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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 10:53 AM Original message |
A common misconception that many people have with doctor, dentist and veterinarian relationships |
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XanaDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
1. Yes |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
2. It might not be a friendship, but it's not simply a business relationship, either. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 11:20 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Agree. Completely different level of trust. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 11:28 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. No its not |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 11:31 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. 7 minutes? You must have one of those gold plans. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 11:38 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. If a $3,000 deductible and $19,000/year for the family in premiums is gold |
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iamtechus (868 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 11:58 AM Response to Reply #11 |
23. Similar experience |
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shrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 12:22 PM Response to Reply #11 |
31. I do have one of those "Gold" Plans |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 11:43 AM Response to Reply #5 |
20. Yeah... it depends on which plumbing you're concerned with! |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 12:07 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Well, I've had it with my GP. |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 12:25 PM Response to Reply #20 |
34. In my younger stupider days I went to a few strip clubs |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 01:28 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. Being a smart ass myself... |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 12:32 PM Response to Reply #2 |
36. It is a business relationship under our current system. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 12:51 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. It is constrained by the demands of our capitalist system, but |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 03:12 PM Response to Reply #37 |
47. The relationship between a lawyer and client is a legal relationship. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 06:01 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. That's a good analogy about lawyers. |
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jtrockville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
3. Making a living vs making a killing. |
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SlimJimmy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 11:22 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Because "earning a living" is the profit part. Everything else is "covering costs" (nt) |
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jtrockville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 11:41 AM Response to Reply #6 |
19. Medical providers don't earn a salary? |
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SlimJimmy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 12:12 PM Response to Reply #19 |
55. No, not all of them. Actually, not even most of them. Their compensation |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 11:35 AM Response to Reply #3 |
13. If I don't earn a profit, I DONT EAT. Profit is what I get to live on after |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 11:37 AM Response to Reply #3 |
14. Oh, and BTW, since I have invested hundreds of thousands of dollars |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 11:56 AM Response to Reply #14 |
22. Onward toward the unproductive argument of what a "living wage" is |
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guardian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 06:12 PM Response to Reply #14 |
53. All good points |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
4. Doctors don't have a problem thinking of YOU as a car payment |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 11:24 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. This is something I don't think a lot of people want to realize to be honest with you |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 11:53 AM Response to Reply #7 |
21. you know, I grew up with my doctor's kids, went to school with them |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
8. While I rarely go to the doctor (fortunately) or dentist (unfortunately) |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 11:40 AM Response to Reply #8 |
18. As I said there will be some rare anecdotal instances as you describe |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 12:23 PM Response to Reply #18 |
32. Thanks for the tip but without health insurance, I'm SOL for now. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 01:40 PM Response to Reply #32 |
43. I have good health insurance |
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shrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 12:24 PM Response to Reply #18 |
33. As a cancer survivor, all I have to say is |
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Raschel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 12:29 PM Response to Reply #18 |
57. So true. When I switched health plans I stumbled upon a doctor who actually took time to talk to me. |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 12:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
28. My vet bawled his eyes out... |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 01:56 PM Response to Reply #28 |
45. If I were your friend and I needed some help and you helped me out would you charge me for it? |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 03:44 PM Response to Reply #45 |
50. Our good friend owns a bike shop... |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
9. I start nursing school this week |
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InvisibleTouch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 12:16 PM Response to Reply #9 |
29. I do appreciate your honesty. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
12. "Anyone else ever run across people with this misconception?" |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
15. People have trouble with boundaries I guess.... |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
17. I don't know, in my job description is states nothing about, "first do no harm".. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 02:36 PM Response to Reply #17 |
46. Right at the top of my job description was "don't get yourself or any fellow employees injured" |
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InvisibleTouch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
24. There's some personal responsibility on the part of the patient/parent too, though. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
25. i realized that recently when my doctor sold his business to vanderbilt |
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InvisibleTouch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
27. Another thought: compare them to auto repair shops. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
30. Thanks Don. You've made an excellent point. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 01:33 PM Response to Reply #30 |
41. If you need pain meds you should get pain meds. There should be no question about it |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 03:33 PM Response to Reply #41 |
49. Scored X-ray series for my damaged ribs, and 20 Vicodin! |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 03:48 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. I had just a bruised rib once and it was one of the most painful things I can remember |
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shrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
35. I've spent a lot of time in the health care system lately, and I'd have to say, you're right |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
38. well, doctors and dentists were close friends in my case |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
40. I imagine it depends on the character of individuals... |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
42. I wouldn't trust a banker to shove a scope up my ass. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 01:51 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. You wouldn't ask your doctor for financial advice either would you? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
48. Some are actual friendships |
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Liquorice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
54. I haven't seen that very often. What irritates me is when doctors forget |
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SlimJimmy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 12:19 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. I changed PCPs recently because of that. He might have a degree in medicine, but |
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Raschel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 12:32 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. Agree. They're not doing us any 'favors'. WE pay THEM. Just like any other service. |
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