### Author:  [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2002, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-my-new-colleague/141386/21 "2002-12-09T04:06:45Z")
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> \*Originally posted by Sue Duhnym \*
> \*\*Someone’s gotta graduate last in their class, even doctors. \*\*
I dunno, judging by those pics, I’d say she graduated at the “head” of her class, if you know what I mean.
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### Author:  [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2002, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-my-new-colleague/141386/22 "2002-12-09T04:06:54Z")
I want that flower-enhanced bikini top in **percypercy** ’s first link.
/deep sarcasm
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### Author:  [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2002, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-my-new-colleague/141386/23 "2002-12-09T04:25:02Z")
Is it just me, or does that Day-Glo orange bikini look Photo-Shopped on?
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### Author:  [@Random](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Random)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2002, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-my-new-colleague/141386/24 "2002-12-09T04:35:35Z")
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> \*Originally posted by Guinastasia \*
> \*\*Is it just me, or does that Day-Glo orange bikini look Photo-Shopped on? \*\*
It does, indeed.
So, what’s your opinion of her marketting scheme, Guin? Sleazy use of sexuality inappropriate in a professional setting or effective appeal to the marketplace?
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### Author:  [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2002, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-my-new-colleague/141386/25 "2002-12-09T04:46:22Z")
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> Just out of interest, why would enrolling in her “fee for service” scheme be attractive to anyone? Those who can’t already afford medical insurance won’t be able to afford her services, and those who already have medical insurance have plenty of doctors to choose from. It seems like all she’s selling is the “exclusivity” of being one of her patients.
That’s exactly it. Her stated purpose is to avoid having to deal with insurance companies. I’ve heard of a few of these practices popping up here and there, basically catering to people with money to burn, the sort of people to whom $1500/yr. is no big deal. The pitch to them is that they’re going to get a level of service that they would never get from a visit with another doctor; you pay for an hour of her time, and you get an hour with her. Never mind that she probably can’t do much more in an hour than she could in fifteen minutes.
You don’t have to have that many patients in a scheme like this; if she can sign up 100 patients at that rate, she’s grossing a buck and a half a year even if she never sees any of them.
(It’s also, to me, a safe bet to say that people who can afford to pay such fees out of pocket and who are concerned enough about their health to seek out this level of care have fewer health problems than the general population.)
That close-up frightens me, too; she says she’s never had any cosmetic surgery, to which I reply, “Botox ain’t surgery.” I found that lipstick to be less hot pink and more safety orange.
Dr. J
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### Author:  [@pesch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pesch)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2002, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-my-new-colleague/141386/26 "2002-12-09T05:21:16Z")
I’ve been wondering when “fee for service” practices are going to come into fashion. The hassle of dealing with insurance companies has become so irritating that a doctor could probably do quite well treating the minor ailments this way.
Course, I never thought it would happen this way. Good God!
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### Author:  [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2002, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-my-new-colleague/141386/27 "2002-12-09T05:29:40Z")
There’s something utterly fascinating that the caption on the first page describes what she’s doing as “backpacking”.
And the instructions on how to correctly pronounce “Vaughan”, brilliant!
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### Author:  [@carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrot)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2002, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-my-new-colleague/141386/28 "2002-12-09T05:51:07Z")
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> \*Originally posted by DoctorJ \*
> **I found that lipstick to be less hot pink and more safety orange.**
Hrm. Could be. When it gets that eye-searing I can’t look at it for that long.
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### Author:  [@digitalskeeza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digitalskeeza)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2002, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-my-new-colleague/141386/29 "2002-12-09T07:52:13Z")
EWW EWW EWW I’M SCARRED FOR LIFE!!
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I just thank the gods that I didn’t see any pics of her hubbie…bad enough I saw way too many TMI pics of HER!! My mind’s eye definitely would’ve gone blind!
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### Author:  [@digitalskeeza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digitalskeeza)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2002, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-my-new-colleague/141386/30 "2002-12-09T07:57:45Z")
Oh, and by the way, Doctor J–DAMN YOU TO HELL for putting that link up!!!
(It’s certainly not _my_ fault for becoming horridly fascinated, right? :rolleyes:)
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### Author:  [@digitalskeeza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digitalskeeza)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2002, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-my-new-colleague/141386/31 "2002-12-09T07:58:55Z")
oops -----:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
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### Author:  [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2002, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-my-new-colleague/141386/32 "2002-12-09T08:09:28Z")
Yeah, I think the page on Men’s Sexual Dysfunction is meant to clear that right up, just by reading the page. Riiiiiiiiiight.
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### Author:  [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2002, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-my-new-colleague/141386/33 "2002-12-09T08:17:54Z")
God forbid she should end up posing for “Playboy.”
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### Author:  [@Mac\_Guffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mac_Guffin)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2002, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-my-new-colleague/141386/34 "2002-12-09T09:21:35Z")
Great leaping Ho’s! Is she a Doctor or a Prostitute? I work in a hospital, and I have never ever seen anything like this.
Facinating…
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### Author:  [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2002, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-my-new-colleague/141386/35 "2002-12-09T09:27:40Z")
[The horror. The Horror.](http://www.drvaughn.com/HiDef/2001-1125-E17_Lrg.jpg)
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### Author:  [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2002, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-my-new-colleague/141386/36 "2002-12-09T11:02:26Z")
Does she have a fee schedule for various therapies?
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### Author:  [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2002, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-my-new-colleague/141386/37 "2002-12-09T12:43:26Z")
oh.
my.
god.
well it gives me an anti rolemodel i suppose.
when i qualify as a doctor i will not
a)dress like a hooker
b)look like a hooker
c) talk like a hooker (i don’t know how many orgasms my doctor has in a session, and i don’t WANT to know!)
don’t hospitals have dress codes? do you think that’s why she’s a GP?
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### Author:  [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2002, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-my-new-colleague/141386/38 "2002-12-09T14:57:03Z")
I love it… MD as brand name. :rolleyes:
I’ve seen a LOT of patients burned badly by these “fee for service” arrangements. They submit the charges to their insurance company, and the insurance denies it (and legitimately so) as a non-covered charge. So the patient gets trapped in this arrangement for a lot of money, and doesn’t get anything back from the insurance. Meanwhile, the patient is also paying for insurance.
Makes you wonder why she’s really leaving town.
Robin
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### Author:  [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2002, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-my-new-colleague/141386/39 "2002-12-09T17:08:45Z")
I’m assuming she intends for most of her patients to be desperate, middle-aged men, judging by the photos. I can just see hear the conversations in the suburban homes of Greensboro:
Wife: You’re late again! Where have you been?
Husband: I had to stop and see a prostitute.
Wife: Don’t try that old line on me. You’ve been to the doctor, haven’t you? HAVEN’T YOU?
Husband: (plaintively) I’m sorry, i just had to have one more procedure. I’ll never go there again.
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### Author:  [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2002, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-my-new-colleague/141386/40 "2002-12-09T17:16:35Z")
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> \*Originally posted by Sue Duhnym \*
> \*\*Someone’s gotta graduate last in their class, even doctors. \*\*
Hahaha
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