Bert,
It's one thing to honor a supenia for it's legal weight and seriousness; but to be so taken advantage of while you are that critical piece of the puzzle is pure bull and an insult to you and all docs. How dare anyone bring a doc in for testomony, for their professional opinion, under legal oath for the piddly sum of $12 bucks! Let Joe the grease monkey from down the road at the local quick lube render his opinion for that kind of cash. You are an f'ing board certified, licensed physician for crying out loud! Who is forgoing a good days worth of paying patients no less so as to be there for your so important professional findings and opinion. Really....Go Fish!
Nobody should be able to drag a practicing physician out of his practice for the better part of a day, to render his professional opinion for $12 Bucks. I'm willing to bet that you had to review your notes, put a few things together to bring with you to support your opinion and just in general get prepared to present and defend your position too, right? Don't tell me that such preparation and time spent is not worthy of appropriate compensation. I'm sure that neither sides' attornies were in attendence for a merger $12 bucks, now were they??? Then why should you be there under such terms and conditions either. BullCHITT, pure and totally BullCHITT.
Please tell me you are going to investigate this further and get back to us all on this. This is cause for a strike is ever there was one.... I'll stop cursing and carrying on now....Now everybody sing along: "Solidarity for ever....Solidarity for ever, solidarity for ever, our union keeps us strong...."
Good Night and Good Luck,
Paul
