Our family is just furious over the 'first" extremely NEGATIVE review of Dr Schaffner!!! (by Anthony P)!!!
This Doctor Cares! He spends many hours on "homework" re his patients, before seeing them in his office. ( We know, we have rec telephone calls from him, even after office visits re our "patient comlaints, or..)...
How many Drs has Oakhurst had (in past), that HAVE JUST UP AND LEFT? Dr Schaffner has lived in the area for...a long time, He KNOWS his patients!
Is the wait to see him long? OK...it can be long...But what responsibility do his patients have regarding this problem? Because of his "personality", his first question is "how are you"...ok...don't his patient's have some of the responsibility of TRYING to keep to just "our medical problems"...with, ok, because he is so personable, a few minutes on asking "how he/family are"...Because he cares, (what has happened to what used to be the definition of "family Dr"? Isn't it a Dr who gets to KNOW you?
I think those who are write a review such as the above-referenced one, must have an HMO insurance, or...maybe no insurance at all! I'm sorry for that, but...he treats all of us 'THE SAME, AND FAIRLY"...
The Medical "field" is rapidly changing..at first, HMO, (in and out...state your problem and leave") was where the industry was going...but, think about it...did that really work? If we (the patient) followed those rules, well, O.K. that's the way the world would be headed.
But, people are people. We try to smile at the outside world...but, enter our Drs office? Everything that bothers us (from a toe ache to...an argument with.."the neighbor" comes out...To me, that's human nature, especially when you have a Dr who listens, AND CARES.
He's a family practionier! His profession is to try, not only with our medical problems, but psychiatrial (or everyday) problems, to be there.
I pray the insurance is going to back to what it use to be...to where, after a Dr such as Dr Schaffner, who spent YEARS studying, (and the cost of such?), can live, at least somewhat near the (or half of, in some cases) those of CEOS of corporations! Who "hire" people to listen to, other than a 5-10 minute "what is is your complaint today...make an appointment if for you second one upon leaving office"..This, my family's Dr Schaffer has never done!
OK, I'm almost through! It isn't Dr Schaffner who charges (unless you're HMO or Kaiser,...sorry)...it's...the way insurance is going now.
That's it! I pray our new President will face the problems our insurance industry has...and Dr. Schaffer can be what his personality is: A caring man, who realizes that it takes some of us more than 10 minutes to tell him our medical problem...a Dr that can make enough, per visit, to listen to us, (the way he wants to, and...still...to me...DOES...as much as he can, without the System saying "no, no...you don't have that much time!"...
Dr Schaffer, if you DO read this...don't let, what I pray is the TEMPORARY way to seeing a Dr change YOU...continue being what you are as a person first, and your profession next.
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