Comments on: The number one reason why doctors are leaving upstate New York http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/02/number-one-reason-why-doctors-are.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:04:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/02/number-one-reason-why-doctors-are.html#comment-71828 Anonymous Fri, 16 Feb 2007 02:38:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/02/the-number-one-reason-why-doctors-are-leaving-upstate-new-york.html#comment-71828 To anon 3:35:<br/><br/>What ever made you think you had a right to have a doctor be available to you wherever you chose to live?<br/> <br/>"Existing" patients have no such right, not ever, no matter what they contribute to their doctor's pocketbook. They never did. And what kind of grotesquely self-entitled mindset would imagine it their right to demand a doctor--or anyone else-- forfeit the welfare of his family so they could have care on the cheap? You are entitled only to what you fairly pay for, and nothing else. To anon 3:35:

What ever made you think you had a right to have a doctor be available to you wherever you chose to live?

“Existing” patients have no such right, not ever, no matter what they contribute to their doctor’s pocketbook. They never did. And what kind of grotesquely self-entitled mindset would imagine it their right to demand a doctor–or anyone else– forfeit the welfare of his family so they could have care on the cheap? You are entitled only to what you fairly pay for, and nothing else.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/02/number-one-reason-why-doctors-are.html#comment-71807 Anonymous Thu, 15 Feb 2007 20:35:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/02/the-number-one-reason-why-doctors-are-leaving-upstate-new-york.html#comment-71807 Do no harm - to the provider's pocketbook and social status. Existing patients be damned. Do no harm – to the provider’s pocketbook and social status. Existing patients be damned.

]]> By: The Grand Wazoohttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/02/number-one-reason-why-doctors-are.html#comment-71759 The Grand Wazoo Thu, 15 Feb 2007 01:06:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/02/the-number-one-reason-why-doctors-are-leaving-upstate-new-york.html#comment-71759 "...the doctors don't generally lease offices...little to lose in the moving..."<br/><br/>Very true. Note that many physicians are choosing employee-type job practices - not opening their own practices and this mobility will increase in the future. It used to be that physicians would never relocate and would stay in an area, even for generations. The latest survey from Merritt Hawkins shows an increased trend in employee physicians. “…the doctors don’t generally lease offices…little to lose in the moving…”

Very true. Note that many physicians are choosing employee-type job practices – not opening their own practices and this mobility will increase in the future. It used to be that physicians would never relocate and would stay in an area, even for generations. The latest survey from Merritt Hawkins shows an increased trend in employee physicians.

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