I know, I know—I should be writing about football, this being the season. However, I cannot resist making a comment or two about the positive turn in my health care experience of late. I’ve found a new doctor and this one looks like a keeper.
Primary Care—Not!
I am incensed! I just got off the phone with my physician’s office, having called to change my October 12 appointment for a physical exam. The phone person told me that if I wanted to change it, the next available date would be in February 2007. What the hell kind of arrogantly incompetent bullshit is that?
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The Primary Care Crisis
It is obvious that our primary care system is broken. Third-party payers, primarily insurance companies and the government, plus a broken torts system that allows for gigantic punitive damage awards that primarily benefit lawyers who prosper from others’ misfortunes, all conspire against the primary care system. The costs associated with the system are growing, and doctors are finding it ever harder to make a living befitting of their commitment to education and training. Many are leaving the primary care practice for less stressful occupations, either going elsewhere in medicine or exiting the practice of medicine completely. I could go on and on here, but I’m not a doctor and my understanding of the screwed up mess is less than thorough. Accordingly, I’ll direct you to an excellent discussion of this issue on a doctor’s blog, DB’s Medical Rants.
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