Posted On: May 15, 2007, 11:00 pm CDT

Posted By: ex-compnurse

Apparently, Jack, you are a healthcare provider of some sort. There are many physicians who work for the insurance carriers as well. Not all people who wokr for insurance carriers are bad people. I am a nurse and patient advocate no matter who signs my paycheck. I would never compromise my beliefs or a person's health just to save the insurance company money. But, not all carriers are bad. Not all carriers provide coverage for group health, which would include OB/GYN. That is crazy and sad about the salary of a OB/GYN. I can say that as a nurse, I definitely did not get rich in the insurance field. I know a lot of people who have been permanently disabled merely because their doctors were greedy for the almighty dollar. I am sorry, but 4-6 surgeries, sometimes more for the same injured body part, is too much. It leads to immobility and more complications. I would not recommend anyone go to a physician who could not fix something like a torn ACL within 1 or 2 surgeries at most. I have seen people lose total use of their hands due to repeated surgeries from the same doc or a combination of doctors. It is a shame, but there is corruption in the medical industry both with doctors and with insurance executives. I am not a huge insurance fan by no means. I just wanted to add a different point of view to the topic. I only hope that people stick to reputable doctors and not those who advertise during the day that they will "treat your injuries, give you free lawyer referrals, provide transportation and stuff like that."