Fleeced By Physicians Generating higher medical costs Public? Private? health insurance Does it really matter? Both have helped physicians' incomes grow obscenely fatter. The party making payments should'nt be of more concern Than avaricious doctors dissatisfied with what they earn. They'll buy an ultrasound machine so they can do the scans And keep insurance payments out of someone else's hands. Does this result in fewer scans, or more likely lots more of 'em? Insurance checks for ev'ry scan? No wonder doctors love 'em. You've seen their infomercials on your local PBS. Their profit on those videos is anybody's guess, Except for Suze Orman who is also cashing in And knows how highly leveraged those doctors must have been. So rest assured the fees they charge will have to escalate. You'll need an office visit just to learn that you'll be great. Insurance pays them for each office visit that you make, Not for a friendly phone call and the minutes that can take. If you're convalescing nicely and what you need is more bed rest, But Doctor Bucks prescribes more pills, and yet another test, Report him to the SEC and not his AMA Who'll claim all doctors have the right to pillage and make hay.
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