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ORIGINAL: takemeforyourown

In my nursing experience, most doctors lack social graces of any sort. Yawn. Another MD with a bad sense of humor. I'm so surprised.

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ORIGINAL: subrob1967


No, unlike Domiass, I am not dense, and yes there are a hell of a lot of unnecessary tests ordered by Doctors.

Tests are ordered to cover ass, or to make money off of unnecessary tests, not to diagnose symptoms.
Proof
More Proof
Even more proof
Even Domiass has to believe this source.

I'm not the one who looks dense here;)

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ORIGINAL: Silence8


If that sign is still up, obviously people are being denied. That's the point. Not the words -- the policy.

That's it.

Not a freedom of speech issue.

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ORIGINAL: domiguy
Did you take the time to read the articles? Check the dates?

First one nine years ago...Probably not extremely relevant to what is necessarily transpiring today.

Who did the research that is quoted?....I like the aarp article becaus right in the middle of the article it states you should support Obama care. The last article makes the case that pharmaceutical companies are at the blame.

What test were done? Who conducted them? When and where? You soul read what you post. It makes you look dense.

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ORIGINAL: Mercnbeth
The only concerning consequence would be if that minority of 27% reported by the self represented "random", and not scientific or statistically validated, survey taken in September 2009 before the Health Care Law was written and its consequences established, decide to express their disfavor by leaving general practice; hoping that under the new medical profession government set pay scale for services, they'll be replaced.

Or you can be concerned that versus the 2009 survey, Dr Cassell is more representative of Doctors reacting to reading the impact of this Law on their profession, practice, and livelihood.

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ORIGINAL: flcouple2009

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ORIGINAL: Mercnbeth
The only concerning consequence would be if that minority of 27% reported by the self represented "random", and not scientific or statistically validated, survey taken in September 2009 before the Health Care Law was written and its consequences established, decide to express their disfavor by leaving general practice; hoping that under the new medical profession government set pay scale for services, they'll be replaced.

Or you can be concerned that versus the 2009 survey, Dr Cassell is more representative of Doctors reacting to reading the impact of this Law on their profession, practice, and livelihood.

Yeah that's happening about the same time Rush finishes moving to Costa Rica.

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Maybe he should rid himself of all Government in his practice and stop taking Medicare as well. Oh wait, he is in Mount Dora, he wouldn't have any patients if he did that.

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ORIGINAL: Mercnbeth

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ORIGINAL: flcouple2009

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ORIGINAL: Mercnbeth
The only concerning consequence would be if that minority of 27% reported by the self represented "random", and not scientific or statistically validated, survey taken in September 2009 before the Health Care Law was written and its consequences established, decide to express their disfavor by leaving general practice; hoping that under the new medical profession government set pay scale for services, they'll be replaced.

Or you can be concerned that versus the 2009 survey, Dr Cassell is more representative of Doctors reacting to reading the impact of this Law on their profession, practice, and livelihood.

Yeah that's happening about the same time Rush finishes moving to Costa Rica.

MM's post documented that a poll taken in September 2009, 27% of Doctors were against a Federal mandate of health care prior to it becoming law and having it's current form.

How many electing to take early retirement would create a problem of access? Using a given fact, documented by the faithful, is that some Doctors already don't take 'Medicare' patients. With $500 Billion being taken from that program, more regulation, more bureaucracy and scrutiny pragmatically generating more delay of payments; do you think that population of Doctors will increase or decrease?

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Maybe he should rid himself of all Government in his practice and stop taking Medicare as well. Oh wait, he is in Mount Dora, he wouldn't have any patients if he did that.

Sure - that's right, Dr Cassel is living, and working, in a place where his practice evolved into one having more Medicaid patients. I bet most of them ride it with their tax payer funded, Medicaid provided, electric scooters too. Both industries, the doctors and the scooter company use the 'system' to their own personal benefit; as do you, as do I.

The problem the Administration and his like minded advisers are having in applying their academia theory models to the real world is that human nature is never considered. The is no universal, and unlimited, human altruism. Instead there is 'tipping point' in every person where effort does not equal reward and a personal decision is made not to participate. Unlike you or I or the scooter salesman, a doctor leaving the practice isn't replaced with an ad in the paper. The pipeline to become a doctors is long and arduous, and has at it's entrance, a gate which at least to this point, requires a superior level of intelligence.

Assuming that MM's 27% won't retire, how many will? 15%? 10%? 5%? 1%? At the low end replacement would be difficult. You also have to consider the decision making process of those coming in to replace the leaving. There's more money, less scrutiny, and no 'malpractice' in the science of 'global warming' as a career path for the most intelligent.

The potential for less doctors and 30, to 50 million (The number the, working without a TelePrompTer, President used in his 20 minute dissertation regarding a currently being over-taxed representation by one of his constituents)more people seeking care. You should consider, of all the players involved, the pharmaceutical companies are thrilled, the health care companies stocks are thriving, Doctors and othe individuals on the front lines as care providers have a problem with it - the smoking gun of special interest payoffs as well as an indication who was best served by this Health Care Bill.

This is one visible Doctor, with or without a political agenda. You think he is unique?

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ORIGINAL: tazzygirl

~FR

Oddly enough, i vaugely remember the GOP cry a few months back being "The Dems will deny Republicans health care!"

Anyone else remember this?

We now have a Republican Dr, who states that he has a "timeline" of Obama's heath care plan, and how nursing homes and such will be faded out. I cant find such a timeline.

This same Dr has a wife who is a GOP candidate for office in their county.

Not too hard here to draw the lines, folks.

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They will be giving up being Doctors about the same time Rush actually moves to Costa Rica.

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I do understand why they would be phasing out the nursing homes. Who needs them once the death panels begin. I don't know about you but I wouldn't trust a Doctor who bought into all of that.

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ORIGINAL: Louve00

Tazzy its not too hard to draw the line at all, when you add it all up and put it that way.  I guess its a laughable joke to some.  I never really saw it as a joke, but more a way to express his political views. (two different things, but I guess some are confused as to what is a joke and what is a political preference.)  In fact, I don't believe the Dr ever said it was a "joke", either.  He just said he wouldn't turn a patient away and was only expressing his freedom of speech.  The OP thought it was funny. 

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ORIGINAL: barelynangel

I think his sign is great. If people who voted for obama decide to go elsewhere, then that is their choice. However, i doubt he asks people who walk in for treatment who they voted for, so only those who choose not to walk into the facility are the ones making the choice not to seek his care.

angel

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ORIGINAL: rulemylife
So he has a sign on his door saying he will deny treatment to certain people

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Yes, he said he would not turn patients away after putting up a sign turning patients away.