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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-08 09:20 PM Original message |
Primary care doctors struggling to survive - SHOCKING STORY |
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ingac70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-08 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
1. "fashionable medical suite in a sleek black-paneled building in Beverly Hills" |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-08 09:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. she's shutting that office down. |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-08 09:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. yes, for THIS |
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wolfgangmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-08 11:06 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. You have no idea |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-08 11:43 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. agreed. 115K isn't that much money for a profession that takes many years & so much money 2 achieve |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-08 12:26 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Plus 115k is what she's leaving for! Which implies she's making less here. |
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lostnfound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-08 06:12 AM Response to Reply #8 |
32. Don't you place a value on independence and diversity? |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-08 12:23 AM Response to Reply #1 |
24. You don't live in L.A. do you? |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-08 01:55 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. sorry, dup |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-08 01:55 AM Response to Reply #24 |
30. Agreed, some of the med buildings in BH are pretty grody |
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ingac70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-08 07:47 AM Response to Reply #24 |
34. Is cookie cutter another word for "fashionable"... |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-08 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
3. The "primary care physician" is the insurance industry's term for the |
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Double T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-08 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
4. Single payer health care to the rescue. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-08 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
5. I know several docs that are moonlighting because they can't pay their bills with their day job |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-08 09:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Send each and every one of them this link: |
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Lebam in LA (717 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-08 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
6. Our major client base are doctors and dentists |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-08 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
7. hmmphh. so thats where my GP went |
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ogneopasno (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-08 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
9. It's a huge crisis in rural areas. Not only do doctors not want to be family doctors, they also |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-08 10:07 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. The problem with practicing in rural areas-- |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-08 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
12. Our doctor is the greatest |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-08 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
13. My daughter tells me that hardly anyone in her class is |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-08 11:09 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. boob jobs and hoo-hoo reconstruction is the future. so sad... n/t. |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-08 11:11 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Some will...others will choose another specialty. n/t |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-08 11:17 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. hey, i'm with you and your daughter. i remember gp's. the only doctors i ever saw growing up... |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-08 11:26 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Only doctors we ever saw as well, yes it is sad that many |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-08 01:12 AM Response to Reply #15 |
28. Er - hoo hoo reconconstruction? |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-08 04:04 PM Response to Reply #28 |
41. 'vaginal rejuvenation' -- with frikkin' lasers |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-17-08 09:20 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. meh -- $9000 ? For um - ahem - a hoo hoo? |
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wolfgangmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-08 11:14 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. And that won't change until we get the insurance companies outlawed. |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-08 11:22 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Hoping that something will be done about our HC system... |
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EmeraldCityGrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-08 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
16. Our family physicians insurance company went belly up |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-08 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
22. Both attempted insurance fraud and successful insurance fraud by doctors has been up the last |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-08 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
26. Wow, my doctor in Santa Monica is great. I hope she's doing OK. Haven't been to see her in a while |
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tabbycat31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-08 01:06 AM Response to Original message |
27. how about student loan forgiveness |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-08 07:50 AM Response to Reply #27 |
35. I have a family member that graduated from medical school last year.. |
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lostnfound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-08 06:01 AM Response to Original message |
31. Another victim of the scamming of America |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-08 07:46 AM Response to Original message |
33. My doctor closed his doors last December. He was getting a double |
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melm00se (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-08 08:14 AM Response to Original message |
36. most of the posts |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-08 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
37. My doctor and I... |
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jakem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-08 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
38. My family doctor is a country doctor in the best sense. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-08 03:47 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. He sounds like a great guy. Too bad he has to moonlight. |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-08 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
40. I've been posting about this on DU for years. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-17-08 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
43. This doesn't happen in Canada |
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MazeRat7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-17-08 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
44. Word tonight, they are closing many of our "regional" clinics and laying-off doctors... |
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