Concierge service and genetically altered meat? What in the world is going on?

Yesterday, I was watching CNN and two amazing stories came up back to back.

The first was what they are calling the new medical fad, doctors converting to a concierge service. For those who don’t know what that means, there are several doctors who are now asking their clients to pay a retainer fee for their services. The goal for the doctors is to cut down their patient base so they can provide better service to those who can fork out the fee. The fee mentioned on CNN was $1,500 a person.

So, let’s see here. There are millions of people who can barely afford medical services as it is and doctors now want to charge another $1,500 per person so they can provide preferential treatment? What makes it worse is that this fee has nothing to do with insurance. Clients of these doctors will still have to make their insurance payments. And there are no discounts tied to this fee. This fee is simply to allow the doctor the ability to spend more time with their patients. And, of course, they will answer your calls more promptly.

Here is the kicker. The doctors are giving you a choice; pay the fee or find someone else.

Talk about elite health care.

The second story was about genetically altered meat possibly hitting the grocery stores in the near future. This, of course, is meat from cloned animals. Apparently right now, the Food and Drug Administration is proposing regulations that would allow the commercial use of genetically engineered animals.

Nothing warms my heart more than the thought of eating man made meat. Yummy!!

I wonder if these meats will come with possible side-effect warnings.

Things are getting really bad.

The Wizard has spoken.