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Originally Posted by docicu3
Again I am sorry for any harm, pain or angst this has caused any of you as any scrutiny of my posts will reveal this to be very different.
The whole thread is a complete misinterpretation of the information intended.
Is is bad form to bring this out today......probably so and again I apologize for any pain it caused.
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Docicu3, I'm a thinker and in so being, I try to not be unkind or show malice, though I am direct, and I can crash and burn, as I did yesterday. I believe that anyone that says they do not make small mistakes, even bigger ones, in this life each day is lying. We all do.
And you, just like everyone else here, I do not know from Adam. I feel though that you simply made a mistake today, something said at an extremely inappropriate time. About a man who is one of the top 100 trial lawyers in the US that came before judges and juries to plead cases representing his clients, and won, therefore creating change in the lives of some of your fellow physicians and colleagues.
This is not just any ambulance chasing attorney, HE IS a fine attorney, and brilliant in a court of law.
There is much wrong in this . . . the greatest nation on Earth's healthcare system and there are countless aspects involved that fuel this growing crisis. One being, that doctors and hospitals are now run by insurance companies with their demands. Telling doctors what they will cover, what they will not, when to admit a patient, and when they are to be sent home, regardless how serious their condition, or its recovery. Other concerns include the skyrocketing cost of medical equipment in hospitals, clinics and doctor's offices today, the cost of prescription medications, which to me, includes what amounts to THE most abhorrent gouging of taxpayers; the cost of services to the uninsured that hospitals never see and taxpayers absorb in their own insurance premiums. These, along with the ever burdening cost of long-term care for the growing population of elderly are all part of the crisis.
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It's not worth trying to state the content again as it is not being evaluated fairly. Someday when others more articulate say the same perhaps there will be an honest open discussion but not today.
No physician should use the privilege of the training and knowledge of the gift of a medical education to make over 100 million dollars by taking 1 in every 3 dollars awarded to the suffering of others.
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I am not articulate, and I'm not evaluating any of this in the correct manner I'm sure. I like to believe though that the decades relationship that I have with Duke Medical Center gives me a small glimmer of insight. Either way, it is something that all Americans are affected by everyday. And it can certainly fire up hot spots.
At Duke, I've heard doctors refer to attorneys as DOGS, literally; and there is reason that they do so. The attorneys are not helping the medical crisis in this country, they are adding to it, profusely.
I may misunderstand your statement above, I may not. But it is true, if I am following you correctly--no one earning 100 million dollars should be able to take 1 of every 3 dollars won to suffering patients in decisions of medical malpractice awards.
At the same time, I think Chairmans and CEOs are not worth their salaries either. To me, this IS a crime of even greater proportion.
Anyway, you troubled me with your comments, but in being concerned as much for you this evening, I feel they simply were a mistake, ill felt, born from experience, and stated at the worst of times.
Please understand that I hold no disregard for you skill, your work ethic, or how hard you had to work to get there.
So with this, rest well, morning comes quickly.