I've changed doctors for a lot less than that. - In fact, first visit was the last Posted: Nov 7th, 2017 - 9:37 am In Reply to: Went in for torn rotator cuff - and sent for chest x-ray
to a large, supposedly well regarded local medical group because they sold soft drinks to patients via a soft-drink machine in the waiting room. Business development combined with a secondary income stream.
A specialist on first visit prescribed a couple of extremely expensive medicines instead of standard formulary at $10-15 for a mild, early case of neuritis even though I sort of doubt we look like the kind of people who can toss away $700 just to feel good about having "the newest." We made 3 visits to the pharmacy before my husband, in pain, was able to take his first pill, and that was the last time that doctor was invited to do us harm.
Same for another who ignored my instruction to only write expensive medications after discussing with me.
All this and we almost never go to a physician. It should be illegal for physicians to own any part of a pharmacy or diagnostic lab they send business to, and loopholes that enable kickbacks from pharm and device providers also, both major invitations to corruption.
This is what "getting off the back of business" was actually about, deregulation as necessary first step to institutionalizing corruption.
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