Lincoln doctor transitioning to concierge model

[HeyBurke]

uneasy as it may be, this is nothing new. in fact, the only thing relatively groundbreaking or whatnot around it is

 

1: The relatively low 'fee' he charging for this 'service' compared to other parts of the country.

 

2: that this service has finally hit podunk lincoln

 

and, maybe...

 

3: that people are surprised that others will pay for it in 'podunk' lincoln (kind of like people that make 'a lot' of money and would spring for this sort of thing are surprised that others wouldnt jump on this, if youre picking up what im throwing down.)

 

and drumline...youre ethical argument is, while noble, i dunno...odd. if you could make enough money to retire playing drums for people at what you or I may consider exorbitant rates (that you were not holding a gun to their head to pay) you wouldnt do it? and on the flip side, if you knew and liked someone's services enough, and could afford them exclusively, that you wouldnt pay it especially in regards to something as important as healthcare?

 

and i find the article stating that concierge medicine being around for 'at least a decade' quite humorous.

 

No, I honestly would not do that. I know exactly what Anthony Ross is doing. He is switching to this concierge system in order to make enough money to retire in three years because he is tired of being a doctor. I'm not making anything up or reading too much into the situation; that's exactly what the man said. His problem is that he's losing many patients that he's had since he became a doctor and he hasn't even batted an eye. That's just wrong.

[gobiggergoredder]

My mom actually works for Dr. Ross. Sorta. She works for Nebraska Lab Linc and she is his lab specialist. So, I have a good inside track on all of this. I can tell you that Dr. Ross is doing it just for the money. He isn't concerned at all about his patients. This program charges $1500 per person and the fees are not covered by Medicare/Medicaid or health insurance. It's totally unethical. His plan is to do this program for three years, make $1 million, and retire. Just awful.

 

 

I find it intriguing that any, I'm not saying it doesn't happen, business owner/manager would be so open with his/her financial goals with their employees. It is even more interesting that they would be so forthcoming given your allegation that he is only going to work for three more years. Must be a pretty open guy if the news had made it to an 'outsourced' lab tech. One million to live the next 30 years on isn't the soundest financial planning that I've heard of. Thanks for the 'good' insider info.

 

A few people need to take an accounting or finance. Unless he practices out of a Winnebago that he lives in, pays no taxes and has no employees, I'm sure he has a few expenses and every penny that comes in doesn't go to his greedy little fingers.

 

I'm still lost on what is 'unethical'. He isn't forcing anyone to do anything. If you don't like it, you can go somewhere else. Why should anyone tell him how to run his business? If his customers, yes they are customers, are not satisfied with his product/service, they will go elsewhere.

 

I couldn't afford to do this, so I'd find someone else. Let the market decide.

[mmmtodd]

I prefer to listen to people that actually know what the f#*k they are talking about in arguments. Your mom being a nurse or tech or whatever for this doctor, however noble, doesnt do it. Im so sick of people pointing fingers at others that are trying to make money and do something new, which this goddamn country is built on, that I could literally...well...I could care less. If that person, or others, hadnt been a doctor, where would your mom be? What were all those great nursing and tech jobs built on? Hrm? This country has lost its fighting spirit. Go out and get it, and find a way to make your job make money, or be happy with a 'guaranteed' whatever. Doctors can keep slugging along taking what you believe to be great payments, or they can try to improve themselves...hmmm...what a crazy business model. You cant apply ethics to one group while you go about working your own job, looking forward to a raise, making money off of someone else, and trying to make more, can you? This isnt communism. Just quit expecting the 'guarantee' to be anything more than what you make it yourself. It honestly makes me sick. I know Im not making much sense...but f#*k. You grab coattails, you might end up in the wind.

[Nebula]

I prefer to listen to people that actually know what the f#*k they are talking about in arguments. Your mom being a nurse or tech or whatever for this doctor, however noble, doesnt do it. Im so sick of people pointing fingers at others that are trying to make money and do something new, which this goddamn country is built on, that I could literally...well...I could care less. If that person, or others, hadnt been a doctor, where would your mom be? What were all those great nursing and tech jobs built on? Hrm? This country has lost its fighting spirit. Go out and get it, and find a way to make your job make money, or be happy with a 'guaranteed' whatever. Doctors can keep slugging along taking what you believe to be great payments, or they can try to improve themselves...hmmm...what a crazy business model. You cant apply ethics to one group while you go about working your own job, looking forward to a raise, making money off of someone else, and trying to make more, can you? This isnt communism. Just quit expecting the 'guarantee' to be anything more than what you make it yourself. It honestly makes me sick. I know Im not making much sense...but f#*k. You grab coattails, you might end up in the wind.

To the contrary, that made a lot of sense to me.