Liberal free for all coming to an end

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Originally Posted by TracyCoxx

Like I said it's not just my doctor. It looks like it's several doctors. I'm trying to get a feel for how widespread this is. But it looks like this is how things are going now.

Oh, come on. According to their website http://www.mdvip.com/ they were founded in 2000, and they list almost 400 doctors in the whole US (I counted).
What do you want to say?

BTW: What does the abbreviation MDVIP stands for? I can?t find it.

[smc]

Originally Posted by Tread

Oh, come on. According to their website http://www.mdvip.com/ they were founded in 2000, and they list almost 400 doctors in the whole US (I counted).
What do you want to say?

BTW: What does the abbreviation MDVIP stands for? I can?t find it.

Any doctor who decides to join MDVIP is doing so for his or her own reasons, not because he or she is driven there by the Obama healthcare reform.

MDVIP (it means "Medical Doctors for Very Important Persons") is a money-making venture begun by some doctors who want to make more money by offering boutique, personalized services to those who can afford it. It is the antithesis of the kind of healthcare we should have in this country. Notably, Procter & Gamble -- the giant consumer products company -- bought this company fully in early 2010, expanding its minority stake to full ownership.

I spoke with two Harvard Medical School professors I know before writing this response. Here's a synopsis of how they both described MDVIP.

- This is another step in the misdirection of "managed care," designed to make more money doing less.

- The criteria for being a doctor in the MDVIP network is that you have to cut your practice to about 600 patients maximum (the current primary-care doctor in an urban area has 2,000 to 3,000 patients). The criteria for being a patient of such a doctor is your personal level of wealth and disposable income to pay for "care" beyond your insurance. The doctor will still collect from your insurance company; he or she just wants you to pay extra for the "privilege" of seeing him or her quickly.

- The focus is on "preventive" care, which should be the focus of the healthcare system as a whole.

- One of my colleagues said, "Welcome to the medical world's version of a country club."

Tracy Coxx, you really ought to take a deep breath before jumping to the conclusion that everything you dislike in the world can be traced to Obama, Pelosi, Democrats, and so on. The business model for a company like MDVIP precedes the healthcare debate and legislation of the last year by a long time; doctors have been trying to figure out ways to create these boutiques as sustainable ventures for many years.

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Thanks for the info, smc.
That confirms what I have googled and concluded about MDVIP.

Post #276 sounds like it was a response to me, and should prove something. I expected an explanation or at minimum some conspiracy theory from Tracy, and not an absurd pointless attack against Obama.

[TracyCoxx]

Welll we'll see how it pans out. And no, I did not say that MDVIP is the only refuge for doctors who are fed up with what Obama is doing to the health care system.

[transjen]

Originally Posted by TracyCoxx

Welll we'll see how it pans out. And no, I did not say that MDVIP is the only refuge for doctors who are fed up with what Obama is doing to the health care system.

Well tell these greedy doctors to jam it as those doctors can careless about there patients and all the care about is money so everyone is better off with out them and let them go work at Wal-mart for min wage
This for profit medical system is what's wrong with it the pure greed of the doctors and healthcare ins companies
If you think that stopin malpractice lawsuits and letting the healthcare ins companies run wild with no rules the coast will come down then i have a bridge to see you in San Fran bay
But then these ideas are from the same nut jobs who claim cutting taxes on the rich will create jobs
Jerseygirl Jen

[Trogdor]

Originally Posted by transjen

Well tell these greedy doctors to jam it as those doctors can careless about there patients and all the care about is money so everyone is better off with out them and let them go work at Wal-mart for min wage
This for profit medical system is what's wrong with it the pure greed of the doctors and healthcare ins companies
If you think that stopin malpractice lawsuits and letting the healthcare ins companies run wild with no rules the coast will come down then i have a bridge to see you in San Fran bay
But then these ideas are from the same nut jobs who claim cutting taxes on the rich will create jobs
Jerseygirl Jen

Yep, it's pretty much Reaganomics all over again....and we all know how well that went.

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Originally Posted by TracyCoxx

Welll we'll see how it pans out. And no, I did not say that MDVIP is the only refuge for doctors who are fed up with what Obama is doing to the health care system.

That's right: you did not use those words. But what I wrote is still how you come across, and you can't hide it.

[TracyCoxx]

It's horrendous what happened in Arizona yesterday. I'm so glad Rep. Giffords survived. I just hope she is able to recover back to a normal life. And it's so sad about the others who were killed. What kind of monster shoots a 9 year old girl? The sooner they strap him to the electric chair the better.

[randolph]

Originally Posted by TracyCoxx

It's horrendous what happened in Arizona yesterday. I'm so glad Rep. Giffords survived. I just hope she is able to recover back to a normal life. And it's so sad about the others who were killed. What kind of monster shoots a 9 year old girl? The sooner they strap him to the electric chair the better.

Apparently he legally bought a Glock at a gun shop a few months ago. The evidence indicates that the young man is clearly deranged and should have never been allowed to have a gun.
I don't know if they do background checks in Arizona and they want to make it legal for students to bring guns to school. As the Sheriff said, Arizona is living up to the Tombstone reputation.