If your doctor is a Republican-Get another doctor!!

[Boxerfan]

From my perspective-Health providers are in a proffession where compassion & empathy are critical to obtaining a good outcome for your patient.

Then why anyone would knowingly see a Republican physician is beyond me.

The priorities are all wrong. I hear them call in to C-span & whine moan & bitch about how this is going to hurt thier bottom line. So you get where the priorities are right from the start.

Not your health...

Not your access to service...

Nope-what matters to Republicans is how much money they can soak us for.

That is not what you want in a health care provider.

[proud2BlibKansan]

1. My doctor is a Green who supports Single Payer

She's wonderful!

[nickinSTL]

2. I've never discussed politics with my doctor

However, considering that he's gay, works for a university hospital, and treats a number of transgendered patients, I'm guessing he's ok.

[daleanime]

8. I don't know...

could be a 'wide-stance' repug:silly: a lot of them can't deal with the truth, even about themselves.

[DonP]

3. Don't forget to check out your airline pilots, plumbers, mechanic and everyone else too.

Yeah, by all means eliminate every possible person from your life that doesn't agree with your specific political beliefs.

Sorry, but that just sound truly dumb.

I'll take the best cardiologist I can find, regardless of his opinion on Card Check.

You settle for the intern that tells you she voted correctly in the last two election cycles.

[barbiegeek]

11. I buy BLUE ONLY and I am not sorry for it

I don't give my $$ to the rep. grocery store, or the rep insurance agent, or Home Depot (CEO called dems idiots), or repug doctors (I can drive anywhere I want for care), or walmart, or hire landscaping, painters, or repug pharmacists.

Why would I give my hard earned money to repug that will send it in to the RNC or Repug candidates to defeat my people.

[DonP]

19. I'm curious as to what a GOP store looks like ...

... and how you figured that out. Is it just the CEO that makes it a GOP store, or do all the employees have to vote GOP, or just a simple majority of them?

Are all the employees tea baggers? Or maybe they're just people trying to make ends meet, do you quiz them all when you go into a store to determine their political purity, while you make a totally pointless political statement.

In your ideal world you "teach them a lesson" and they close your local store. 30 or 40 people are out of work, some may be union and used to be Dem contributors. But boy you sure showed them.

How much of your life do you actually devote to ferreting out what the CEO or COO, or whoever you decide makes those decisions, thinks of political issues? How much extra fuel do you use driving to your progressive grocery store?

I'm a grown up with a real job and have better things to do with my time, but bless you for your political purity.

[Bluebear]

20. So the poster is a "child" because this is important to her? Whatever.

[DonP]

23. No, just somebody that hasn't really put too much adult thought into it

.. but it sounds good on a message board so post it.

But I'd be happy to hear some actual answers to the questions I raised. What makes a store GOP, how many employees have to vote Repub before it qualifies, or in this case disqualifies?

Maybe you can spend a few hours establishing standards we all can follow for where we should spend our money and how far we should all drive to do the correct thing. Tenm you can create a master list of all Dem stores, doctors, airlines, plumbers, mechanics etc.

Yeah "Whatever". That's the sure sign of another mature mind at work.

[Bluebear]

26. Why so hostile? You sound like an extremely unpleasant person. Adieu for now!

[DonP]

32. No answers for any questions? - pretty much what I expected, but just have a swell day

[Bluebear]

38. /ignore

[DonP]

39. Oh, I weep for the loss of your attention and consideration

I lay awake nights tossing and turning hoping for the sound of your electronic approval and support.

Based on what you've shown us so far I'm not missing much.

You have no answers to some pretty simple questions. Yeah, that deserves respect in a discussion.

What a maroon.

Goodnight Irene and good riddance.

[CTyankee]

33. It would certainly be an issue for a woman with an anti-choice gynecologist.

And her pharmacy as well.

My accountant is a Republican but it doesn't affect his ability to do our taxes once a year. I would be bothered by a supermarket that did union busting and I would not shop there, even if I had to give up convenience. So there are a number of services that you use where the politics of the provider might very well offend your political sense of right and wrong, e.g., when it gets into the area of civil liberties and fairness in the workplace. I would probably avoid going to a store that actively promotes anti-choice causes, e.g. Dominoes Pizza. However, since I can eat the best pizza in the world here in New Haven, I am only too happy to avoid Dominoes!

[Boxerfan]

16. It's all about priorities-and of course when you have a choice-as in choosing a Dr.

As a auto tech/shop manager etc...I had many obvious republican co-workers. Usually the guy who replaced parts till he solved a problem. Never took the time to accurately diagnose the problem. It was easier for them to sell parts till they finally solved the issue.

I'm sure that applies to plumbers etc...

When you have a choice-why would you choose someone who has greed as a motivation?.

I've found most RW's to be the whiniest least effective member of any team.

All IMHO...

[TankLV]

22. By all means - I DO! There are many stores/restaurants I don't patronize because of their politics.

Repukes are a DISEASE and a CANCER on this country.

Same as knowingly patronizing a Nazi or a white supremicist - only with repukes - it's more or less the same thing these days.

So yes - I and my entire family - boycott repuke establishments where we can.

[no limit]

42. I totally agree with you

:toast:

I actually contract for a republican doctor. He's a good guy, his politics are screwed up but I have no doubt he does the best he can with his patients.

[liberalmuse]

4. I was going to call BS on your OP because political ideology shouldn't matter, BUT...

Then I came across this little gem:

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-mount-dora-doctor-tells-patients-go-aw20100401,0,5593120.story

[Electric Monk]

12. Nice choice of font. The message is total shit though.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

34. The little shit is counting on an influx of teabagger clients (that being FL and all)

and free publicity.

[YOY]

5. I don't discuss politics with my GP. I would gladly leave her practice though...

Especially if I could find a GP who does not whore out to Pharma as she does. I really don't care if she votes R or D.

Now if I find out she's a "bagger"...well...I will avoid a stupid MD at all costs...and teabaggers are the apex of ignorant and stupid.

[Island Blue]

6. I don't talk politics with my doctors

but I did go to a surgeon who had a photo of John & Bobby Kennedy on his wall and I immediately felt at ease. Funny how that works.

[FarCenter]

7. Get a doctor who spends their spare time on continuing education

Not on politics.

[Bryn]

9. I think my doctor is ok

She likes both medicine and holistic, loves animals, has 4 cats and one big dog.

[MajorChode]

10. I pick doctors with the smallest hands

Politics aren't so much of a factor.

[SocialistLez]

13. In the average 15 minutes

I see my doctor, politics doesn't come up.

I think my past primary care doc was a Repub but the new one I have, she seems pretty decent.

I think a lot of primary care docs are single-payer supporters than say surgeons, cardiologists, etc. Specialists love the system we have because they make LOADS more than primary care docs.

[Warpy]

14. It depends on the flavor of Republican

I know perfectly fine doctors who are tax phobics and who haven't done the math on Republican tax cuts and realized they've meant tax hikes on everybody but the billionaires. I sincerely doubt any of them voted for Gidget and the Geezer in 2008, though they might have simply sat the election out.

My dentist has bible verse inspirational posters up in his office and I suspect he's a social conservative but he's a great dentist and has never hurt me, a real prize since most dentists do. He's also been open to being educated about my illness and has discovered two of his other patients have the same illness and has gotten them to rheumatologists for treatment. That's a good guy in my book. I don't give a shit about his religion or politics, it's not why I pay him.

Some Republicans are assholes and some of them went into the medical profession for whatever reason and those are the ones to avoid, mostly because they're assholes. However, you do need to be aware that some specialties attract assholes and the assholes are likely to be the best doctors in those specialties. Specialized surgery is one of those. If you need heart surgery or a limb reattached it doesn't matter if he's got the bedside manner of a puff adder with a hangover. What matters is that he's got the skill to be board certified.

However, if any of them starts actively preaching religion or ranting politics, give him a miss.

[Boxerfan]

18. Good post-

I am forgetting the good ones...The Republican party left them behind a long time ago.

[shireen]

37. +1 nt

[HuckleB]

41. +1

[Jenny_D]

15. As much as I would like to be able to do that...

I live in a very red state. I'm willing to bet that at least 75%-80% of the doctors in the area are Republicans. So to eliminate all Republicans would mean doing without certain specialties all together.

One thing that IS a dealbreaker for me, though: Fox News playing in the waiting room. In my experience, 100% of the doctors who inflict Faux Noise on their sick patients are narcissistic, incompetent jerks.

[LeftinOH]

17. I don't discuss politics with my clients. Likewise, I remember vividly which local businesses

in 2008 had political signs on their premises such as "Vote for family values not socialism", etc, etc. I don't go to such places any more.

[moondust]

21. Politicizing health care delivery is a very bad idea.

Imagine that you are on a trip away from home and you don't know the political orientation of the local hospitals and clinics and doctors. You fall on some ice and go to an ER but they won't treat you--or you refuse to be treated--because your politics are "incompatible." Duh.

[Skittles]

24. I want a doctor who does not bring their political opinions to the office

end of story

[YOY]

29. +1

n/t

[w8liftinglady]

25. easier said than done in my area-85% repub

I do choose doctors who make it unnecessary to ask...the topic doesn't come up.My neurologist knows exactly how I think-I've shown him my columns...and still aggressively treats me.I anticipate that he is a republican...but a professional first.

[Froward69]

27. unreccers about!

Frankly I would question the motives of a republican Doctor... he/she would be more interested in payment than actually healing you.

[LanternWaste]

28. That's really all I want in a health care provider.

I don't know his politics and to be honest, I have zero interest in his politics. He's a good doctor, runs a tight office and his employees love working for him. That's really all I want in a health care provider.

And as I'm not the guy who decides what an individuals priorities may or may not be based on little more than political orientation, I suppose I'm reduced to judging his character based merely on his actions towards myself and those I see who interact with him.

[The Backlash Cometh]

30. I saw this coming a long time ago.

[jillan]

31. How do you find out? I'll tell you thing, my doctor is acting like a big

asshole lately, so maybe he is a pig.

[paulsby]

35. i chose my doctor based on her skills not her politics

and i really couldn't care less if she's an anarchist fascist whale killing imperialist

she's a great doctor.

[tammywammy]

36. I've been going to the same general practitioner since I was 10

I have no clue on his politics. Even if he is a republican, I really don't care, because the man is a wonderful doctor.

[county worker]

40. There are many good doctors but they are vastly out numbered by the

mercenaries. I have worked with lots of doctors in my career and this is what impression I got.

Don't worry about them quitting, being a doctor is all most of them can do.