Comments on: Why alternative medicine is gaining ground http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/08/why-alternative-medicine-is-gaining.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:09:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/08/why-alternative-medicine-is-gaining.html#comment-79530 Anonymous Sat, 25 Aug 2007 06:23:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/08/why-alternative-medicine-is-gaining-ground.html#comment-79530 " (hey, maybe billing by the hour would solve this issue)."<br/><br/>Why would that be? Alternative medicine practitioners don't bill by the hour...<br/><br/>You could at least bother to have your conclusions follow your premises. ” (hey, maybe billing by the hour would solve this issue).”

Why would that be? Alternative medicine practitioners don’t bill by the hour…

You could at least bother to have your conclusions follow your premises.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/08/why-alternative-medicine-is-gaining.html#comment-79459 Anonymous Thu, 23 Aug 2007 17:29:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/08/why-alternative-medicine-is-gaining-ground.html#comment-79459 "Spending more time with the patient is one reason (hey, maybe billing by the hour would solve this issue)"<br/><br/>Yeah...right...<br/><br/>Because the insurance companies won't notice that they are paying more...<br/><br/>"Alternative Medicine," sometimes called "woo," is popular for a lot of reasons. For one, it is easier to understand than real medicine and everyone gets to go home with a treatment, no matter how treatable the disease is. Plus, the practitioners are caring and empathetic--after all, caring is their stock in trade not their treatment. “Spending more time with the patient is one reason (hey, maybe billing by the hour would solve this issue)”

Yeah…right…

Because the insurance companies won’t notice that they are paying more…

“Alternative Medicine,” sometimes called “woo,” is popular for a lot of reasons. For one, it is easier to understand than real medicine and everyone gets to go home with a treatment, no matter how treatable the disease is. Plus, the practitioners are caring and empathetic–after all, caring is their stock in trade not their treatment.

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