Dr. sick of all the healthcare freeloaders!

What rules in your opinion were violated?

 

Honestly, I couldn't tell if he did or not. Quite a train wreck...

 

this has to be sarcastic, can't be serious

"As a pediatrician, I provide these scowling little freeloaders with life-saving therapies like vaccinations and antibiotics. I test their hearing and make sure any hearing loss is caught while it can still be corrected. I make sure kids with developmental delays get into therapy early so they’re ready to compete by the time they reach kindergarten."

 

by the title of this thread I thought the same..... very misleading

 

Here's how it works:

You post an article or video link, and clearly and respectfully express your views on that link or video, refraining from attacks - no "all liberals are swine/all conservatives are swine" - and establish a basis for respectful debate.

It's super-simple, but I'm seeing less and less of it on the forums, and it's discouraging.

In this case, it's being suggested that the OP didn't understand what he posted, but regardless, he didn't establish a basis for respectful discussion, but rather a cryptic one-liner.

Let me know if you'd like help finding the forum rules; I believe they're pinned to the top of most of the forums here.

EDIT to add PF Rule 11:

"11. THREAD CREATION

The opening post of a thread sets the topic and the tone of the discussion. It should contain a member's opinions or questions with sufficient elaboration to establish a foundation for respectful discussion and debate. Threads should not be posted in the wrong forum, or be duplicates of other threads and/or topics (creating multiple threads with fundamentally the same topic is not allowed). Images, links, quotations, etc., should be used to support a member's opinion, not to replace it. Quoting from an article is optional. If a quote is added, it must be clearly distinguishable from the personal commentary. Quotes may only contain a small portion of the article. We do not allow the entire article to be posted. Personal commentary must be a paragraph with at least 3 sentences of respectful elaboration. Thread titles should be a description of the thread topic (and if not they may be altered by the moderators). Whether a thread has sufficiently set a basis for respectful debate on the thread topic will be at the discretion of the moderators. All other board rules apply to thread titles and creation. Threads may be deleted, merged or closed for not meeting any of the requirements listed."

 

Clearly you've never tried to get your kid into an NYC pre-school...

 

A pediatrician complaining his patients never worked a day in their lives? This has got to be satire, right?

 

Bad satire, yes.

 

I would agree that there are some MDs that are strictly business but I don't think there are many who start out that way. Becoming a doctor is an aspiration that cannot be motivated merely by money. Successful med students are driven by a belief that they can make a difference in the world. The typical med student will dedicate 12 to 16 years of their lives to becoming a doctor. They sacrifice the golden years of their youth to this end. They incur enormous sums of debt for their education. As interns and residents they work long hours, sometimes 100 hours in a week and for a pittance. Finally when they set up a practice they face many years of paying off their debt. Add to that the expenses of running a business and the reduced payments many are forced to accept from the government.This is why overbooking exists and the quality of care has been reduced to hours of waiting to see a tired overworked physician for a few minutes.

 

That's what I thought. It's your opinion the OP broke rules but you can't really define a clear violation. There's a lot of room for interpretation for the ",offenses" you cited. It's the mods jobs to decide these issues not yours or mine so participate in the thread or don't but I think that hiding behind supposed rule violations to avoid the topic is cowardly and I'm seeing more and more people on the left take this position. They hide behind that or disregard your source as not believable since it's FOX or some other news outlet they choose to snub. Both are dishonest and cowardly attempts to run from a subject.

 

I think they might get tired of emergency rooms filled with kids with the sniffles that are only there because it's free.

 

Naw.

It's a fact that he broke thread creation rules.

And BOTH *sides* are spamming the CE/PO&B forums with stuff like this - it diminishes the quality for everyone.

And the topic - such as there is due to the rule violations - IS being discussed, but you appear too invested in not seeing what's happening on any level to grasp that.

If you don't want to be called out for trolling, don't troll.

 

No; the linked article is bad satire; its author supports affordable medical care for all children.

 

And I see the thread's in Humor and Satire now.

All is well.

 

We all support affordable health care for children but when it's free there will be abuse. I have seen emergency rooms full of welfare parents and all their kids. They come on for every little thing because it's free.

 

It's a problem to be sure.

 

Well you got your way. LOL

 

Well, I think it's good for everyone; it always belonged here.

Plenty of healthcare threads on PO&B now - we can rumble there.

 

^^^This post is just absolute nonsense. I don't even know where to began. Being compensated doesn't mean becoming a millionaire. If doctors weren't so greedy, they could give patients better care. Doctors in other countries don't automatically become millionaires like they do in the US. People complain about the high cost of medical care in the US: the amount doctors earn is one of the reasons. If we had a national health care plan like in other countries, doctors wouldn't earn so much; this is a reason most of them are against it. They'd have to be ordinary people. The police, fire fighters, and teachers provide essential, extremely important services and earn a fraction of what doctors earn. I am not saying doctors shouldn't be highly paid professionals, but it goes too far and motivates a lot of people to want to be doctors so they can be wealthy.

 

Oh really? What should these highly educated people that provide such an important service earn?

 

physicians make about 16-17% of the healthcare dollars. You're just dripping envy aren't you, as well as spewing ignorance

 

should haveread the whole article. He was being sarcastic. Its a plea to get CHIP reinstated.

 

It was my intention in posting to see who actually would read it. My first reaction to the headline and first few paragraphs was rather strong, but as I read it, his point became clear as a bell.

Results have not disappointed.

 

BULL.
I didn't break any rules but your response is noted. Seems you didn't even read the last BOLDED para of the OP since it clearly states exactly the point the author was making.

My comment that surely washington should do something immediately seems to have flown over your head.

Kneejerking and not bothering to read the actual article is not my problem, its yours.

 

I agree,
BUt the results are still rather informative, no?