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J. James (jjamesk@ix.netcom.com) wrote:
: As Doctors, Dentists and Hospitals are becoming greedier and greedier
: everyday,
: it has become more important for the patients, to scrutinize their
: services.

: Agree and give whatever the doctors/hospitals say, that is the
: mentality of
: almost all of the people. But we need to understand that, they are
: profit driven 
: just like any other business and should be dealt with that in mind. 
: Unfortunately, people become sick not by their choice and they have to
: see a doctor. Doctors and hospitals are only trying to exploit this
: situation, 
: since they know, you need their help desperately.

: The following are 2 incidents that happened to me and to one of my
: friends.

: 1. I went a hospital in chapel Hill, NC for a small bump in my neck.
: Since the bump 
: did not go after a few weeks of antibiotics, the doctor went for a
: chest x-ray. 
: The doctor said that the x-ray was unclear and that I may have
: Hodgkin's disease
: (He should not have told me this before a full evaluation.) and I need
: CAT scan
: of the chest.
: Now this is the part I did not understand. Instead of taking the CAT
: scan of the 
: chest alone which is necessary to determine the illness, he ordered a
: CAT scan of 
: the stomach also.  The cost, $800 extra, for nothing.

: 2. This happened to a friend of mine who went to a dentist in Raleigh,
: NC
: to have his teeth cleaned. The doctor was able to fit him with a gold
: filling .
: The cost $1200.00


: Lesson:

: Ask the doctor, the need for each TESTS and its COST.  Because you are
: one who 
: is going to pay for it.

: jjk.



I want to say I agree, needless medical procedures are sucking us dry.  BUT,
before you go ballistic and say that all doctors are money sucking thugs,
just remember that I am about to invest $200,000 (a mortgage, with no place
to live) for a medical education that could some day save your life.  Am I
going to make millions when I get out?  No.  I'm going to be in family
practice, and there is no way that I can make the money that you seem to
dream that all doctors make.  So, remember, there are those of us out there,
plunging ourselves into debt, which we will be repaying for YEARS, to
provide you with good medical care.

Rebecca, soon to be Dr. Rebecca