters and government career turf-builders is at best a guarantee of mediocrity, if even that. Yeah, I realize that a lot of health care is government-funded so there has to be accountability, but the system we have now is way overly complicated and (if what we read is true) incredibly poorly done; and true accountability almost impossible. Dump the bureaucracy and bureaucrats and contract it out to people who KNOW how to get things done |
![]() |
![]() |
#33
|
|||
|
|||
![]() Quote:
Doctoring seems to fit into the universal model of professional employment ...lawyers, consultant, engineers. If you only have 2-5 professionals and limit staff & overhead, you can make a fair living ... after that, you enter into "no man's land" while expanding. If you can reach critical mass and become a big operation, you're back to making money, but it's always seems like a tough go for the guys in the middle. Thanks
__________________
"God made me and gave me the right to remain silent, but not the ability." Sen John Kennedy (R-La) " ... and that Norm, is why some folks always feel smarter, when they sign onto TOTV after a few beers" adapted from Cliff Claven, 1/18/90 |
![]() |
![]() |
#34
|
|||
|
|||
![]()
One thing missing is that the Primary Physicians are seeing MORE than 1 patient per hour. As a patient, I am often in and out in 15 minutes. So, I assume that primary doctors are perhaps averaging 3 patients per hour. Note: this is just my GUESS. If anyone has real statistics on this, I would like to know them.
|
![]() |
![]() |
#35
|
|||
|
|||
![]()
I agree and many of our "best and brightest" high school students end up going into Business in college with the intent on ending up on Wall St.
|
![]() |
![]() |
#36
|
|||
|
|||
![]()
A long time ago (about 50 years ago) Doctors WERE in charge of their medical profession. Somehow, insurance companies ripped away that leadership and took the lead for themselves. The Insurance Companies' CEOs now reap the rewards, "the big bucks" and the Physicians lost some salary and some STATUS. I would SPECULATE that America and Americans are the losers and we should be more like Canada, Australia, and Europe and have a Nationally controlled medical system. Most Americans COMPLAIN about our medical system, but we will probably be stuck with it for the next HUNDRED years.
|
![]() |
![]() |
#37
|
|||
|
|||
![]()
I don't know this first hand but a friend who consulted small medical practices for efficiency and profitability told me that to break even a primary care physician had to see minimum 32 patients a day. At 15 minutes per appointment that works out to eight hours. Most of my appointments with the Dr are 10 minutes or less. I don't know if they get paid for referrals to specialists or hospitalizations, that would be an interesting subject.
|
![]() |
![]() |
#38
|
|||
|
|||
![]()
I find these statements amazing. The USA spends more than 50% per person than the second highest country and yet doctors aren’t making that much money.
What are we doing wrong? 1. United States: $12,555 2. Switzerland: $8,049 3. Germany: $7,382 4. Netherlands: $6,753 5. Austria: $6,693 |
![]() |
![]() |
#39
|
|||
|
|||
![]()
I understand the concept of wanting to ONLY see a Doctor and not a physicians assistant or a nurse practitioner. Personally, I have never had a problem with PAs or NPs. I have known physical therapists with large amounts of medical knowledge.
|
![]() |
![]() |
#40
|
|||
|
|||
![]() Quote:
|
![]() |
![]() |
#41
|
|||
|
|||
![]() Quote:
|
![]() |
![]() |
#42
|
|||
|
|||
![]() Quote:
|
![]() |
![]() |
#43
|
|||
|
|||
![]() Quote:
That's not true. My son is a journeyman electrician in Boston. The numbers you're quoting are for "rated" jobs, meaning jobs on government buildings. Everyone would love that kind of work, but they're few and far between, and no one gets them all the time, no matter how politically connected they are. |
![]() |
![]() |
#44
|
|||
|
|||
![]() Quote:
Do you understand what "Prevailing Wage" means?
__________________
"God made me and gave me the right to remain silent, but not the ability." Sen John Kennedy (R-La) " ... and that Norm, is why some folks always feel smarter, when they sign onto TOTV after a few beers" adapted from Cliff Claven, 1/18/90 |
![]() |
![]() |
#45
|
|||
|
|||
![]() Quote:
|
![]() |
![]() |
Reply |
|
|