My former dermatologist practice had several offices in this region staffed by good, trained physicians. It was a pleasant place to visit for the every so often check-up. During the first months of the pandemic I cancelled a regular appointment because our area was hot with COVID.
Late last year I finally decided to reschedule that appointment. The whole practice had sold out to PE. It had been renamed with a name that has religious connotations though all the doctors were still there.
I'm always suspicious of mixing religion with health care but in this area, north Texas, it isn't unusual to see that type of branding in business names any more. It seems that everyone from your yard person to your doctor wants you to know how patriotic or pious they are so they stick it in their business name or logo. Pretty disgusting to me and I dodge those outfits almost as a rule because they tend to be full of hypocritical assholes who smell the extra income that can flow their way if they just add a little Jesus or veteran reference somewhere.
The markets decided a long time ago to use the tools that actually worked and that's why we have trained physicians doing the health care instead of preachers.
Anyway, after that appointment I have decided that I will not return and if I ever need to visit another dermatologist I will look for one that is still independent. That old practice has allied with a sketchy compounding pharmacy and they encourage you to use that pharmacy instead of using Walgreens, CVS, etc. probably because there is some level of kick-back in action from referrals.
It all seems so broken and filled with greed. It reminds me of the software world where everyone wants you to subscribe and pay perpetually for apps that in most cases offer no long term value and which will inevitably be abandonware when the coder moves on to the next big grift. SaaS is a huge scam infecting the business world. Everyone should offer the option to pay based on actual usage or to buy a perpetual license to use a single version with the option to buy upgrades as they are available, based on the individual's own needs.
Late last year I finally decided to reschedule that appointment. The whole practice had sold out to PE. It had been renamed with a name that has religious connotations though all the doctors were still there.
I'm always suspicious of mixing religion with health care but in this area, north Texas, it isn't unusual to see that type of branding in business names any more. It seems that everyone from your yard person to your doctor wants you to know how patriotic or pious they are so they stick it in their business name or logo. Pretty disgusting to me and I dodge those outfits almost as a rule because they tend to be full of hypocritical assholes who smell the extra income that can flow their way if they just add a little Jesus or veteran reference somewhere.
The markets decided a long time ago to use the tools that actually worked and that's why we have trained physicians doing the health care instead of preachers.
Anyway, after that appointment I have decided that I will not return and if I ever need to visit another dermatologist I will look for one that is still independent. That old practice has allied with a sketchy compounding pharmacy and they encourage you to use that pharmacy instead of using Walgreens, CVS, etc. probably because there is some level of kick-back in action from referrals.
It all seems so broken and filled with greed. It reminds me of the software world where everyone wants you to subscribe and pay perpetually for apps that in most cases offer no long term value and which will inevitably be abandonware when the coder moves on to the next big grift. SaaS is a huge scam infecting the business world. Everyone should offer the option to pay based on actual usage or to buy a perpetual license to use a single version with the option to buy upgrades as they are available, based on the individual's own needs.