FREEDOM

I don?t know about you but it?s amazing to me how that the word Freedom has become corny, trite, and even ?unAmerican-like?. It is, or should be, the very fiber of our human existence and citizenship. And I feel corny just saying that, amazing.

For more than 40 years (peds and later allergist) I?ve always accepted Medicaid and Medicare without any restrictions. No insurance? Pay me ten bucks, okay? Now then, through the years I have turned down or ?fired? insurance plans (UHC a few years ago). At times I have informed patients that their lousy health plan should be brought to the attention of their employer. I have even called a couple employers and let them know what they?ve done to their employees! (How bout them apples?) You know what, changes for the better usually occurred. I have a choice and my patients have a choice. Yeah, that?s the corny freedom thing.

Single player medicine means no choice, nada, for the provider and the patient. You want the ?medical problem? to ?just be taken care of?? Be careful what you wish for.

Costly? If you think medical care is expensive now just wait till it?s free. That?s an indisputable fact and, come on, you know it. How's the government doing on the payment/cost side so far?

Poor outcome? A specious argument re providing more free health care. The false assumptions of infant mortality rates would be a good starting point. PM me if you?d like the real facts emanating from my days as a fellow in neonatology and the Great Plains Perinatal Organization.

Bob
Allergy
Mansfield, OH
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Where am I going and why am I in this handbasket?