Re: Bitter medicine
From: Charlie Chambers (cchamber@gorge.net)
Mon Jun 30 16:03:34 2003
Anna
The privileged sure drive a variety of cars.
On Monday, June 30, 2003, at 01:44 PM, Anna Meenan, MD wrote:
> Charlie, we had this discussion of personal vehicles several months ago
> and came to the conclusion that our colleague in the Third World (Dr.
> Lisse) had the coolest and newest vehicle on the List.
>
> Anna Meenan, MD
>
> And by the way, where IS El these days? He hasn't posted in a month.
>
> At Mon, 30 Jun 2003, Charlie Chambers wrote:
>>
>> Funny, when I think of the culturally elite, I'm thinking
>> entertainers,
>> software moguls, and athletes. Not doctors. I didn't realize that my
>> pickup truck was an icon of the elite.
>> On Monday, June 30, 2003, at 11:46 AM, Anna Meenan, MD wrote:
>>
>>> Joe, I just spoke with Karl Stark (one of the authors of the
>>> article-his
>>> phone number is at the bottom of the article and he answers his own
>>> phone) and expressed essentially your sentiments to him (though much
>>> more politely). He seems like a nice guy (for a reporter) and
>>> genuinely
>>> concerned about getting his story right. I did point out to him that
>>> the CEO's and top executives of just about every company, large or
>>> small, makes more than I do, Also that several elementary
>>> schoolteachers
>>> in this state make darn near as much as I do to only work 9 months a
>>> year. We are not as elite as we used to be.
>>>
>>> Anna Meenan, MD
>>>
>>> At Mon, 30 Jun 2003, DoctorJoe@aol.com wrote:
>>>>
>>>> In a message dated 6/30/03 08:21:37, rmodugno@aol.com writes:
>>>>
>>>>> This Story has been sent to you by : rmodugno@aol.comBitter
>>>>> medicineDoctors
>>>>> are in a funk, and it's easy to see why. Costs are soaring,
>>>>> paperwork's
>>>>> mounting, and bean counters are dictating treatments.
>>>>> The full article will be available on the Web for a limited time:
>>>>> <A
>>>>> HREF="http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/
>>>>> 6167529.htm">http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/6167529.htm</
>>>>> A>
>>>>> (c) 2003 Philadelphia Inquirer and wire service sources. All Rights
>>>>> Reserved.
>>>>>
>>>> And here lies the rub (or at least ONE of the rubs):
>>>>
>>>> The story states: "Most of the people in the rambunctious crowd
>>>> of 2,000 were
>>>> physicians - among the wealthiest and most privileged professionals
>>>> in the
>>>> nation, people whom others view as charter members of the American
>>>> elite."
>>>>
>>>> What does THAT say? How about: "Doctors, you rich a**holes,
>>>> quit
>>>> your
>>>> bitching. You make so damned much money already, and think you're so
>>>> much above the
>>>> rest of us! See how WE feel, grubbing for money to buy groceries and
>>>> pay the
>>>> rent!"
>>>>
>>>> That type of background sentiment, just tossed in by the reporter as
>>>> common
>>>> knowledge, shows you what doctors are up against. Charter members of
>>>> the
>>>> American elite, huh? How are you guys in other countries looked
>>>> upon?
>>>> Any Canadian
>>>> elite, or British elite, or Namibian elite out there?
>>>>
>>>> Joe P.
>>>
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>> Charlie Chambers
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>> cchamber@alumni.rice.edu
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>> "No matter where you go...
>> there you are."
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"...not because I regard fishing as being so terribly
important but because I suspect that so many of the other
concerns of men are equally unimportant-and not nearly
so much fun."
John Voelker
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