Comments on: Marginal Revolution: How to debate health care policy

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 06:34:45 +0000

I just want to say thanks for posting all that you do on this site – it has provided me with great exposure to both the serious and funny sides of medicine – I applaud you!

By: GruntDoc

GruntDoc — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 06:02:48 +0000

I think #4 was the most interesting of his points. It’s why I’ll be on a 2 – 3 year retirement plan when the big Socialism Bomb hits medicine; the bills will be paid in full for 2 – 3 years, then when the country finds out the tab, the clampdown will start. It’s all downhill from there.

By: Greg P

Greg P — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 02:45:53 +0000

I hate to see someone reinforcing the distorted concept that physician incomes are the bulk of health care costs in this country.
If you go to the hospital, the bulk of the expense is not your doctors’ bills. I prescribe and monitor the results of medications each of which cost multiples of what my fee is for doing so. Being in rehab I prescribe what I suspect must be at least hundreds of thousands of dollars per year in DME, not to mention charges from home health agencies.
My fees are a bargain.