In a message dated 06/20/2000 7:10:11 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << It was then that I began to really investigate what present-day American health care is all about, and I was again shocked and amazed. The doctors in Medicare and other HMO groups are rewarded for holding down costs, which often results in less than adequate care. Doctors are abrupt with patients. I have discovered that tossing out "nuisance" patients who want answers and not excuses is commonplace >> You've really given a great overview of what health care was and what it has become. There's another little thing that I discovered about a year ago. Every Sunday morning and on days when we are going to be traveling, we go to breakfast at a small breakfast restaurant near our home. On one of the days we were going to travel, there were not too many people there, and the two men at an adjacent table were speaking rather loudly. One of the men seemed to be the local administrator of an HMO, and the other (dressed in some of the most expensive "casual" I've seen in a while) seemed to be a head hunter for the same HMO. They were talking about doctors. It was one of the scariest conversations I've ever heard. If they had been two pimps talking about the whores in their stables, the words might have been kinder. The phrases were in the area of "well, we'll have to find somebody to replace him; he's about burned out. You know they can only work like that for so long. Oh we won't have any problem replacing him." "Oh, we're dumping him. He wants too much money." "That guy's too much trouble; it's time to get rid of him." The patients aren't the only ones being mistreated; the doctors and all medical personnel are being shortchanged as well. Prudy <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html <A HREF="http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
