Is this what pediatricians are resorting to now??

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Has anyone else heard anything like this?? My friend told me this today:

" So my pediatrician just instated a rule that they are now going to charge a

$20 fee for " delaying " or opting out of any vaccinations for inconvenience.

Which, neither of my kids have received any their 4-year old shots and some

we have passed up completely, so I would have to pay the $20 for both kids at

each check-up. Of course, insurance would never pick that up.

That's unheard of, right? I'm pretty irritated over that. "

This is so wrong on so many levels.

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,

That's what I told my friend. Basically she is paying for the " incentive "

the doctor won't get from the pharma company.

It was great meeting you and too. I am still SO far behind on

responding to emails and I've been meaning to email you

Kerrie

In a message dated 10/31/2007 9:58:09 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

aprokofiew@... writes:

Kerrie,

I was told they got bonus dollars for each shot they gave the kids from the

Pharma

guess they have to make it up somewhere.

Despicable!!

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Kerrie,

I was told they got bonus dollars for each shot they gave the kids from the

Pharma

guess they have to make it up somewhere.

Despicable!!

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I'd change doctors. that's crazy. Mratlenhum@... wrote: Has anyone else heard anything like this?? My friend told me this today: "So my pediatrician just instated a rule that they are now going to charge a $20 fee for "delaying" or opting out of any vaccinations for inconvenience. Which, neither of my kids have received any their 4-year old shots and some we have passed up completely, so I would have to pay

the $20 for both kids at each check-up. Of course, insurance would never pick that up.That's unheard of, right? I'm pretty irritated over that. " This is so wrong on so many levels. Kerrie See what's new at AOL.com and Make AOL Your Homepage. __________________________________________________

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What "inconvenience"? It's not like they have syringes loaded and ready to be injected when you arrive for your child's appointment. My kids usually had (the last of) their injections at the end of their appointments. The nurse/receptionist was called in to do the dirty work and prepare the injections. It was more work for her, so I don't see why anyone should have to pay additionally for NOT putting them through this extra time and effort. The "inconvenience" part could be due to the money the pediatrician many be losing if he is not able to use up and charge for all the vaccines he ordered for his regular patients. Who ended up paying for all the extra flu vaccines that were not used and had to be disposed of last flu season? AasaMaurine Meleck <maurine_meleck@...> wrote: I'd change doctors. that's crazy. Mratlenhumaol wrote: Has anyone else heard anything like this?? My friend told me this today: "So my pediatrician just instated a rule that they are now going to charge a $20 fee for "delaying" or opting out of any vaccinations for inconvenience. Which, neither of my kids have received any their 4-year old shots and some we have passed up completely, so I would

have to pay the $20 for both kids at each check-up. Of course, insurance would never pick that up.That's unheard of, right? I'm pretty irritated over that. " This is so wrong on so many levels. Kerrie See what's new at AOL.com and Make AOL Your Homepage. __________________________________________________

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(hypothetical) How can they charge for " delaying " if and when

appointment time comes your child gets a cold or a fever? Don't they

tell you NOT to vaccinate your child if they are sick? So is

rescheduling your appointment due to sickness considered a delay???

Do they charge you 20 bucks for that delay? Something seems VERY

wrong about this.

> Has anyone else heard anything like this?? My friend told

me this today:

>

> " So my pediatrician just instated a rule that they are now going

to charge a $20 fee for " delaying " or opting out of any vaccinations

for inconvenience. Which, neither of my kids have received any their

4-year old shots and some we have passed up completely, so I would

have to pay the $20 for both kids at each check-up. Of course,

insurance would never pick that up.

>

> That's unheard of, right? I'm pretty irritated over that. "

>

>

> This is so wrong on so many levels.

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I recall my pediatrician saying that a child should not be vaccinated when they are sick, but he never told me why. Way back then, I used to think that vaccinating a child would help them fight off most diseases. Now, I know that is not true, at least not in a simplistic way. What brought that home to me, was last year, when my cousin's daughter received a meningitis C vaccine while she still had an ear infection. She ended up in the hospital with signs of meningitis (although tests did not confirm meningitis) for at least 6 weeks and the poor girl was a mess. She could not even straighten or head or do much of anything for many weeks, and it was also hard on her parents who had to travel to Toronto to stay with her in the hospital. Even after she left the hospital, she could not return to school until after Christmas, because she was having regular nurse visits to help with her medication. In the meantime, she had developed a blood clot behind one

ear which had to be resolved, and builtup pressure (due to the infection/inflammation) also messed up her eyesight for some time. I cannot help but wonder if she did not have that meningitis vaccine when she did, would her ear infection have gotten that ugly? Many of our kids have had ear infections after swimming in pools, but rarely, if ever, do they turn into something like this on their own. Aasa tscott3332 <TSKCFTM@...> wrote: (hypothetical) How can they charge for "delaying" if and

when appointment time comes your child gets a cold or a fever? Don't they tell you NOT to vaccinate your child if they are sick? So is rescheduling your appointment due to sickness considered a delay??? Do they charge you 20 bucks for that delay? Something seems VERY wrong about this.> Has anyone else heard anything like this?? My friend told me this today:> > "So my pediatrician just instated a rule that they are now going to charge a $20 fee for "delaying" or opting out of any vaccinations for inconvenience. Which, neither of my kids have received any their 4-year old shots and some we have passed up completely, so I would have to pay the $20 for both kids at each check-up. Of course, insurance would never pick that up.> > That's unheard of, right? I'm

pretty irritated over that. "> > > This is so wrong on so many levels.> > Kerrie> > > > > ---------------------------------> See what's new at AOL.com and Make AOL Your Homepage.> > > > > __________________________________________________>

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Sounds illegal.

>

> Has anyone else heard anything like this?? My friend told me this

today:

>

> " So my pediatrician just instated a rule that they are now going to

charge a

> $20 fee for " delaying " or opting out of any vaccinations for

inconvenience.

> Which, neither of my kids have received any their 4-year old shots

and some

> we have passed up completely, so I would have to pay the $20 for

both kids at

> each check-up. Of course, insurance would never pick that up.

>

> That's unheard of, right? I'm pretty irritated over that. "

>

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> This is so wrong on so many levels.

>

> Kerrie

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What this illustrates is the profit motive behind

vaccinations, IMHO. The doctors get a professional

fee for injecting the patient. No vaccination, no

fee. This $20 charge is a way to make up for the

lost fees.

Change docs. There are doctors out there who

understand patient choice and the risks of

vaccinations.

--- noaholiviaian <phaselow@...> wrote:

> Sounds illegal.

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> >

> > Has anyone else heard anything like this?? My

> friend told me this

> today:

> >

> > " So my pediatrician just instated a rule that they

> are now going to

> charge a

> > $20 fee for " delaying " or opting out of any

> vaccinations for

> inconvenience.

> > Which, neither of my kids have received any their

> 4-year old shots

> and some

> > we have passed up completely, so I would have to

> pay the $20 for

> both kids at

> > each check-up. Of course, insurance would never

> pick that up.

> >

> > That's unheard of, right? I'm pretty irritated

> over that. "

> >

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> > This is so wrong on so many levels.

> >

> > Kerrie

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My thoughts exactly! Would a mechanic charge you for delaying your oil

change? Do you get charged by the beautician for NOT getting your hair

cut. I can't imagine than a pediatrician would even think of this.

Just a new tactic of force. Hey, you charge me for NOT getting a

service, I stop coming and then you get $0. That's easy. Of course, we

haven't seen a doctor in 13 years save the broken collar bone and the

respiratory hospitalization (which the doctor never did figure out).

Just steaming here about this!!

P.

noaholiviaian wrote:

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> Sounds illegal.

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> > Has anyone else heard anything like this?? My friend told me this

> today:

> >

> > " So my pediatrician just instated a rule that they are now going to

> charge a

> > $20 fee for " delaying " or opting out of any vaccinations for

> inconvenience.

> > Which, neither of my kids have received any their 4-year old shots

> and some

> > we have passed up completely, so I would have to pay the $20 for

> both kids at

> > each check-up. Of course, insurance would never pick that up.

> >

> > That's unheard of, right? I'm pretty irritated over that. "

> >

> >

> > This is so wrong on so many levels.

> >

> > Kerrie

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o..boy.. now where I live.. york,PA... there is a pediatric office.. threatening to discharge this baby.. if mom does not give the vaccines... LiaSee what's new at AOL.com and Make AOL Your Homepage.

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Many have stopped going to pediatricians as most well visits are vaccine

visits.

Many find family practice doctors, naturopaths or homeopaths.

Once you realize you don't want vaccines, you don't want much else that

they have to offer either (mostly offering drugs)

This so sick.

Sheri

>I'd change doctors. that's crazy.

> M

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>ratlenhum@... wrote:

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>

>Has anyone else heard anything like this?? My friend told me this today:

>

> " So my pediatrician just instated a rule that they are now going to

charge a $20 fee for " delaying " or opting out of any vaccinations for

inconvenience. Which, neither of my kids have received any their 4-year

old shots and some we have passed up completely, so I would have to pay the

$20 for both kids at each check-up. Of course, insurance would never pick

that up.

>

>That's unheard of, right? I'm pretty irritated over that. "

>

>

> This is so wrong on so many levels.

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> Kerrie

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[Guest guest]

They're charging you for NOT receiving a service or product?

>

> Has anyone else heard anything like this?? My friend told me this

today:

>

> " So my pediatrician just instated a rule that they are now going to

charge a

> $20 fee for " delaying " or opting out of any vaccinations for

inconvenience.

> Which, neither of my kids have received any their 4-year old shots and

some

> we have passed up completely, so I would have to pay the $20 for both

kids at

> each check-up. Of course, insurance would never pick that up.

>

> That's unheard of, right? I'm pretty irritated over that. "

>

>

> This is so wrong on so many levels.

>

> Kerrie

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Doctors don't get incentives, fees or any other consideration directly from

pharmaceutical companies that are tied to providing immunizations. (We went

down this road a year or two ago and I'm not going to argue it again.) That

said, this kind of a fee is a non-starter. If you would be otherwise happy with

this pediatrician (which appears doubtful) just tell the office to send you a

bill for the fee and don't pay it. At some point thereafter you could take it

to the local medical society for fee arbitration and probably blow the whole

concept out of the water. I doubt the physician would want to have the fee

discussed in public by other members of the fee arbitration panel. The far

simpler solution is to just change physicians if other practices are accessible

to you. A physician who would come up with something as wacky as this may very

well come up with a new annoyance later on.

Jim

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Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 6:48 PM

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Subject: [ ] Is this what pediatricians are resorting to now??

Has anyone else heard anything like this?? My friend told me this today:

" So my pediatrician just instated a rule that they are now going to charge a

$20 fee for " delaying " or opting out of any vaccinations for inconvenience.

Which, neither of my kids have received any their 4-year old shots and some

we have passed up completely, so I would have to pay the $20 for both kids at

each check-up. Of course, insurance would never pick that up.

That's unheard of, right? I'm pretty irritated over that. "

This is so wrong on so many levels.

Kerrie

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Thank you, Dr. Jim.

Good advice.

Pam

>

> Doctors don't get incentives, fees or any other consideration

directly from pharmaceutical companies that are tied to providing

immunizations. (We went down this road a year or two ago and I'm not

going to argue it again.) That said, this kind of a fee is a non-

starter. If you would be otherwise happy with this pediatrician

(which appears doubtful) just tell the office to send you a bill for

the fee and don't pay it. At some point thereafter you could take it

to the local medical society for fee arbitration and probably blow

the whole concept out of the water. I doubt the physician would want

to have the fee discussed in public by other members of the fee

arbitration panel. The far simpler solution is to just change

physicians if other practices are accessible to you. A physician who

would come up with something as wacky as this may very well come up

with a new annoyance later on.

>

> Jim

>

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> From: [mailto:Autism-

Mercury ] On Behalf Of ratlenhum@...

> Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 6:48 PM

> ; chelatingkids2 ;

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> Subject: [ ] Is this what pediatricians are resorting

to now??

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>

> Has anyone else heard anything like this?? My friend told me this

today:

>

> " So my pediatrician just instated a rule that they are now going to

charge a

> $20 fee for " delaying " or opting out of any vaccinations for

inconvenience.

> Which, neither of my kids have received any their 4-year old shots

and some

> we have passed up completely, so I would have to pay the $20 for

both kids at

> each check-up. Of course, insurance would never pick that up.

>

> That's unheard of, right? I'm pretty irritated over that. "

>

>

> This is so wrong on so many levels.

>

> Kerrie

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Not sure if this is legal. Does anyone know?EOHarm From: p.ray@...Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2007 10:32:37 +0000Subject: Re: Is this what pediatricians are resorting to now??

They're charging you for NOT receiving a service or product?

>

> Has anyone else heard anything like this?? My friend told me this

today:

>

> "So my pediatrician just instated a rule that they are now going to

charge a

> $20 fee for "delaying" or opting out of any vaccinations for

inconvenience.

> Which, neither of my kids have received any their 4-year old shots and

some

> we have passed up completely, so I would have to pay the $20 for both

kids at

> each check-up. Of course, insurance would never pick that up.

>

> That's unheard of, right? I'm pretty irritated over that. "

>

>

> This is so wrong on so many levels.

>

> Kerrie

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Sure, punitive pricing. It's used in a lot of areas to encourage or

discourage an action. For instance, if you want to control traffic,

you increase or implemenent tolls. Parents pay their kids for good

grades. Redlining - charging people who live inside a marked area

higher interest rates. Docs are a business now. I have a friend

whose daughter just became a Physcian Assistant. One of the pediatric

practices where she interviewed slotted EIGHT MINUTES per visit from

start to finish. EIGHT MINUTES! The peds are going to have to fight

from the inside out to save their reputations. And I think much of it

starts with Insurance running their practices.

K

>

> Has anyone else heard anything like this?? My friend told me this

today:

>

> " So my pediatrician just instated a rule that they are now going to

charge a

> $20 fee for " delaying " or opting out of any vaccinations for

inconvenience.

[Guest guest]

Just checkd with a pediatrician, it is ILLEGAL for the doc to make

such a charge. There is a code for " consulting " about vaccines that

could be coded and charged, but no charge for delaying or refusing

vaccination.

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> > Which, neither of my kids have received any their 4-year old

shots and

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both

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The pediatrician is forgetting WHO HE WORKS FOR!!!

Fire his Ass. Arrogant jerk.

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Dr. Popplewell,

It is nice to have someone like you here keeping us all in check:-)

But I am glad you confirmed that this proposed practice is, well,

unorthodox and likely frowned upon by the medical establishment.

Anne

>

> Doctors don't get incentives, fees or any other consideration

directly from pharmaceutical companies that are tied to providing

immunizations. (We went down this road a year or two ago and I'm

not going to argue it again.) That said, this kind of a fee is a

non-starter. If you would be otherwise happy with this pediatrician

(which appears doubtful) just tell the office to send you a bill for

the fee and don't pay it. At some point thereafter you could take

it to the local medical society for fee arbitration and probably

blow the whole concept out of the water. I doubt the physician

would want to have the fee discussed in public by other members of

the fee arbitration panel. The far simpler solution is to just

change physicians if other practices are accessible to you. A

physician who would come up with something as wacky as this may very

well come up with a new annoyance later on.

>

> Jim

>

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> From: [mailto:Autism-

Mercury ] On Behalf Of ratlenhum@...

> Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 6:48 PM

> ;

chelatingkids2 ; EOHarm ;

mb12 valtrex

> Subject: [ ] Is this what pediatricians are resorting

to now??

>

>

>

> Has anyone else heard anything like this?? My friend told me this

today:

>

> " So my pediatrician just instated a rule that they are now going

to charge a

> $20 fee for " delaying " or opting out of any vaccinations for

inconvenience.

> Which, neither of my kids have received any their 4-year old shots

and some

> we have passed up completely, so I would have to pay the $20 for

both kids at

> each check-up. Of course, insurance would never pick that up.

>

> That's unheard of, right? I'm pretty irritated over that. "

>

>

> This is so wrong on so many levels.

>

> Kerrie

>

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Well the mum is better off, go and sign on with a different type of doc

Re: Re: Is this what pediatricians are resorting to now??

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I suppose that when a patient goes to the

doctor and gets a vaccine, the patient

pays the doctor a fee for the vaccination.

The fee paid includes, I suppose,

the doctor's service and the cost of

the vaccination itself.

No vaccination. No fee.

--- Popplewell <JPopplewell@...> wrote:

> Doctors don't get incentives, fees or any other

> consideration directly from pharmaceutical companies

> that are tied to providing immunizations. (We went

> down this road a year or two ago and I'm not going

> to argue it again.) That said, this kind of a fee

> is a non-starter. If you would be otherwise happy

> with this pediatrician (which appears doubtful) just

> tell the office to send you a bill for the fee and

> don't pay it. At some point thereafter you could

> take it to the local medical society for fee

> arbitration and probably blow the whole concept out

> of the water. I doubt the physician would want to

> have the fee discussed in public by other members of

> the fee arbitration panel. The far simpler solution

> is to just change physicians if other practices are

> accessible to you. A physician who would come up

> with something as wacky as this may very well come

> up with a new annoyance later on.

>

> Jim

>

> ________________________________

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> From:

> [mailto: ] On Behalf Of

> ratlenhum@...

> Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 6:48 PM

> ;

> chelatingkids2 ;

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> Subject: [ ] Is this what pediatricians

> are resorting to now??

>

>

>

> Has anyone else heard anything like this?? My friend

> told me this today:

>

> " So my pediatrician just instated a rule that they

> are now going to charge a

> $20 fee for " delaying " or opting out of any

> vaccinations for inconvenience.

> Which, neither of my kids have received any their

> 4-year old shots and some

> we have passed up completely, so I would have to pay

> the $20 for both kids at

> each check-up. Of course, insurance would never pick

> that up.

>

> That's unheard of, right? I'm pretty irritated over

> that. "

>

>

> This is so wrong on so many levels.

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Was this suggested by an organization, the government, or are doctors just

making this crap up whenever they want?

Where did he get this idea from?

Who told him he could charge you for this?????

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Has anyone else heard anything like this?? My friend told me this

today:> " So my pediatrician just instated a rule that they are now going to

> charge a> $20 fee for " delaying " or opting out of any vaccinations for

> inconvenience.> > Which, neither of my kids have received any their 4-year old

shots> and some> > we have passed up completely, so I would have to pay the $20

for> both kids at> > each check-up. Of course, insurance would never pick that

up.> > That's unheard of, right? I'm pretty irritated over that. " > > This is

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Our pediatrician charges an extra $30 for Saturday visits. I thought

that was crazy, but this? Yikes!

Anne

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> Was this suggested by an organization, the government, or are

doctors just making this crap up whenever they want?

> Where did he get this idea from?

> Who told him he could charge you for this?????

> winnchimes

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> Has anyone else heard anything like this?? My friend told me this

> today:> " So my pediatrician just instated a rule that they are now

going to

> > charge a> $20 fee for " delaying " or opting out of any

vaccinations for

> > inconvenience.> > Which, neither of my kids have received any

their 4-year old shots> and some> > we have passed up completely, so

I would have to pay the $20 for> both kids at> > each check-up. Of

course, insurance would never pick that up.> > That's unheard of,

right? I'm pretty irritated over that. " > > This is so wrong on so

many levels.> > Kerrie.

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We had a neuro (had) that wanted $50 for a note to the school stating my

dd's limitations for P.E. (DD has epilepsy, not autism.) Wasn't told up

front so I refused to pay -- they had to pay the transcriptionist still,

as the letter had been completed, but they refused to take less $$ or

give me the note, so they were out all $50 and I didn't get a note. They

held a necessary medical note hostage just to make a point. We switched

doctors.

anneecbrynn wrote:

>

> Our pediatrician charges an extra $30 for Saturday visits. I thought

> that was crazy, but this? Yikes!

>

> Anne

>

>

> >

> > Was this suggested by an organization, the government, or are

> doctors just making this crap up whenever they want?

> > Where did he get this idea from?

> > Who told him he could charge you for this?????

> > winnchimes

> > -------------------------------------------------------

> >

> > Has anyone else heard anything like this?? My friend told me this

> > today:> " So my pediatrician just instated a rule that they are now

> going to

> > > charge a> $20 fee for " delaying " or opting out of any

> vaccinations for

> > > inconvenience.> > Which, neither of my kids have received any

> their 4-year old shots> and some> > we have passed up completely, so

> I would have to pay the $20 for> both kids at> > each check-up. Of

> course, insurance would never pick that up.> > That's unheard of,

> right? I'm pretty irritated over that. " > > This is so wrong on so

> many levels.> > Kerrie.

> >

> >

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