Re: ACOG statement
From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com)
Thu Nov 30 12:25:35 2006
Were Medicine a strong and cohesive community, we'd have had tort reform
a long time ago. Moreover, there would be no HMO's, let alone the
Medicare Annual Cost of Living Decrease.
Art
At Thu, 30 Nov 2006, acmidwife@netscape.net wrote:
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> Louana....
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> It would be nice, but the only people that would benefit from such a motion would be the very small home birthing aggregate. At this point, it would appear that ACOG does not feel it merits their time or attention.
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> What surprises me is the extent of power the carriers have been given, to dictate what MDs can and cannot be involved in (or risk losing coverage). Whatever happened to the best interest of the patient and their ability to make an informed choice and obtain qualified back up? I have a feeling if this were occurring in another of women's health, abortion, for example.... that many would not be so lax about pushing the insurance carriers back within their boundaries. It is rather ironic....
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> It does seem that ACOG would prefer that this aggregate get over their ideals about birth and head to the hospital. Restricting their ability to be responsible and obtain back up may deter some, but not all.
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> ac mase CNM
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: zygote@icsi.net
> To: ob-gyn-l@dns.obgyn.net
> Sent: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 10:56 PM
> Subject: Re: ACOG statement
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>An original argument.
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>On 29 Nov 2006 at 9:32, Louana George, RN, LM, CPM, M wrote:
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>> little revolutionary speech here and a radical thought---
>>
>> Instead of attacking such a small group of health care providers, the
>> midwives, it would serve the community (doctors and midwives alike)
>> better if ACOG had taken a stand against malpractice claims, malpractice
>> insurers, and health insurance companies. A lot of the talk here has
>> been about insurance companies. Medicine seems to me to be a strong and
>> cohesive community--I think (humble opinion) that could be used to
>> negotiate better terms in the above areas.
>> Louana
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