Comments on: Facebook Viral – Dr. Roger Starner Jones

By: James Allred

James Allred — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 23:32:13 +0000

OK, stepping aside from the political issue that surrounds this letter from the doctor, what is the point of this article comparing the two different letters? They claim that the letter has been “doctored” to fit someone’s own “political conviction.” Did the author of this actually read the two letters? I did, here are the differences: the “doctored” version is embellished by adding that the lady has expensive shoes and eats fast food. Oh, and also the altered version questions congress as well as the President. So to summarize my point, is the altered letter embellished? Yes. Is the “political conviction” any different? No. I’m not sure why someone felt it necessary to alter the letter because the doctor stated the same “political conviction” as the doctored letter without any need for embellishment.

By: Dara Ahrens

Dara Ahrens — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 13:12:00 +0000

I don’t know about that! Awfully judgemental! Thr only thing I’m missing is the shoes. The “expensive” jewlery I wear I inherited from my grandmother and mum that have passed. That gold cap on my molar tooth I got because it was cheaper and lasted longerr than a porcelin one. It has taken me an entire lifetime to “adorne” myself with tattoos that are in memory of loved ones and patients I have lost. I don’t even have the lucury of Medicaide. There is something terribly wrong with me, but my urologist said “In a perfect world and IF you had good insurance, I would refer you to an endocronologist and neurologist; but since you don’t, I’m not going to.” I can see that his hinass’ ideodic and anal thinking has gone viral in he medical community; but there has always been a baseline of swirlie doctors. I hope to gawd I don’t have the misfortune to be treated by that judgemental basturd under ANY circumstance!

By: Brenda

Brenda — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 18:42:44 +0000

Amazing the ignorance of some commenters….doctors go to school and train for YEARS before making real money…..many get done training owing a couple hundred thousand dollars for med school….many are 30-35 years old by the time they are done. Medicare/medicaid reimburses smaller amounts all the time, and yet, these ne’er do wells that go to the ER, have plenty to spend on the things they want to but take no responsibility for themselves/health…..so WE the taxpayer have to be responsible for the losers now too…..things are sooooo wrong in this country now…….And Obama and his healthcare is nothing more than a power grab and more taxes for everyone…….we should all thank our lucky stars for our healthcare system NOW and our doctors/nurses…..they do a great job overall

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Rants and Chants » Blog Archive » Caring for Those Who Cannot Pay — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 01:48:34 +0000

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By: Susan Wyche

Susan Wyche — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:38:57 +0000

The problem is NOT the doctor- it’s the attitudes of these responders! And I noticed that the same letter was attributed to many different names on here. And the one I’m talking about is how he is “not a fucking peasant.” He sounds like an illiterate idiot. Oh, and let’s criticize the doctor for having the audacity to go to college for 10 years to get a medical degree, and then, God forbid, make GOOD MONEY!!! How dare he!!! LOL, what morons- thank GOD they’re NOT doctors!

By: Michele

Michele — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 02:20:30 +0000

OK,

I have read it all here and I run a doctors office and the beleif that any doctor gets paid formk Medicare or even Medicaid any absorbant amount of money is just silly. I have had a doctor I worked for do a complete foot sugery and was paid the entire sum of $0.1 thats right one cent !!! Doctors are not getting paid the money you think and my husband has been treated by a doctor for two years and the doctor has yet to get any payment at all ! Medicare just keeps turning it away and my husband had cancer ! Be mire informed on how little the doctors are getting paid ( if any ) these days from medicare and much less medicaid. I agree with the good doctor. Your on medicaid and yet you can afford all the “luxuries ” life has put in front of you ? Are you asll kidding, my husband and I have worked for everything we have and now my husband is ill with cancer and we are losing our retirment day by day and you want us to support the lazy, money grabing, capibale of working , you know who you are people !! Enough is enough, work and earn it like the rest of us hard working people had to do …stop sucking off the system and its time to shut the system down and get rid of all the free loaders. You come here form other countries and want us to keep paying for you and you habits? No more !

By: Mamie Hatfield

Mamie Hatfield — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 07:28:09 +0000

Dave Rowe : Matthew White :What this Mississippi doctor needs to come to grips with is the fact that he takes a hundred times more money from Medicare every year than any of the patients he is so quick to criticize. Medicare does not hand cash money to applicants; it pays doctors. Every time this man treats a poor person, he is paid directly by Medicare, and in his position, he makes an average of over $200,000 per year. In our neck of the woods (the Deep South), many hospitals and HMOs are in absolute panic about having to downsize or go under because they are not taking in as much Medicare dollars as they are used to. These hospitals, known privately to their workers as “Medicare Mills” are losing money due to legislation that has made it harder to get on Medicare and quicker to be booted off of it. That doctor’s level of insensitivity is astounding; his sense of entitlement and bigotry is even worse. He whines about his tax dollars paying for someone else’s heath care, yet doesn’t even realize that everyone’s tax dollars fund his top-bracket salary. If my tax dollars help pay his salary, the least I’d expect is treatment from a doctor who doesn’t look down his nose at me like I’m some fucking peasant because I have tattoos and long hair. I have as much higher education has he does, in a different field that doesn’t pay as much because it isn’t funded by federal money.

By: libsmntldisrdr

libsmntldisrdr — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 17:06:23 +0000

The bottom line is that our Federal Government is out-of-control with spending our so called “patriotic tax dollars”. Anyone who relies on government to fully protect themselves and their family is delirious.
This is not about racism, but those who have no legit defense of the facts of the socialist direction of our country will do what any good lawyer would do, try to distract the issue with any means possible to confuse those from the facts. Using racism is the ultimate distraction and also provides an excuse and sympathy for ones own shortfalls. Sadly, because of this behavior, the cycle continues and is passed to each generation and continues to feed what racism is left towards one another. Go to mamby-pamby land and get some self-confidence…

By: Vyper3000

Vyper3000 — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 19:53:15 +0000

Amazing – absolutely amazing. What the doctor didn’t mention is that we also have a crisis of culture in getting angry and defensive at people who have the bad taste to point out the TRUTH. “yeah, so what about them I know a rich guys who’s a crook too” doesn’t make what the Dr. was talking about wrong, PMK. And Matthew White – his PRACTICE or HOSPITAL may take in as much as you say, but how much of that is then paid out in malpractice premiums, overpriced supplies and pro bono services? THAT you fail to mention. Don’t demonize the doctor becuase he made the rigth choices and worked hard and made something of himself. What the man said was dead on the mark: he was RIGHT and smart people will listen and take note or the problem will continue.

By: Catherine O.

Catherine O. — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 13:53:59 +0000

BTW, Dr. Jones’ letter is no longer available on Facebook.