Call me cynical, but I do not see PCP's getting together as a large group to accomplish radical changes in our health care. We are trained to be independent thinkers and to be confident about our decisions. That makes it hard to be great team players. Talk about too many cooks in the kitchen!

It all comes down to money. Whether it's" greedy" corporations playing the middleman and contributing to the demise of our current system or getting the government involved to take things over, it will still boil down to money. Just wait to see the congressman fight over who gets to be on the health care committees because they know they will stand to make a lot of money off of the lobbyists who will come knocking on their door offering to contribute to their reelection campaign or their PACs.

No, I don't pretend to know the magic solution to the current health-care problems. But right now, it looks like the difference between frying pan and the fire. Either way, it's just going to keep getting hotter!


David Russell, MD
Eastsound, WA (Orcas Island)