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Sat Jul 25 17:03:10 BST 2009

In a message dated 7/25/2009 10:46:18 A.M. Central Standard Time,  
drydok at hotmail.com writes:

The  point is that there are not enough physicians on this list or anywhere 
else  with enough advertising power to convince the public AGAINST the 
media, so it  will either happen or won't regardless of what physicians  
think/want.

Don't bet on it.   Physicians on this list, members of the ACS,  members of 
the AMA,,,,,,,,,,etc.   have patients who look up to their  doctor much 
more than they look up to their politicians.    AND  all politics,  like all 
health care is local.   The funding and  the protection might be centrist, but 
the provisions are local.    Therefore what is said in examining rooms, 
churches, schools, synagogue,  assembly rooms, masques, golf courses by a 
doctor to her/his friends and  patients goes a long way as to what happens in 
practice.    

I am aware of several list servers, including almost all of those to which  
AARP members write, have had a tremendous influence on the Democratic Blue 
Dogs  in Congress, just the past 10 days.  

I am aware that discussions on trauma, surgical, critical care, and general 
 medical discussions have led to some persons (not me) that you do know and 
 respect getting a 1:1 audience with important persons at very very high 
places  just in the last couple of days.    I do know some of the  
conversation which went on and it was much like what you see here about QUALITY,  
ACCESS, and Costs.    Remember that in the Monday night speech, a  comment was 
made about doctors doing tonsillectomies just to make  money.   That reference 
was an insult and such was stated by a well  respected physician in this 
country directly to the person that made the  statement.   

Do not underestimate the power and influence of even one committed  
tenacious person.     With a long enough lever, a long enough  lever arm,  and the 
right position of a fulcrum, a single person could push  the earth off of 
its orbit.   

k

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