I remember the local drug store my mother used to go to, they mixed alot of their own stuff. Didn't cost an arm and a leg for the meds then. They don't mix their own of any thing any more I don't think. Louise ----- Original Message ----- From: "helenware" <helenware@comcast.net> To: <memory-lane@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 4:19 PM Subject: Re: [ML] Grrrrrr > When we were young our family doctor-delivered babies, took out appendix > etc., charged a dollar or two for an office or home visit! Prescriptions > were cheap and uncomplicated. > The with insurance companies, doctors specializing in certain fields and > people getting sue crazy-it forced everything to go up-our doctor stopped > delivering babies and doing surgeries(such as circumcisimns etc.) > I bet many of us knows a person or two that threatens to sue over all > kinds > of things most of us overlook! I know several and it really annoys me. > These > are petty stupid things they sue over and WE have to pay for our doctors > to > be covered by insurance. > My niece was going to be a Pediatrician but is a Nurse Practitioner > because > of the liabilities a doctor has! > I understand many young people shy away for being doctors for this > reason---it is a sorry state of affairs that the few jerks that are trying > to get money from lawsuits cause all of this to happen. > Off the soapbox ! > Helen > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message