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My concern and the concern of the 11 of the 13 physicans
who signed the talk with Dr. Neiters gave is the program that
is outlined is not going to attract the physicans to this
community that will be necessary to make these admissions.
We're dealing with doctors and patients every day. I know
what young doctors are looking for. I've been engaged
for two years now trying to find a partner in this community.
And this program as outlined is not going to attract new
physicans to this community in sufficient number to do what
they have projected to do. And I think the people in this
community in the south end of Iredell County and all of
our county should realize this.
The other thing that hasn't been pointed out, it's
been alluded to but not really driven home tonight, is that
there's a revolution occurring in the delivery of health
care in this country.
Right now your third party payers, including your
government third party payers and your private insurance
companies, are making it more and more attractive to do more
and more out of the hospital. And this pressure is going
to continue to mount and you're going to see more and more
work done outside the hospital setting. What this means
is that it's going to take more and more doctors to keep the
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