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So This Chicken Walks Into A Doctor's Office...
“I’m telling you that this works. You know, before we all started having health care, in the olden days our grandparents, they would bring a chicken to the doctor, they would say I’ll paint your house. That’s the old days of what people would do to get health care with your doctors. Doctors are very sympathetic people. I’m not backing down from that system.” -- Sue Lowden There is a larger picture to this statement, and in the grand scheme of things I’m sure (at least I’m hoping) that Lowden didn’t actually mean you should bring your family physician a chicken in return for medical services. Sure, bartering your products or services for medical attention is probably happening all across this great nation as we speak, and it’s probably happening in a very successful way in some places, but for a woman who might bump Democrat Harry Reid out of office soon, it’s a very interesting stance to be taking regarding health care. In a recent Washington Post article, some interesting points are made on this topic of bartering for health care like in the “good old days.” Maybe the good old days weren’t so good. In those days a chicken, a bale of hay, or a service probably was enough to cover the care that a family doctor could give. Medicine wasn’t nearly as advanced as it is today. Mother’s routinely died in childbirth, simple flu’s and illnesses lead to death and despair, and in reality a doctor’s medical attention wasn’t worth much more than a chicken. “Today's reality is that Nevada is a highly urbanized state -- almost three-fourths of its residents live in and around Las Vegas -- where the collapse of housing prices, the epidemic of foreclosures and the lack of access to health care are as acute as anywhere in the nation. No wonder some people might find a sepia-toned fantasy more attractive. This same false-memory syndrome infects the Tea Party movement, which harks back to some imagined time when the United States was a sylvan utopia where everyone walked around peacefully carrying guns and quoting Thomas Jefferson. But this was a big, messy, complicated country even when Jefferson was president, with sharp conflicts over slavery, economic policy and the rights of the individual vs. the welfare of all. To mention just a few.” – The Washington Post Bartering doesn’t work very efficiently anymore simply because money makes the world go around. You might offer to paint your physicians house in return for medical attention, however what happens if you don’t pain it up to his standards? What happens if your neighbor offers to fix your doctor’s leaky roof and does a better job, will he get better medical attention? It’s a scary route to take when considering your health and well-being. Concierge medicine and personalized medicine offers top-notch services for a yearly fee. This fee is the same for every concierge patient, and allows your concierge doctor to give you 24-7 access to him and house calls, just like the “good old days.” Concierge medicine has its roots in the past, the good parts of the past where you could have your family physician stop by the house when you were sick, yet concierge doctors are the best of the best in the industry. If you want to barter some chickens or services for medical attention then you should expect the attention to match the price of those chickens, which is probably not worth much. It’s a scary proposition; chickens probably won’t go very far in this medical mess that we’re in. However, if you want trusted, top-notch medical attention with that “good old days” feeling that comes with 24-7 access and house calls, consider concierge medicine. Article Directory: http://www.articledashboard.com For more information, visit www.signaturemd.com |
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