Re: Bitter medicine
From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com)
Mon Jun 30 16:55:05 2003
U-N-I-O-N
norma rae
At Mon, 30 Jun 2003, Myer Bornstein wrote:
>
>But why should an experienced Laparoscopist not be able to practice his
>field and be able to pass on his/hers skills to the younger generation.
>Medicine will implode on it self soon. Then when people are unable to
>received basic care maybe something will be done!!!
>
>--
>Myer S. Bornstein, MD, MMM, FACOG, FACPE, CPE
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net [mailto:ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net] On Behalf Of Douglas
>Krell
>Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 12:58 PM
>To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
>Subject: Re: Bitter medicine
>
>Glenn,
>In what state was your practice?
>If I were you I would be on the Governor's doorstep with a camera and crew
>from a local TV station.
>Another option might be to go into general medical practice. Then your
>insurance might only be 20,000/year.
>Douglas Krell MD FACOG
>
>>From: ENDODOK@aol.com
>>Reply-To: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net
>>To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L <ob-gyn-l@dns.obgyn.net>
>>Subject: Re: Bitter medicine
>>Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 11:35:23 -0500
>>
>> After 32 years of practice, I folded my tent 2 weeks ago. Our
>>former
>>carrier withdrew our coverage. A new carrier was found, but with nose
>>coverage
>>plus the annual premium, the first year premium was $198,000. ( this was
>>reportedly a "mature" policy). This was projected to be a "stable" annual
>>premium,
>>however it raised our practice overhead to 80%, and this was the best
>>scenario our CFO could project. This required a massive cutback in
>>staffing,
>>posssible increased hours of operation etc. As you all know, the projection
>
>>for
>>liability carriers losses is enormous, and the " De facto, insolvancy" of
>>the
>>liabilty industry is a possibility . Do read the lead article in Time (
>>6/9/03 ).
>>The outlook for improvement in premium rates for physicians is grim.
>> The toll of this decision is profound, and my family is devastated
>>. I
>>was given one day to choose to (1) leave totally medical practice, and tail
>>coverage was free, or (2) accept the new policy with its unpredictability,
>>and
>>costs. Unless true liability reform occurs, the lack of affordable coverage
>
>>,
>>or the unavailability of any coverage will shut down medical practice as we
>>know it.
>>
>>J.Glenn Bradley MD
>
--
art fougner, md
ich bin ein New Yorker
