The News Review:
- Home buyers’ extra perk: Health care
- Nev. cap on medical damage awards draws criticism
- Readers speak out on ’boutique’ medicine
Home buyers’ extra perk: Health care
Atlanta Journal Constitution, USA
“Our resident profile was people who anticipate every service being available to them,” said Clark Butler, president of City Centre Properties, owner and developer of the upscale, 2,500- to 10,000-square-foot residences ranging in price from $2. 5 million to $12 million. “It seemed to be a natural fit. ” Neither City Centre, which sought out the partnership with MD on Call, nor other developers or concierge medicine experts contacted knew of any other such arrangements. It’s a sign of the economic times, said Georgia State University real estate professor Julian Diaz. “People have got to be very creative in selling real estate now,” said Diaz, noting the economy’s negative impact on even the luxury housing market. To sell to this smaller clientele, developers must differentiate themselves by offering such services.
Nev. cap on medical damage awards draws criticism
San Jose Mercury News, USA
Physicians have seen malpractice insurance costs drop 20 percent to 30 percent since the 2004 reforms. They believe trial lawyers abuse the system and file frivolous claims hoping for settlements or unreasonably large jury awards. “The morale of physicians is much improved,” said Dr. Jerry Jones, Clark County Medical Association president. “They’re much happier doing medicine now and our doctors are staying in Nevada. Weldon “Don” Havins, who preceded Jones before taking over as president of the Nevada State Board of Osteopathic Medicine this year, said that until Question 3 passed, fast-growing Nevada had trouble attracting new physicians.
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Readers speak out on ’boutique’ medicine
Baltimore Sun, United States
WalshJarrettsville I am one of the thousands of Howard County residents impacted by Charter Internal Medicine’s move to a “boutique” practice, and I am not happy about it. I prefer to pay as I go. Boutique medicine is, by its very nature, unfair and divisive, and it will weaken the relationship between primary-care providers and the community at large. Hal HolzmanColumbia I am a physician who cares for geriatric patients in. I see several new patients a week who cannot afford their newly converted boutique doctors, and I always tell them the same thing: I don’t blame their doctors at all. As internists, we are among the lowest-paid doctors (making one-third the salary of many specialists) and are asked to provide comprehensive personal care to all of our patients about a broad range of medical and psychological issues in shrinking bits of time.
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