Friday, March 14, 2008 | 2:02 a.m.
When growing up in the Midwest in the 1930s and ’40s, the doctors in our town would charge $2 per office call and $3 for a house call. They were available at all hours, 24/7.
The doctors lived in the most beautiful homes in the area and drove the latest and nicest cars. Our family doctor also owned two farms in the area that grew sugar beets and corn. All doctors were very well respected and dressed accordingly, either at work or at play. Some doctors now charge $150 per office call for a visit that usually lasts just 20 to 30 minutes, because many patients are waiting.
Technologies that assist doctors in helping their patients have drastically changed over the past 50 to 60 years. But why the tremendous increase in cost for doctor’s office visits? It appears that several doctors are still not content with their profits, so they reuse syringes and put the public at risk for various diseases. Just what is the reason? Greed.
One other note regarding hospitals: In the ’30s and ’40s you could tell a nurse by the way she wore her cap and uniform. Nowadays you cannot tell nurses from the janitors by the way they are dressed.
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