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President’s Letter
And speaking of “value,” how do you plan to reimburse me for many of our victories are small, they are ones that are critical to those
“value” when I have yet to hear a coherent explanation of what that we care for. It is a slow, uneven process that requires continuation, not
exactly means? It appears to be some type of ether that no one can quite just of us, but also the coming generations. I am reminded of a scene
wrap their arms around and define. Maybe I just don’t grasp the concept from my favorite movie, “The Godfather.” An aging Don Vito Corleone
— that is a good possibility. is lamenting to his son Michael, who has assumed control of the family
business, that there wasn’t enough time for him to do everything he
How does building an express care, urgent care, free-standing wanted for his family. With a look of love only a son can give his father,
emergency room and medical office complex on every corner keep Michael replies, “We’ll get there, Pop. We’ll get there.”
down the cost of health care? Who is going to pay for all this?
We’ll get there.
To Big Pharma, thanks a lot for flooding the television airways
and placing your ads directly between me and my patient so you *“The voice of one crying in the wilderness.”
can improve your stock price. I threaten my beleaguered family
physician by telling him I am going to write down the drugs in “If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don’t
every “Ask your doctor about” commercial I see and bring the list have to worry about answers.”
in for review at my next check-up. This is regardless of whether it
concerns a male problem, a female one, or one I do not have. One — Thomas Pynchon
can never be too proactive.
Trivia question: Along with Smallpox, what is the only other
By the way, is there some unwritten rule that every single pharma disease that has been eradicated globally? Answer on page 13.
ad has to have a graying, balding “60s will never die” pony-tailed dude
who drives around in a classic convertible to the tune of some one-hit
wonder? If so, at least make it a cool muscle car. Something like a ’68
Firebird ragtop with a 400 engine will do fine.
I realize this is not a very uplifting article. I also know that I do not
have any immediate and sweeping solutions. The corporatization of
medicine will move forward. As physicians, our primary responsibility
is minimizing the walls placed between us and our patients. So while
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