Comments on: Doctors are now interviewing patients in Canada http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/07/doctors-are-now-interviewing-patients.html medical blog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:15:05 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/07/doctors-are-now-interviewing-patients.html/comment-page-1#comment-77707 Anonymous Sun, 15 Jul 2007 03:11:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/07/doctors-are-now-interviewing-patients-in-canada.html#comment-77707 Simple economics. When you set a price ceiling, there will be shortages for a given quality of product. Or, the quality/cost to produce will have to go down. You are seeing both effects.<br/><br/>Your only hope is to find altruistic doctors who are willing to work 60 hours a week and don't need money. Good luck, because I know very few people like that and their clinics are already full.<br/>b Simple economics. When you set a price ceiling, there will be shortages for a given quality of product. Or, the quality/cost to produce will have to go down. You are seeing both effects.

Your only hope is to find altruistic doctors who are willing to work 60 hours a week and don’t need money. Good luck, because I know very few people like that and their clinics are already full.
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]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/07/doctors-are-now-interviewing-patients.html/comment-page-1#comment-77674 Anonymous Sat, 14 Jul 2007 01:12:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/07/doctors-are-now-interviewing-patients-in-canada.html#comment-77674 Are you for real? Have you been to a rural US hospital recently? I have. The vast majority of these small hospitals you would be lucky to pronounce a physicians name correctly there are so many foreigners. And if they are not foreign a large percentage of the remaining are running from something. Are you for real? Have you been to a rural US hospital recently? I have. The vast majority of these small hospitals you would be lucky to pronounce a physicians name correctly there are so many foreigners. And if they are not foreign a large percentage of the remaining are running from something.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/07/doctors-are-now-interviewing-patients.html/comment-page-1#comment-77597 Anonymous Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:18:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/07/doctors-are-now-interviewing-patients-in-canada.html#comment-77597 Oh, not to fear. I'm sure the Canadian government would be more than happy to import hordes of doctors from abroad - just like their British counterparts.<br/><br/>I guess that means the'll have to reinforce the entrancesw to their airport terminals. A small price to pay for universal health care. Oh, not to fear. I’m sure the Canadian government would be more than happy to import hordes of doctors from abroad – just like their British counterparts.

I guess that means the’ll have to reinforce the entrancesw to their airport terminals. A small price to pay for universal health care.

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