Re: Re: How to get off lipitor? - re Rant

[Guest guest]

Ok; so here is my rant...

I have been thinking about doctors lately; we all know that for most

of our lives they were held on this higher plane; God-like.; to

never be questioned.

I do wonder how long it will take them to realize that can no longer

expect to be treated with such high regard when they now refuse to

treat many people without looking in their wallets first; and with

drugs that they must know on some level are harming more then

helping. If they are walking through their careers *allowing*

themselves to be caught between insurance companies and

pharmacutical companies; can they really expect to be treated with

respect?

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Love it, love it, love it. Beautifully put.

I will almost certainly use this at some future point in an article

or face to face meeting (with attribution if possible) or plagerized

if necessary.

[Guest guest]

On 8/18/04 4:09 AM, " ceda " ceda > wrote:

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> Subject: Re: Re: How to get off lipitor? - re Rant

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> Ok; so here is my rant...

>

> I have been thinking about doctors lately; we all know that for most

> of our lives they were held on this higher plane; God-like.; to

> never be questioned.

>

> I do wonder how long it will take them to realize that can no longer

> expect to be treated with such high regard when they now refuse to

> treat many people without looking in their wallets first; and with

> drugs that they must know on some level are harming more then

> helping. If they are walking through their careers *allowing*

> themselves to be caught between insurance companies and

> pharmacutical companies; can they really expect to be treated with

> respect?

>

>

> _________

>

> Love it, love it, love it. Beautifully put.

>

> I will almost certainly use this at some future point in an article

> or face to face meeting (with attribution if possible) or plagerized

> if necessary.

My head is still reeling from going in to the chronic pain group and being

told that I should consider stanford a 'restaurant'; where my treatment

would depend on my type of insurance I have. They told me with good

insurance I could have many items on the menu, a waiter who will assist me

for all my needs and hot food... But with my kind of insurance my menu will

be only one or two things, my food is going to take a long time to get to my

table and the waiter will be rude. (it appears that lipitor is the only

item on my menu).

Like I mentioned; the doc who delivered this analogy to me when they decided

to *not* help me; called this the 'restaurant' analogy. But I consider it

the 'prostitution' analogy; which would make the doctors not 'waiters' but

---> (well; you get the point)