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Post by imec on Nov 4, 2010 0:46:08 GMT
I am in many ways very thankful for our system of universal access to health services - but all systems have their problems... Main Street MDs earn big Handful of walk-in clinic physicians collect in $500K-$800K range
By: Jen Skerritt Main Street MDs earn big Handful of walk-in clinic physicians collect in $500K-$800K range By: Jen Skerritt A small number of family doctors at Main Street medical clinics earned upwards of $500,000 last year -- more than the average cardiologist and vascular surgeon. According to Manitoba Health's public compensation disclosure report, released in October, a handful of physicians who practise on the strip of walk-in clinics in Point Douglas banked nearly twice as much as the average family doctor, and one Main Street physician took home three times what his colleagues earn. Dr. Anil Sud billed the province for $821,085 -- a fee that puts him in the same category as highly specialized internists, ophthalmologists and plastic surgeons. The year before, Sud billed the province $755,900, and in 2007-08, he billed $691,787. Last year, Dr. Anton Kloppers earned $528,243, Dr. Derrek Jensen took home $483,661 and Dr. Randy Allan banked $447,860. Allan has not practised at the Main Street Medical Centre since June, and medical sources say he is under investigation by Manitoba's physician regulatory body. Full story
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2010 6:00:01 GMT
That's a lot of 10-minute visits!
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Post by komsomol on Nov 8, 2010 17:50:34 GMT
Sounds like there is something wrong with the organization, not with socialism per se.
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 8, 2010 21:07:32 GMT
I'm glad to be reminded of this thread, which touches on several problems. Here's a for instance --
My dad had a knee brace which was supposed to be worn for a certain amount of time each day. We repeatedly found the thing thrown on top of a wardrobe, and it was definitely not being used. His doctor said it was unnecessary.
Reviewing his bills, I saw that the nursing home billed Medicare for this every month and was paid. I called Medicare and told them the situation. I was fulsomely lauded for being a responsible citizen, saving tax dollars, yadda-di-yadda-di-da.
I lost track of how many times I called them on the same thing. The billing & payments were never stopped.
Komsomol is right, though -- it's not socialism per se that is bad, it's the complacency and indifference of workers in a bureaucracy who won't help safeguard public funds.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2010 21:32:32 GMT
I have called the French health system more than once when I found incredibly strange things on my mother's health statement, even though she was not being charged payment for any of the items. One time I discovered that the nursing home's order of nutritional supplements for the entire floor had been charged to my mother's "account." I made it clear that this was unacceptable, so they probably just moved the charge to some other person. Obviously, they just found it easier to place the order on just one account rather than going to the trouble of splitting it into 15 or 20 orders for the people actually consuming these items.
I do understand that it is really hard to reconcile practicality with ethics in such places. They don't care how they obtain they stuff -- they just need to get it and use it.
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