:20:00
First, the difficulty of
getting into medical school...
:20:03
Yes. In view of all this,
what advice would you have
:20:05
for a young person
who wants to go into medicine?
:20:08
My advice is always the same
and always simple.
:20:11
Marry money.
:20:12
But seriously,
Dr. Nichols.
:20:15
What became
of the house call?
:20:19
Listen, its a matter
of practicality.
:20:21
Are you serious?
:20:22
Intensely, sir.
:20:24
Well, today, youve got
a situation
:20:25
where a doctor can handle
five patients in his office
:20:28
in the same time it takes
to make one house call.
:20:30
Therefore, you have five people
who are helped instead of one.
:20:33
Also five people who are
charged instead of one.
:20:35
Beg your pardon?
:20:36
I said, also five people
who are charged.
:20:38
Our mail in this area is...
:20:40
I prefer to think of it
as five patients being helped.
:20:42
Do you indeed? Money, of
course, is of no consequence.
:20:45
Good medical care
is not cheap.
:20:46
Neither is bad medical care.
:20:48
I read in a magazine,
over the past 20 years,
:20:50
doctors have become
the highest-paid income group
:20:52
in the entire country.
:20:53
Uh, Mrs. Atkinson, no offence,
:20:54
but you dont know what the
hell youre talking about.
:20:57
Do you know how much it costs
to run a medical practice?
:20:59
Take a simple
routine check-up.
:21:01
Id love to.
I cant afford one.
:21:03
Theres the urine analysis,
:21:05
the chest plates,
the liver function,
:21:07
the blood count,
the electrocardiogram...
:21:09
The Mercedes, the Gucci loafers,
the conventions in Acapulco.
:21:11
Ive never been to Acapulco.
What are you talking about?
:21:14
As a matter of fact,
you know that...
:21:15
Excuse me. I would
like to ask a question.
:21:18
Would you excuse me?
Thank you.
:21:19
I want to know why, when the
bills come in, it always says:
:21:22
Make checks payable
to Internal Medicines, Inc.
:21:25
Or Surgical Procedures, Inc.
:21:27
Isnt there
something peculiar
:21:29
about all these
incorporated doctors?
:21:31
What the hell
is so peculiar...
:21:32
Is it okay to say hell?
:21:33
Yes.
You said it before.
:21:34
Thousands of
doctors incorporate.
:21:36
Yes, but...
:21:37
Just one moment please.
Albert Schweitzer didnt.
:21:39
He was not in our tax bracket.
:21:42
Look, I know that there are
a lot of things wrong
:21:45
with the medical profession.
:21:47
Who said that?
They must be crazy.
:21:48
Believe me,
we are trying to change it,
:21:50
but it must be done slowly
and patiently and tactfully.
:21:54
Tactfully?
Yes.
:21:55
Perhaps you could tell me
what is tactful
:21:57
about a road-traffic accident?
:21:59
If I am smashed to pieces
by a car...