tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154018758799451116.post6354095135621408676..comments2023-11-05T06:01:46.501-05:00Comments on Solo Docs, So Long: My Response to the Government's Response to My Motion to Dismiss the Government's ClaimOnaColasantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12516818299832410490noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154018758799451116.post-17694185450296455512013-12-24T18:40:13.354-05:002013-12-24T18:40:13.354-05:00The government speaks out of two sides of its mout...The government speaks out of two sides of its mouth. It says it supports comprehensive healthcare for all citizens, and it endorses preventive medicine. The Affordable Care Act requires many more family physicians to deliver this comprehensive care. But when a doctor like me gives comprehensive care--of the sort you describe in Germany--WHAM! Fraud! Abuse! Pay your lawyers or go to jail! No wonder doctors are all running scared.OnaColasantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12516818299832410490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154018758799451116.post-46313238370065815192013-12-23T15:03:10.738-05:002013-12-23T15:03:10.738-05:00There is no pretense on my part that I know the in...There is no pretense on my part that I know the ins and outs of Medicare/Medicaid. My stance is that it is not safe for doctors to continue being a provider for either program. Serving Medicare/Medicaid patients puts not only a doctor in peril it can put the entire family at jeopardy. It is not safe for a doctor to sell his/her practice and leave behind patient charts, that fact is established. We have already agreed to disagree but… shouldn’t doctors who are set on owning a solo practice develop a business model independent of government programs? Think outside the box! <br /><br />According to the Government Accounting Office, the Federal prison system grew 27 percent over the past decade. The Department of Justice’s Federal Bureau of Prisons predicts this trend to continue over the next decade. Currently, the Federal prison population stands at 219,000 inmates. <br /><br />The following article is about the events leading to the incarceration of Dr. John Natale of Illinois. Dr. Lee Hieb says Medicare mobsters have physicians running scared<br />Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2013/02/feds-run-extortion-scam-on-doctors/#HFLgTtH0gSV02Xyi.99 <br /><br />A Must Read: July 15, 2013 http://www.arkansasbusiness.com/article/93507/federal-agents-make-more-use-of-seizure-powers?page=all<br /><br />At 60, this year is the first that I can say I’ve lived a majority of my life in the United States. I lived 22 years in Germany and admit that I am more familiar with German health care. German doctors treat the whole person. They are routinely inquisitive about lifestyle, sex life, and habits. They run the gamut of tests on new patients to establish a base point health record. They routinely run tests most Americans are never given. My wife reminds me often that should she become sick she wants to visit a doctor in Germany. She is not happy with the care she has gotten in America. I think this is her experience and she’s entitled to her opinion.<br /><br />Germans have a vote. Germans vote with their coupons and gossip. Germany is a small country where doctor gossip is very popular. That gossip can be especially damning since Germans rarely move far from their city of birth. The German doctor receives a coupon from the patient. It is not good for a doctor to have but a few coupons to turn in. The Germans in a passive aggressive manner determine how ‘good bedside manner’ is defined and establishes what ‘comprehensive health care’ means. Yikes! <br /><br />Germany has many social programs for its citizens that enter into the equation. But, after the Berlin Wall came down Germans suffered sticker shock at their contribution to pay for it all. The middle class paid at that time as much as 57 percent of individual income towards their benefits.<br /><br />When I read the complaints against you I found them to be highly subjective also. I will say that I am totally against government pushing its way in-between the patient/doctor relationship. I’m against government bureaucrats or insurance executives dictating their biased views about what comprehensive health care should be. Rinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12510703079566541948noreply@blogger.com