Eisboch wrote:
"jps" wrote in message
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I just found a Harvard-educated GP, recommended by a friend. Seems
very personable and thorough. Will be getting my first colonoscopy
soon. Oh boy!

Something struck me as both ironic and funny when I read this.

What goes around, comes around? 8)

On 3/25/10 8:22 PM, Eisboch wrote:
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I just found a Harvard-educated GP, recommended by a friend. Seems
very personable and thorough. Will be getting my first colonoscopy
soon. Oh boy!

Something struck me as both ironic and funny when I read this.





Tailpipe exams are always a subject of irony and humor.

The "rear admiral" who did mine was a woman who was hysterically funny.
I knew right away she was the doc for me! She was terrific. I didn't
feel a thing and I don't remember what happened in the O.R.

But that stuff you have to drink the night before...good grief, it was
just awful.





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unnecessary war and you'll feel better about it.

On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 20:22:45 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:


"jps" wrote in message
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I just found a Harvard-educated GP, recommended by a friend. Seems
very personable and thorough. Will be getting my first colonoscopy
soon. Oh boy!

Something struck me as both ironic and funny when I read this.

Let me know when you figure it out. That and your politics.

On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 20:22:45 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:


"jps" wrote in message
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I just found a Harvard-educated GP, recommended by a friend. Seems
very personable and thorough. Will be getting my first colonoscopy
soon. Oh boy!

Something struck me as both ironic and funny when I read this.




No (pun intended) ****.
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On Wed, 24 Mar 2010 10:33:26 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
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Yup, if they start today, they will have a whole new batch of doctors
in 2018.

So, there's no one in the medical schools right now? I don't see any stats
that show there will be a shortage.

It takes me a couple weeks to get into my primary care doctor now.
They say if you need an appointment earlier go to the emergency room.
It is apparent there are more patients than the doctors can handle.


Come on. If it's an emergency, you go to the ER. If it's not, you can either
go to your doc or another. Perhaps you have a poor plan with limited doctors
available? In any case, your situation isn't necessarily representative.
It's one case. Do you really expect to see a doctor on a moment's notice???

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On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 11:11:56 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
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On Wed, 24 Mar 2010 10:33:26 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
wrote:

Yup, if they start today, they will have a whole new batch of doctors
in 2018.

So, there's no one in the medical schools right now? I don't see any
stats
that show there will be a shortage.

It takes me a couple weeks to get into my primary care doctor now.
They say if you need an appointment earlier go to the emergency room.
It is apparent there are more patients than the doctors can handle.


Come on. If it's an emergency, you go to the ER. If it's not, you can
either
go to your doc or another. Perhaps you have a poor plan with limited
doctors
available? In any case, your situation isn't necessarily representative.
It's one case. Do you really expect to see a doctor on a moment's
notice???

So you are saying if I have strep throat I either go to the ER or wait
2 weeks? I have a pretty open PPO plan but going to a doctor I am not
registered with is even slower than going to my primary care doctor.
"New patients" around here will be waiting months.
The specialists are backed up a couple weeks too.
The option is going to a "quack in the box" walk in clinic but a lot
of them only want cash/credit card. They don't take most insurance. I
don't think they take Medicare or Medicaid patients either


If you have strep, you'd be able to see a doctor. Don't know your situation,
but it sounds like you don't have a very "open" plan.

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If you have strep, you'd be able to see a doctor. Don't know your
situation, but it sounds like you don't have a very "open" plan.

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How do you know you have strep without seeing a doctor for a culture?

Eisboch

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On Wed, 24 Mar 2010 10:33:26 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
wrote:

Yup, if they start today, they will have a whole new batch of doctors
in 2018.

So, there's no one in the medical schools right now? I don't see any stats
that show there will be a shortage.

It takes me a couple weeks to get into my primary care doctor now.
They say if you need an appointment earlier go to the emergency room.
It is apparent there are more patients than the doctors can handle.


What about a plumber? Is there a shortage of plumbers? How long does it take
your "regular" plumber to get there? If it's an emergency, you call
Roter-rooter, right?

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On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 11:12:51 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
wrote:

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On Wed, 24 Mar 2010 10:33:26 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
wrote:

Yup, if they start today, they will have a whole new batch of doctors
in 2018.

So, there's no one in the medical schools right now? I don't see any
stats
that show there will be a shortage.

It takes me a couple weeks to get into my primary care doctor now.
They say if you need an appointment earlier go to the emergency room.
It is apparent there are more patients than the doctors can handle.


What about a plumber? Is there a shortage of plumbers? How long does it
take
your "regular" plumber to get there? If it's an emergency, you call
Roter-rooter, right?

You picked a bad example. Most trades are sitting home waiting for
just about any kind of work. I could get a plumber over here in a few
hours to mow my lawn if I paid him anything close to his regular
service charge. On our recent renovation I had all sorts of trades in
here on very short notice and working pretty cheap.
A guy who normally runs 30 man concrete crews was in my bathroom with
a sledge hammer busting up the floor and hauling it away.


I just asked for a plumber for a rental. It was a minor, under-sink leak. It
took two days to get them out. It was a good example.

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On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 20:16:54 -0400, wrote:

Where is all of the extra medical capacity going to come from to deal
with 31 million new patients?
Supply and demand says the cost of providing care will go up.

And quality and availability will go down. It has to, supply is
relatively inelastic.