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Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 8:31 pm
by GORDON
From here.
Check-ups are good for peace of mind, I suppose, but it's hard to not feel like a sucker.
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Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 9:04 pm
by thibodeaux
Due any day now?
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 9:15 pm
by GORDON
Officially the 27th, but they may induce.
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 9:36 pm
by TheCatt
It's for the children.
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 9:39 pm
by GORDON
It's for the members of the doctor's union, the AMA.
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 12:46 am
by Vince
It's also CYA so that if something did happen they doc has his bases covered.
They act like gods/we treat them as gods, then when they prove they aren't, we sue them.
Doctors are arrogant and patients are stupid.
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 8:42 am
by mbilderback
Yup, I agree that the whole thing is based around avoiding lawsuits. It's much better for the doctors to make you pay unnecessarily up front than they pay out for a court case because some dumb bitch can't show a modicrum of self-control when it comes to pre-natal care.
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 1:05 pm
by GORDON
They will allow you to take still pictures in the birthin' room, but no video.
I asked, and they said "we don't want malpractice on video" without actually saying it.
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 1:25 pm
by mbilderback
Take your business elsewhere.
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 1:32 pm
by GORDON
I would, but they've got my wife scared to death of the process, so her mind is made up.
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 1:46 pm
by Paul
I never asked about the video camera. In fact, I gave a CD of the video to one of the doctors afterwards and he was surprised that I had a camera. Heh! It made me wonder what their policy was.
Does your digital camera take video? Just get a big memory card for it.
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 1:48 pm
by GORDON
Yes, my new camera does do video...
But really, I don't even want to look at it, much less take pictures or capture video of it.
Gross.
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 2:35 pm
by mbilderback
Yeah, no video for me, but I worry about a hospital that limits camera usage to avoid lawsuits. If you do your shit right, you won't have any problems.
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 11:24 pm
by Leisher
Insurance rates for doctors are getting so high that many are leaving their professions to take safer jobs related to medicine.
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 8:22 am
by TheCatt
Insurance rates for doctors are getting so high that many are leaving their professions to take safer jobs related to medicine.
Only anecdotally.
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 9:16 am
by Leisher
Actually, my wife's OBGYN, who is considered to be one of the top people in the field in Toledo, is leaving the practice due to the insurance costs. He's going to focus on menopause and basically consult and give lectures. He'll make more money and pay no insurance costs.
He loves his job as he loves children, but he can't afford to do it anymore. (his words)
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 9:41 am
by DoctorChaos
Hooray for the lawyers and insurance companies, forcing good medical providers out and keeping incompetents in.
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 9:48 am
by mbilderback
I'd blame the juries who actually are the ones who award these millions of dollars. I want just one of them to get smacked with $500,000 out of pocket the next time they screw up something at work.
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 12:10 pm
by GORDON
IIRC, Bush capped malpractice suits?
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 12:14 pm
by TheCatt
Actually, my wife's OBGYN, who is considered to be one of the top people in the field in Toledo, is leaving the practice due to the insurance costs. He's going to focus on menopause and basically consult and give lectures. He'll make more money and pay no insurance costs.
He loves his job as he loves children, but he can't afford to do it anymore. (his words)
Right, that's my point. Anecdotally.