A doctor who won't take any insurance or Medicare? Yank their license, plus imprisonment.

[Ms. Toad]

116. There are lots of iatrogenic illnesses-

I'm not disputing that.

But DOs as a profession are very much mainstream. (Aside from probably some condescension because Osteopathic Schools are perceived to have lower admission standards) they are treated identically by insurance companies, hospitals, and their peers. The two who have cared for me were no less drug happy than the MDs who have cared for me. You may have found a unique DO who is not mainstream, but being non-mainstream is not inherent in the profession. The state board harassing them should tell you that. I have also found unique MDs who are not mainstream - and they also feel harassed by either their peers or the state boards.

ETA: It is an MD, by the way, who expressed concern about long term use of flagyl - in the same class as Levaqin -for treatment of my daughter's illness which is considered untreatable (the drug is being investigated - and her liver does seem to respond to it). It was her DO who first put her on it (for other reasons for which it is considered proper treatment).