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Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly  Talking about where to take your ideas, in your area don't you have a legislator or two who you can personally meet and take your ideas to? When managed care hit us, I personally feared much about it and knew we'd have many hard legislative battles to fight, so I befriended 2 state congressmen, 2 U. S. Senators and one darn fine lawyer in the State of Texas Attorney General's office. These men and two woman and many of their fine staffers all helped me unbelievably over the years when managed care laws hit us unfairly in some area or an insurance investigator took license with his role and began intimidation. I would ask the insurer's actions be investigated for intimidation and bad faith and send letters to one and all above and then some telling of our plight with an insurance company or misuse of the rules. When I had trouble, the State of Texas knew it. We got legislation changed/rewritten, just my rep and I. Not because of my influence but because it was right and I had other clinics I networked with who joined in with me sometimes. A small but active force can get help. When others abandoned me at times, I alone visited BC/BS of Texas Medical Director and later we became sort of friends. Our clinic didn't fold and we used the often "bad" managed care rules often to obtain rather large penalty payments of over $12,000.00 -$26,000.00 when we were treated shabbily by an insurer. So just because big government seems overwhelming, a single person can get much done when their cause is right and they never give up. |
Well as a Canadian any legislator I have is not going to have much influence on USA law making. I think I have done what I can personally to be heard and to show my support for responsible breeders south of the border.
We shall see if this regulation passes, and what after five years or so is the impact.