Comments on: Bribing patients to follow doctor’s orders http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/03/bribing-patients-to-follow-doctors.html medical blog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:59:44 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Diora http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/03/bribing-patients-to-follow-doctors.html/comment-page-1#comment-73420 Diora Fri, 30 Mar 2007 15:32:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/03/bribing-patients-to-follow-doctors-orders.html#comment-73420 Anon 6:44 suggestion might make sense if "following doctor's orders" only applied to smoking or not taking meds while being diabetic or transplant recepient.<br/><br/>Unfortunately people who make rules are not experts. Give them power, and the next step would be to extend "following doctor's orders" to anything including things experts disagree with or things some doctors believe in in spite of evidence. Including CT scans for lung cancer, or, talking about times past, HRT.<br/><br/>For the same reasons I don't believe in incentives either; although giving Target certificates might cause people to buy more which may improve the economy.... You might loose in taxes but gain by investing in stocks of companies that benefit from these incentives. Anon 6:44 suggestion might make sense if “following doctor’s orders” only applied to smoking or not taking meds while being diabetic or transplant recepient.

Unfortunately people who make rules are not experts. Give them power, and the next step would be to extend “following doctor’s orders” to anything including things experts disagree with or things some doctors believe in in spite of evidence. Including CT scans for lung cancer, or, talking about times past, HRT.

For the same reasons I don’t believe in incentives either; although giving Target certificates might cause people to buy more which may improve the economy…. You might loose in taxes but gain by investing in stocks of companies that benefit from these incentives.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/03/bribing-patients-to-follow-doctors.html/comment-page-1#comment-73411 Anonymous Fri, 30 Mar 2007 04:07:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/03/bribing-patients-to-follow-doctors-orders.html#comment-73411 One wonders the size of kickbacks (or campaign contributions) politicians supporting this scheme will receive from 'stores such as Target' when the government starts handing out Target gift certificates (which the taxpayers will have to purchase). One wonders the size of kickbacks (or campaign contributions) politicians supporting this scheme will receive from ’stores such as Target’ when the government starts handing out Target gift certificates (which the taxpayers will have to purchase).

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/03/bribing-patients-to-follow-doctors.html/comment-page-1#comment-73407 Anonymous Thu, 29 Mar 2007 23:44:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/03/bribing-patients-to-follow-doctors-orders.html#comment-73407 How about the incentive being you don't receive public benefits if you smoke and no dialysis if you don't follow doctor's orders. Typical namby-pambies who probably own stock in Target. How about the incentive being you don’t receive public benefits if you smoke and no dialysis if you don’t follow doctor’s orders. Typical namby-pambies who probably own stock in Target.

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