Comments on: Hmmm…I Wonder http://www.mtpolitics.net/wp/2006/10/19/hmmmi-wonder/ Montana is a Small Town with Long Streets Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:34:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Dani http://www.mtpolitics.net/wp/2006/10/19/hmmmi-wonder/comment-page-1/#comment-30818 Dani Sat, 21 Oct 2006 03:38:56 +0000 http://www.mtpolitics.net/archives/2582#comment-30818 What reforms? I'd be really interested to know- there's such a need for doctors there, it always seemed ridiculous to me that they let it go on for so long. Maybe you could get the hospital to pay the premiums, all they have to do is a market analysis to demonstrate community need and hospital benefit (that'll be easy). That worked for one doctor I knew who was paying $90k a year as an FP to do normal deliveries, no surgery! What reforms? I’d be really interested to know- there’s such a need for doctors there, it always seemed ridiculous to me that they let it go on for so long.

Maybe you could get the hospital to pay the premiums, all they have to do is a market analysis to demonstrate community need and hospital benefit (that’ll be easy). That worked for one doctor I knew who was paying $90k a year as an FP to do normal deliveries, no surgery!

]]> By: R. Alex http://www.mtpolitics.net/wp/2006/10/19/hmmmi-wonder/comment-page-1/#comment-30811 R. Alex Fri, 20 Oct 2006 22:52:41 +0000 http://www.mtpolitics.net/archives/2582#comment-30811 Dani, The medical liabilities are definitely a concern. Wyoming is on the list of places my (MD) wife and I would like to settle down. The biggest mark against it is the liability insurance situation. On the upshot, I've heard good things about some of the reforms put in to place recently. Dani,

The medical liabilities are definitely a concern. Wyoming is on the list of places my (MD) wife and I would like to settle down. The biggest mark against it is the liability insurance situation. On the upshot, I’ve heard good things about some of the reforms put in to place recently.

]]> By: Dani http://www.mtpolitics.net/wp/2006/10/19/hmmmi-wonder/comment-page-1/#comment-30734 Dani Thu, 19 Oct 2006 19:15:30 +0000 http://www.mtpolitics.net/archives/2582#comment-30734 In defense of Cheyenne- Wyoming has a terrible problem with their liability laws. Basically, folks have an unfettered right to sue anyone, for anything, for any amount, and it would take a constitutional amendment to change that, which (I think) requires a 2/3 vote. I am surprised there is a doctor left in the state. I would bet there are also very few swing sets and swimming pools. (Not that it's ever warm enough to actually swim, though). In defense of Cheyenne- Wyoming has a terrible problem with their liability laws. Basically, folks have an unfettered right to sue anyone, for anything, for any amount, and it would take a constitutional amendment to change that, which (I think) requires a 2/3 vote. I am surprised there is a doctor left in the state. I would bet there are also very few swing sets and swimming pools. (Not that it’s ever warm enough to actually swim, though).

]]> By: Jay Stevens http://www.mtpolitics.net/wp/2006/10/19/hmmmi-wonder/comment-page-1/#comment-30733 Jay Stevens Thu, 19 Oct 2006 18:53:39 +0000 http://www.mtpolitics.net/archives/2582#comment-30733 Those Massachusetts people are brain dead! Er...wait a minute... Seriously, aren't people going a little too far with protecting children? As a parent, I've learned that sometimes you just can't watch too closely, you know? Those Massachusetts people are brain dead! Er…wait a minute…

Seriously, aren’t people going a little too far with protecting children? As a parent, I’ve learned that sometimes you just can’t watch too closely, you know?

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