Guest guest Posted June 23, 2009 Report Share Posted June 23, 2009 Hi Kathy Thanks for you comments.............turns out this is continuing to be quite a healthy discussion on the listserve..........to your point regarding YOU having to wait for 3 months to get into a physician (in your semi-rural area). Wouldn't you agree that this seems as if it is a severe shortage of physicians issue rather than a flaw in the healthcare coverage/insurance. I live in a rural area myself, and getting into a specialist is typically no more than a month...........if it's more of an acute condition, we can most times get a patient in quicker (1-2 weeks). And that's even with us being short on physicians to some degree, ourselves. Also, I have several colleagues (physicians and therapists) that have worked in the Canadian and European model as healthcare providers................Each of them agree that we don't want to adopt that model in it's absolute form as is.......they cite the same reasons many others on this listserve do. I think we ALL agree that there needs to be changes......BIG Changes..............I thought, on the surface, the writer who made the point of the " Hybrid " model, had some good thoughts. In summary..............I just think that " if " , and it looks as though, " when " ----the government takes over and nationalizes things, we are in for a world of hurt long term. History proves that.........the government is broke.....they admit that.......obviously resource management is not their strong suit. Kevyn Soupiset Progressive Therapy & Sports Medicine Larned, KS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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