tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4489701914280545237.post5374689359689312805..comments2008-04-26T21:36:55.987-07:00Comments on AMERICAN DOCTOR RANT: Who is the Enemy?AMDOChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13410778008412516342noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4489701914280545237.post-48186168625187850052008-02-20T13:22:00.000-08:002008-02-20T13:22:00.000-08:00I see the best and brightest students avoiding med...I see the best and brightest students avoiding medicine. They don't want the hassles for the shrinking pay. I am scared to think about the system we will have in 20 years.erdoc85https://www.blogger.com/profile/06373340227068589953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4489701914280545237.post-6386331421912816752008-02-10T13:23:00.000-08:002008-02-10T13:23:00.000-08:00Who killed primary care? Answer: TNTC....lots of ...Who killed primary care? Answer: TNTC....lots of culprits. At the top of the list is the federal government with price controls and a tax code which guarantees that all money spent on health care is funneled through third parties who place no value on our services and hate our guts. Next, a public which expects free health care. They are going to get it, and as H. L. Mencken said, "Democracy is a system in which people get what they want, and they get it good and hard."<BR/> <BR/>Finally, our professional organizations, almost certainly not run by or interested in primary care docs, are in bed with the enemy. Lots of physicians went along with Medicare when it first started and made hay while the sun was shining. Aneurin Bevan, the UK's first Minister of Health, was asked how he got physicians to go along with socialized medicine when the British health care system was nationalized in 1948, He said: "I stuffed their mouths with gold."<BR/> <BR/>Texdoc/internistAMDOChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13410778008412516342noreply@blogger.com