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All health care providers are not created equally

Marni Nicholas, MD
Physician
July 14, 2012

I’m a physician. I’m not a “health care provider.”  I hate that term.

The insurance companies call me a “provider.”  In a sense, it’s true.  I provide health care services.  However, over the past few years I’ve noticed that the lines between different types of “providers” are getting more and more blurred.  Sometimes they’re blurred to the point that patients don’t even know what kind of “provider” they are seeing.

I often have …

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All health care providers are not created equally

Don’t accept the face value price of a drug

Marni Nicholas, MD
Meds
June 28, 2012

Everybody knows that some medications can cost a lot of money.  I always try to take the cost to my patients into account when prescribing a medication- after all, if someone can’t afford it, they are not going to take it.  When it’s appropriate (and 9 times out of 10 it is), I try to prescribe a generic medication.  They are much cheaper and work just as well as the …

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Don’t accept the face value price of a drug

When is it time to break up with your doctor?

Marni Nicholas, MD
Physician
December 4, 2011

“When is it time to break up with your doctor?  It can be a tough decision to make.  After all, if you don’t like your experience at a store, you shop somewhere else next time.  If you go for a haircut and hate it, you find someone else.

With your doctor, it’s a bit different.  This is someone who might know some of your deepest, darkest secrets.  There is a history …

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When is it time to break up with your doctor?

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