Comments on: Aging http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/04/aging.html medical blog Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:18:41 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/04/aging.html/comment-page-1#comment-74395 Anonymous Tue, 01 May 2007 13:54:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/04/aging.html#comment-74395 On the other hand, if Medicare payed twice the going rate to take care of the elderly as commercial insurance pays for treating the young, doctors would be falling all over themselves to corner the market on this group. Geriatrics would suddenly become quite desirable and the residency slots would be over subscribed. On the other hand, if Medicare payed twice the going rate to take care of the elderly as commercial insurance pays for treating the young, doctors would be falling all over themselves to corner the market on this group. Geriatrics would suddenly become quite desirable and the residency slots would be over subscribed.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/04/aging.html/comment-page-1#comment-74380 Anonymous Tue, 01 May 2007 01:42:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/04/aging.html#comment-74380 Anon 6:06<br/>I am not a doctor but I would imagine what you are saying would be like asking why a janitor wouldn't pick a college frat house as his dream job. Sure he became a janitor to clean, but this job requires an overwhelming amount of work and pays the worst (ie cheap college kids = cheap medicare) Anon 6:06
I am not a doctor but I would imagine what you are saying would be like asking why a janitor wouldn’t pick a college frat house as his dream job. Sure he became a janitor to clean, but this job requires an overwhelming amount of work and pays the worst (ie cheap college kids = cheap medicare)

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/04/aging.html/comment-page-1#comment-74379 Anonymous Tue, 01 May 2007 01:38:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/04/aging.html#comment-74379 "Most Doctor's don't like taking care of the elderly" <br/><br/>I think that this statement is just malarky. I love taking care of the elderly. They have always been my most interesting and respectful patients. They are from an era when "Doctor" meant something worthy of respect and have a healthier attitude towards sickness and life than egocentric baby boomers like myself.<br/><br/>The problem, is that I hate Medicare. I love freedom and I respect my ethical obligation to privacy and quality that Medicare intrudes on. I would never seek a geriatric certification because of the government's claims to own these patients and intrude into my relationships with them. “Most Doctor’s don’t like taking care of the elderly”

I think that this statement is just malarky. I love taking care of the elderly. They have always been my most interesting and respectful patients. They are from an era when “Doctor” meant something worthy of respect and have a healthier attitude towards sickness and life than egocentric baby boomers like myself.

The problem, is that I hate Medicare. I love freedom and I respect my ethical obligation to privacy and quality that Medicare intrudes on. I would never seek a geriatric certification because of the government’s claims to own these patients and intrude into my relationships with them.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/04/aging.html/comment-page-1#comment-74375 Anonymous Mon, 30 Apr 2007 23:06:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/04/aging.html#comment-74375 "Most Doctor's don't like taking care of the elderly" <br/><br/>Sounds sort of like an oxymoron doesn't it. This is the age group who needs medical care the most and the doc's dont wnat to deal with them. What do you want to deal with? The perfectly fine healthy 30 year old who shows up just for a physical to begin his new job? Is that really practicing medicine? “Most Doctor’s don’t like taking care of the elderly”

Sounds sort of like an oxymoron doesn’t it. This is the age group who needs medical care the most and the doc’s dont wnat to deal with them. What do you want to deal with? The perfectly fine healthy 30 year old who shows up just for a physical to begin his new job? Is that really practicing medicine?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/04/aging.html/comment-page-1#comment-74374 Anonymous Mon, 30 Apr 2007 22:50:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/04/aging.html#comment-74374 Considering there are 82 plastic surgery residency positions available each year, and a fixed number of post surgical fellowships, how could more people go into this field? I am not as familiar with radiology, but I assume the number of residency spots is relatively fixed as well with few left unfilled. Considering there are 82 plastic surgery residency positions available each year, and a fixed number of post surgical fellowships, how could more people go into this field? I am not as familiar with radiology, but I assume the number of residency spots is relatively fixed as well with few left unfilled.

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