Re: Another pre-paid cash only practice

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i think the goal has always been to provide health care rather than health insurance. what isn't mentioned in the article is what vic's annual income is after overhead. wrt to pedro's reference to judges not being paid well enough to work in public service, and regarding working in public health/community clinics, why are the doctors the least paid of all? typically a family doctor working in such a facility makes about $100,000/yr, often less. i know, i used to be one. yet when it comes to judges, school superintendents, state and federal representatives, attorneys, we're (family doctors) again on the bottom end of the scale. LLBob Forester MD wrote: I was pleased to read about another family physician who believes that insurance is one of the biggest obstacles to affordable primary care:Medical Economics, December 15, 2006Crisis in healthcare: Does Vic Wood have the answer?I will attach a readable Word document in the following post. The link to get directly to the web-version of this article is:http://www.memag.com/memag/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=390167 __________________________________________________

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Attached is a more easily printable/readable Word document of the article.Bob Forester MD wrote: I was pleased to read about another family physician who believes that insurance is one of the biggest obstacles to affordable primary care:Medical Economics, December 15, 2006Crisis in healthcare: Does Vic Wood have the answer?I will attach a readable Word document in the following post. The link to get directly to the web-version of this article is:http://www.memag.com/memag/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=390167 __________________________________________________

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According to the article, Dr. Vic Wood practices in Wheeling, WV.

Per the AMA (assn-org), his self-designated specialty is urgent care.

Shirley Pigott MD

Texas

On 1/2/07, lawrence lyon <llyonmd@...

> wrote:

i think the goal has always been to provide health care rather than health insurance. what isn't mentioned in the article is what vic's annual income is after overhead. wrt to

pedro's reference to judges not being paid well enough to work in

public service, and regarding working in public health/community

clinics, why are the doctors the least paid of all? typically

a family doctor working in such a facility makes about $100,000/yr,

often less. i know, i used to be one. yet when it

comes to judges, school superintendents, state and federal

representatives, attorneys, we're (family doctors) again on the

bottom end of the scale. LLBob Forester MD <stlukesmodesto>

wrote: I was pleased to read about another family physician who believes that insurance is one of the biggest obstacles to affordable primary care:

Medical Economics, December 15, 2006Crisis in healthcare: Does Vic Wood have the answer?