Re: A Proposal for the Dissolution of the Specialty of
From: jay kulkin (jkulkin@mindspring.com)
Sun Jun 29 10:34:07 1997
Are you willing to have your wife fall into the cracks of the phasing
out of specialties? Your children. Well, the public should not and I hope
would not stand for this.
Ever heard of an HMO or gatekeeper??
Jay
At 10:06 AM 6/29/97 -0500, you wrote:
>I am a new member of the listserve and have been reading the comments with
>interest. I am always amazed that the lowering of health care must rest on
>the head of the patient. Do away with the specialties and you may possibly
>see a reduction in medical costs initially. MAYBE. I am not convinced.
> Where will the cost rise? In lawsuits, med mal cases will skyrocket, of
>this I am sure. Patients will have to bear the burden of "reducing medical
>costs" by putting their personal safety on the line.
>What is scary is that this is the type of suggestion that I hear in the
>hospitals by administrators that would not know a patient if they tripped
>over one. Cut costs!!! Reduce the nursing staff and replace with unlicensed
>assistive personnel. Why do we need specialists? Lets take the housekeepers
>from their cleaning duties and train them to provide patient care in a two
>week course. Let's take nurses and have them provide respiratory treatments
>to patients. Shoot, I've only seen a few patients harmed from such ideas put
>into practice. Well, practice is a great word. Perhaps if we had let these
>people practice a little longer on the patients, they may have become better
>at it. Are you willing to have your wife fall into the cracks of the phasing
>out of specialties? Your children. Well, the public should not and I hope
>would not stand for this. Cut the costs by finding and exposing anyone
>participating in fraudulent billng, illegal upgrading of complications,
>charges for services not provided, and first!!! reduce the number and the
>salary of the corporation and hospital administrators who reward the
>reduction of patient care services to save a few almighty dollars.
>
>Just my opinion.
>
>Paula Cunningham, RN
>
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Jay M. Kulkin, MD, MBA, FACOG
Medical Resource Group
1117 Perimeter Center West
Suite 510 East
Atlanta, Georgia
Phone:770-392-3475
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