Seanad debates
Wednesday, 2 April 2003
Humanitarian Crisis in Iraq: Statements. - Regulatory Reform: Motion.
The report did discuss the issue of doctors' being disallowed from forming limited liability companies with other medical or paramedical practitioners. It seems a good idea from the point of view of economics. We all see how well the new co-operatives are working. However, there is one problem. The report stated if doctors set up a limited liability company, there could be specialists within the company but there is a problem with this. If the company had a specialist in toenails, we could see everybody being referred for treatment for their toenails for the good of the company – not that any of my colleagues would ever think of doing something like this. That is something we have to take into account just in case in the distant future some medical practitioners are like that. It could end up making things more rather than less expensive for the patient.
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