Good news! Humana and Wellpoint are raking it in from Medicare! That just makes me incredibly happy for them!
Hmm…. Something seems askew, doesn’t it? Here is my reality of Medicare:

The only reason I accept Medicare is out of a sense of duty. I feel that we can’t ignore the […]

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I have blogged in the past for and against taking care of children.  I take care of both adults and kids, so now I’ll give the same treatment for those "longer in tooth."

LOL - Little Old Ladies - I never knew my grandmothers, but I have about 200 of them in my practice.  I am […]

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"I hope you are better than the last 4 doctors I’ve seen."
"Could you start my 2-Year old on ADHD medicine? He won’t do anything I say."
"She made me come." (Pointing to his wife)
Any sentence ending in the word "discharge."
"Do you have any air freshener?"
"I wanted an antibiotic, but your staff […]

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Obviously I favor the positives against the negatives here, but I have many colleagues who feel otherwise.  Plus, there are things that make me glad that I also see adults.  So here are the negatives:

The smell in the room after the 2-year-old has squatted behind the exam table.
Splinters.  I hate splinters.  Taking them out […]

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Posted in Pediatrics, Top Ten, Being a Doctor 4 Comments »

This is the first of two posts. The second will be: 10 bad things about pediatrics.

The toothless grin of a 4-month-old child when you walk into the room
Dealing with mostly healthy patients
There are very few 30-minute visits
There are lots of 5-minute visits
A long pediatric problem list will be 4 problems long […]

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Posted in Pediatrics, Top Ten, Being a Doctor 11 Comments »