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Re: Health CareFrom: Andrew Folley (agfolley@hotmail.com)Fri Jul 31 10:35:10 2009
Gordon the question from Rich was "how would doctors feel if they worked for the govt and the govt decided to cut your salary by 50%". My response was that the insurance companies have already cut your salary by 50% I am writing off more and more every year (ie 30-40%) of my charges. I think we saying the same thing or not? I cant tell from your note? agf Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 09:50:46 -0500 From: obgyndoc@swbell.net To: ob-gyn-l@mail.obgyn.net Subject: Re: Health Care Andrew, I don't know what you are smoking, but if you have any left over, I could use some of it. With regard to cutting fees by 50%, take a look at insurance reimbursements from the 80s and compare them to today. They are at least 50% less in most cases, if not more. People got the care they needed and the number/% of uninsured was much less than today. So, in answer to the question of how would one feel if the reimbursement was cut 50%, how do you feel? Gordon On Jul 31, 2009, at 9:19 AM, Andrew Folley wrote:
Let me rephrase my proposal. How about if we start the program with next years incoming medical students. "If we accept you to our medical school you will have a mandatory committment to govt service for a minimum of 2 yrs and not more than 4 afters your 1 yr primary care internship. For every year of service, 1 yr medical school will be paid for. (ie Ricks 180K). You will then be assigned to serve in underserved area for 2 to 4 years depending on how many years med school is paid for. (your choice of area) you get a fixed income (comparable to private docs in area) with bonus incentive based on quality factors (not quantity). renewable contracts optional after that. After committment finished you can go into residency and specialty of your choice. Upside is that the 15% of uninsured will be assigned to a primary care doc in their geographic location (ie minimal choice for them).. PS who of us on this list said in our med school interview that we "wanted to be doctors so we could make lots of money"?? I am sure our answer was "I want to help people"??
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