Re: Phyllis: Activists Say YIKES We need to KILL the MD BILL! LOL


eugeneshapiroisapig wrote:
> say you have an internal medicine specialist. He hears about lyme
> disease, becomes an LLMD, etc. Is he able to make more money this
way?
> I have never myself heard of a doctor who was struggling because he
or
> she was short on patients, even an osteopath. Even, in my town, a
> notorious drunkard and philandering old codger who probably at this
> point doesn't know a left pinky toe from a right testicle. I only
know
> how much my LLMD charges per hour, I don't know how much others
charge
> or for that matter how much it costs to be misdiagnosed by allen
steere
> or gary wormser.
> It seems to me that if you have a medical practice, you are
> comfortably raking in low 6 figures, why bother with lyme disease and
> all the heat you know you're going to face? Of course most doctors
now
> are in group practice, HMO, corporations, etc, which plays into the
> hands of the steerites since with these entities you only have to
> convince one person, usually a money grubbing avaricious executive
with
> an MBA, and all the doctors under them will presumably fall into
lyme.


BUT they do treat other chronic diseases even though they may be money
losers.

So why not Lyme?

It is pretty clear that most doctors just don't agree with our doctors.

So the hopeful part is that, regardless of financial concerns, they
will treat chronic diseases.

The difficult part is convincing them that Lyme is the problem and
requires longer term treatment.

.

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