Reply #22: This is a case of misplaced anger IMHO... [View All]

[sendero]

... doctors are getting SQUEEZED. Their costs go up and up, and the amounts they can charge is going down.

Their adminstrative load has skyrocketed as the insurance companies have offloaded most of the admin work onto them. The next time you go to your doctor's office, count the people. At mine, there are 2 doctors and about 5 support staff.

Doctors are between a rock and a hard place and they are lashing out. They see no chance of changing the HMO/PPO insurance contract situation, so they go for the easy whipping boy.

I think the insurance companies, both medical and malpractice, are largely to blame. But even that is a simplistic argument. Insurance companies are getting the squeeze from employers who cannot foot 20% annual increases in premiums forever.

It is a tough situation all around, one that will not succumb to simple "one bad guy" solutions.