Unacceptable
How did we ever let healthcare in the USA get this bad?
The way physicians are being treated and bulldozed by the government and third-party carriers right now is despicable. Although there are glimmers of hope here and there, it looks like there are now attempts to hijack even more aspects of patient care.
One fact though will never change.
We must remain the change we are seeking!
Position YOURSELF as the go-to doc, give patients what they need and will gladly pay for, and you’ll never be worried about the future.
Sadly, we are living in a democracy but being led by tyrants and zealot ideologues, many of whom have turned out to be exactly as founding father Thomas Paine warned about two hundred plus years ago.
What ultimately stands is anybody’s guess. But it’s likely there will be attempts to saddle physicians with more regulation, red tape, tax your children’s children, and now maybe even your investments!
Let’s stick together and support only those physician organizations that truly have our best interests as their guiding principle.
To do otherwise is destructive not only to medicine but the physician-patient sanctity especially.
When you stretch out your hand to take the money, that’s when they snap on the handcuffs, said Robert Jaggard, MD, of AAPS, If doctors had followed the Non-Participation Policy of AAPS, recommended since 1965, instead of the AMA’s “let’s get our share of the loot,” we would not be enslaved to a bankrupt program.
Jane, thank you! AAPS was light years ahead, now Medicine is paying a huge price. John
keep up the good work.
Arthur, that is the plan! Thank you! John
The only thing that can really halt this trend is a nationwide physician strike.
Let that happen, and we’ll truly see what the average person thinks of physicians (and it won’t be pretty).
Pat, this all gets more interesting by the day, that’s for sure. Thanks for your input! John