I"ve screamed enough at the television, the newspaper, and anyone nearby about the evolution and drastic changes and overall craziness affecting healthcare. I have practiced long enough to experience this evolution in significant ways, and I still have enough of a career left to care deeply about what happens to healthcare in this country. Now I have a place to write it down. May not be read by anyone, but at least it will be carthartic. This topic is huge, so I'll try to pick out small pieces at a time. I will discuss specific diseases and ailments as well, especially if asked.

Most of the changes occurring deal with paying for healthcare. This of course directly affects getting paid for healthcare- me. I used to say that we were paying for the excesses of the 70's. That is when the stereotypical "rich doctor" evolved. The system in place at the time basically paid the docs whatever they charged, and as often as they charged it. This led to increasing efforts by the government to control costs because of the skyrocketing costs to Medicare. Direct control of what docs made became serious in the eighties, and has exponentially increased since then. When I began my surgery residency training in 1987, Medicare was the "bad insurance", much like medicaide is thought of today. Private payors were much slower to directly curb payment of healthcare dollars. Now, Medicare is thought to be pretty good coverage to practicing docs. For me,...

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