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My family doctor already doesn't accept medicaid....soon he will be dropping medicare.
My mother and father in law are both in their late 80's and are huge democrats who each voted for osama twice. They use the same practice as we do, and like the doctor very much.
I can't wait to hear the complaints from them when they have to choose another doctor.
Enjoy!
What a weird post. YAY...doctors are dropping everyone who's retired....take that HUGE DEMOCRATS and OBAMA VOTERS because clearly it will never effect ME or any Republicans or...oh wait, your own family? Guess you have as good a relationship with them as you do with most of us here.
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There have always been a few medical professionals in my area who didn't participate in the health insurance . These were general practitioners, not specialists, the kind that are good a answering questions, diagnosing and treating common problems, knowing where to refer you for more serious issues, etc. Nothing wrong with that. When you get past them however it's a whole new ballgame.
It says after you receive your M.D. or D.O., then you must finish a residency in order to practice medicine.
I then posted a chart showing you how few D.O.'s are actually accepted into residency.
Facts. Neither a D.O. nor an M.D. qualifies you to be a physician.
Now you're going to argue the semantics of whether a degree equates to a license to practice? Nice moving of the goal posts, but considering that the subject of the article in the OP is already a licensed D.O., he has already gone through the exact same type of residency and the exact same examinations as an M.D. is required to go through in his state of licensing.
Now you're going to argue the semantics of whether a degree equates to a license to practice? Nice moving of the goal posts
The goal posts didn't go anywhere. You said:
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What is with your insistence that a D.O. isn't qualified to be a physician?
And I clarified for you that neither a D.O. nor an M.D. is sufficient to qualify a person to be a physician.
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but considering that the subject of the article in the OP is already a licensed D.O., he has already gone through the exact same type of residency and the exact same examinations as an M.D. is required to go through in his state of licensing.
whether he'd been through a residency, or not, or licensed by the state of South Carolina, or not, was never under dispute.
Don't get mad at me; all I said was that he is not a medical doctor. And he in fact is not a medical doctor.
Doctors who do "cash only" practices often treat patients in ways that insurance won't pay for. Despite my issues with insurance, it does keep some docs on the straight and narrow at times.
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Good. More time with the doc for the rest of us who bypass the lines.
Let me give you an example. The CDC, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American Academy of Family Physicians all recommend that immunizations be "bundled" at the 2mo, 4mo, 6m, 9m, 12m, 15m and 18m well visits. Some doctors have an "alternative schedule" that involves spreading out the immunizations by getting one or two a month. So far, so good. Most practitioners will do that if the parents so desire. However, these alternative guys also require a well visit every month. Since the insurance won't pay for so many well visits, the alt docs go to "cash only". So the pt. pays $100 cash for the well visit, plus the charges for the immunizations, which can cost at least $620 for the first year of life, and $1170 for all childhood and adolescent vaccines. Cost of Baby Immunizations - Child Care and Expenses - CostHelper.com Ironically, prior to ACA, the cost of the vaccines was covered in the co-pay for the well visit, and with ACA, there are no co-pays for well visits and immunizations. Now who's being stupid?
When I first read the topic title, I assumed to myself. "Let me guess, some doctor in the South decided to go rogue". Sure enough, I was right. As I've said probably almost a year ago now, most doctors you will see "going rogue" will be a very small minority, mostly from the South, excluding Florida
This is nonsense.
You should be ashamed, that southerners (according to you) are leading the revolution to higher quality care . THEY are innovating.
If you have great insurance then why would you go cash?
Because the BEST insurance covers only catastrophic loss. And saving your money, and spending it wisely, is very smart, indeed.
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They use the same practice as we do, and like the doctor very much.
