Comments on: http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2005/05/doctors-are-failing-to-provide.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Curious JDhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2005/05/doctors-are-failing-to-provide.html#comment-52814 Curious JD Thu, 12 May 2005 01:50:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2005/05/18295.html#comment-52814 To the Anonymous in the thread below, unfortunately something about the site prohibits me from reading comments past halfway through your last one. I apologize for not responding. I'm sure it was rife with good information. To the Anonymous in the thread below, unfortunately something about the site prohibits me from reading comments past halfway through your last one. I apologize for not responding. I’m sure it was rife with good information.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2005/05/doctors-are-failing-to-provide.html#comment-52813 Anonymous Thu, 12 May 2005 01:47:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2005/05/18295.html#comment-52813 We had a superb clinic near us (till it burned down) that took no insurance, did employment-related drug tests as bread and butter income, took no appointments, and charged a flat $35 to see the dr. He was great, always ready to say when it was beyond what he could do and you needed a specialist. Best medical relationship I ever had. Why don't more drs do that? We had a superb clinic near us (till it burned down) that took no insurance, did employment-related drug tests as bread and butter income, took no appointments, and charged a flat $35 to see the dr. He was great, always ready to say when it was beyond what he could do and you needed a specialist. Best medical relationship I ever had. Why don’t more drs do that?

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2005/05/doctors-are-failing-to-provide.html#comment-52802 Anonymous Wed, 11 May 2005 23:34:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2005/05/18295.html#comment-52802 Another option is to drop out of the insurance plans completely, lower your overhead, and be able to spend the time again.<br/><br/>http://www.simplecare.com/<br/><br/>http://www.emergiclinic.com/<br/><br/>The doctor that runs the PATMOS emergiclinic, his regular office fee is about the same as the COPAY being contemplated under TennCare. Another option is to drop out of the insurance plans completely, lower your overhead, and be able to spend the time again.

http://www.simplecare.com/

http://www.emergiclinic.com/

The doctor that runs the PATMOS emergiclinic, his regular office fee is about the same as the COPAY being contemplated under TennCare.

]]> By: Curious JDhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2005/05/doctors-are-failing-to-provide.html#comment-52797 Curious JD Wed, 11 May 2005 22:51:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2005/05/18295.html#comment-52797 In a related note:<br/><br/>http://www.nationalreview.com/derbyshire/derbyshire200505100802.asp<br/><br/>Money quote:<br/><br/>"** In the matter of healthcare funding, for example, the public-private mix is about 77-23 in Britain (£54bn out of £70bn for 2003). The latest figure I can find for the USA is 43-57 for 2001. The ratios are on a path of rapid convergence. When, later this year, the money for George W. Bush's colossal expansion of Medicare begins to flow, the public-private mix in the USA will tip to majority public funding, just like Britain's." In a related note:

http://www.nationalreview.com/derbyshire/derbyshire200505100802.asp

Money quote:

“** In the matter of healthcare funding, for example, the public-private mix is about 77-23 in Britain (£54bn out of £70bn for 2003). The latest figure I can find for the USA is 43-57 for 2001. The ratios are on a path of rapid convergence. When, later this year, the money for George W. Bush’s colossal expansion of Medicare begins to flow, the public-private mix in the USA will tip to majority public funding, just like Britain’s.”

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