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<blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 4234258" data-attributes="member: 5412"><p>Man, I hate to hear of all these issues. Guess I'm lucky living in a smaller town, but it's VA care that I get. Dr. does both private and contracted to the VA. He's a gun owner, and hunter. I visited him a couple months ago with a bad pain in the back. No prescription. Said it would disappear with nothing more than over the counter pain meds, and it did. He described the location as the same muscle as the backstrap of a deer that was exactly where it was located which I'm very familiar with. </p><p>He is very much into the body is going to fix itself given time which has worked well. It involves me having some sustained minor pain for a while which is an inconvenience, but not using drugs is big with me. </p><p>I love the OKC VA. They are a little pill happy to fix things, but my local DR looks through that and veto's them at times. Change your diet. It will go away. </p><p>Wife and I have never had a major health issue that requires hospitalization but spent tons of times in those facilities when parents passed away. </p><p>Don't really give a crap what the DR gets on the side as long as we get the best health care. </p><p>Just in case some of y'all don't know, the business of conducting business with meals, trips, etc is not confined to the medical industry. </p><p>There isn't a business selling a product in the US that doesn't use that practice to sell their goods or services. </p><p>How many of you have had a post card in the mail inviting you to a free meal to listen to a salesperson pitch their product?</p><p>I was a purchasing agent at a big company for a couple of years. The offers I got to pull some sly crap was amazing from unscrupulous companies. They would offer to send tons of crap to the home in exchange for buying their product which was typically junk from the start or they wouldn't have to resort to those tactics. </p><p>Other reputable companies offered a free lunch on occasion which my company said was a 50/50.</p><p>You could accept the lunches or dinners, but 1/2 the time I paid for it so there was no concept of being beholden to them. It was called building relationships with the sellers, that most of the time resulted in discounts to buy their products. Management kept close tabs on all of that. </p><p>Do the DR's get kick backs? Maybe a tiny minority.</p><p> Are they offered by big pharma? Absolutely.</p><p>Just depends on the DR that wants to remain true to their ideals.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dennishoddy, post: 4234258, member: 5412"] Man, I hate to hear of all these issues. Guess I'm lucky living in a smaller town, but it's VA care that I get. Dr. does both private and contracted to the VA. He's a gun owner, and hunter. I visited him a couple months ago with a bad pain in the back. No prescription. Said it would disappear with nothing more than over the counter pain meds, and it did. He described the location as the same muscle as the backstrap of a deer that was exactly where it was located which I'm very familiar with. He is very much into the body is going to fix itself given time which has worked well. It involves me having some sustained minor pain for a while which is an inconvenience, but not using drugs is big with me. I love the OKC VA. They are a little pill happy to fix things, but my local DR looks through that and veto's them at times. Change your diet. It will go away. Wife and I have never had a major health issue that requires hospitalization but spent tons of times in those facilities when parents passed away. Don't really give a crap what the DR gets on the side as long as we get the best health care. Just in case some of y'all don't know, the business of conducting business with meals, trips, etc is not confined to the medical industry. There isn't a business selling a product in the US that doesn't use that practice to sell their goods or services. How many of you have had a post card in the mail inviting you to a free meal to listen to a salesperson pitch their product? I was a purchasing agent at a big company for a couple of years. The offers I got to pull some sly crap was amazing from unscrupulous companies. They would offer to send tons of crap to the home in exchange for buying their product which was typically junk from the start or they wouldn't have to resort to those tactics. Other reputable companies offered a free lunch on occasion which my company said was a 50/50. You could accept the lunches or dinners, but 1/2 the time I paid for it so there was no concept of being beholden to them. It was called building relationships with the sellers, that most of the time resulted in discounts to buy their products. Management kept close tabs on all of that. Do the DR's get kick backs? Maybe a tiny minority. Are they offered by big pharma? Absolutely. Just depends on the DR that wants to remain true to their ideals. [/QUOTE]
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