Are doctors hard up for business?

[Gary Allan]

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It just seems to me the guy made sure he got his cut even though it came out of a larger pie.


Well, while you were there ....

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The doctor that finished up the job didn't sound like he felt it would help my main complaint, being cold and tired all the time. It seems since the doctors can't find the cause of the real problem, they work on whatever they can find.


He's probably aware of the basic problem, but knows that it's not going to get fixed. Let's say your basic problem is overall cardiac output and the solution requires open heart surgery so that they can use that laser thingie that punches a bunch of micro holes in the muscle wall to reverse/stop heart disease. Now we're into $150k+ of work and a whole lot of risk for a situation that's not imminently life threatening.

You may not be in bad enough shape to fix yet. I know, it's a real odd way to look at it.



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Ever notice how more doctoring and meds leads to more doctoring and meds?


Ever notice that automotive engineers keep coming up with more fancy fluids to cope with the newer fancy ways that they make things work?

Same deal. If you're in the body fixing business, you're going to find things to fix.

 

[d00df00d]

Originally Posted By: labman
I hadn't been having that much trouble, mostly cold and tired all the time. Well yes a little pain in my chest while walking vigorously once in a while. So after my physical and high cholesterol and high blood pressure, my doctor sends me off for a stress test. Well you may have a blockage. Next a catherization. It turns out I do have a blockage. Ah, but that hospital can't do stents. So they haul me 50 miles down the road in an ambulance tube into my big leg artery, electrodes hooked to a heat monitor, saline drip,etc. So if the doctor knew I might have a blockage and he couldn't fix it, why did he start?

Would you have preferred him to act on the first thing that came to his mind instead of taking pains to find out and be sure?

 

[d00df00d]

Originally Posted By: labman
It just seems to me the guy made sure he got his cut even though it came out of a larger pie.

As long as medicine is a business, this (IMO reasonable) suspicion will never go away, whether it is true or not.


Originally Posted By: labman
It seems since the doctors can't find the cause of the real problem, they work on whatever they can find.

Wouldn't you?

 

[Gary Allan]

Originally Posted By: d00df00d

Originally Posted By: labman
It seems since the doctors can't find the cause of the real problem, they work on whatever they can find.

Wouldn't you?


Yeah, but he most likely wouldn't have assured compensation and claim that he's benefiting human kind in the process (assuming he wasn't a doctor as well - but some other "mechanic").

There is no way the average person is going to identify with such privilege and "rigged" profession where their health is effectively held hostage for money. Sorry, it just ain't gonna happen outside of the gravy bubble. Inside it looks like common sense ..like most things do.

 

[d00df00d]

Gary, I have to share a suspicion I am developing.

I can't shake the feeling that some genius somewhere has invented a forum post generator to cram together as many vaguely relevant-sounding non-sequiturs and conspiracy theories as possible while still forming syntactically correct sentences, and that is how you come up with what you post on any topic that has anything to do with anyone who earns more than minimum wage.

At a bare minimum, I am fairly certain that I wouldn't be able to distinguish your posts from the products of such a generator.

Just my $0.02. Comments and stiff rebukes welcome.

 

[MolaKule]

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Ah, but that hospital can't do stents. So they haul me 50 miles down the road in an ambulance tube into my big leg artery, electrodes hooked to a heat monitor, saline drip,etc. So if the doctor knew I might have a blockage and he couldn't fix it, why did he start?


I hope you are feeling better, your cirulation is improved, and have a more extended OCI.

Firstly, the doc recognized a problem and wanted to deal with it pronto; the doctor may have been associated with or have only had privaleges down the road.

Secondly, the hook-up was to stabilize you during the trip; common practice for a new oil loop.

Thirdly, there is so much litigation that the doctor wanted to cover all bases.

(Wife is in the medical field, which is why I can't get away with anything).

 

[labman]

The thing of it is, I didn't need stablized. I have been regularly doing vigorous work. I shoveled the driveway before driving to the hospital. I could have just as well driven to the other hospital. The plan was that my wife would drive home.

I am beginning to suspect wallet surgery.

 

[andyd]

I have been very much involved in the hospital/ medical/ medicine industry since I caught breast cancer last July. I have little clue as to what the procedures cost. I just pay the co-pays
and flirt with the nurses. I still hafta get my ears, teeth and left arm fixed too. I will be in the belly of the beast from here on.

 

[andyd]

I have been very much involved in the hospital/ medical/ medicine industry since I caught breast cancer last July. I have little clue as to what the procedures cost. I just pay the co-pays
and flirt with the nurses. I still hafta get my ears, teeth and left arm fixed too. I will be in the belly of the beast from here on.

 

[Amkeer]

Originally Posted By: CivicFan
Here's a little not-so-well-known fact. Stents do not do anything to prevent issues arising from blocked arteries. They are effective in emergency situations. otherwise, it's just a cash cow for the makers and installers.


How do you arrive at this? The STENT keeps the artery open to prevent issues from arising from that blockage. It is not a cure all.