tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14189960.post9111730267924915018..comments2024-02-13T09:17:15.047-06:00Comments on A Catholic Texan: Let the facts speak for themselves.kmerianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11096693234053975595noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14189960.post-6500302433770705172008-08-11T10:41:00.000-05:002008-08-11T10:41:00.000-05:00My complaint against your father has nothing to do...My complaint against your father has nothing to do with where he practices medicine. In fact, I have said nothing about his skills as a doctor. I said that it is curious that three folks from relatively small towns wind up in positions of power within the Texas Medical community at the same time they are moonlighting for BCBS, the single biggest provider of insurance in Texas. Frankly, it is. <BR/><BR/>Again, your father is mentioned in a tangential manner in the story and yet you are consumed by it. On the one hand, you are merely defending his honor. On the other hand, you have drawn significantly more attention to his role in this fiasco than anything I ever said.<BR/><BR/>My story mentioned your father a handful times and always in passing. You have now drawn so much more attention to him than anything I ever did. <BR/><BR/>Furthermore, there is bigger picture here. Dr. Pigott was wronged in a very serious way. Your father hasn't had it so bad. Yet, you show zero sympathy for her, and your entire agenda is fixing some minute detail in this story that is ultimately trivial. Since this BCBS group is not transparent, we will never know exactly when your father served on it. That is the point. If this group is on the level, as you have claimed, it should be irrelevant whether or not he was simultaneously TMA president while he served on it. After all, your contention is that this is some sort of an outreach group. In your hypothesis it makes no difference what else your father did while serving on this board. Yet, you are now insistent that I change my story even though in your view there is nothing nefarious about this group anyway. You can't have it both ways. <BR/><BR/>Again, the person you should be taking this up with is Dr. Curran who turned this group into a nefarious one. <BR/><BR/>As for me, I editorialized based on facts I presented. I certainly have every right to state my thoughts and opinions on my own blog. Based on the evidence I presented, I certainly believe that questions are raised about how everyone in this group gained their position. That is my editorial opinion and it was stated simply as that. It was not presented as fact and was not mistaken for anything but opinion.<BR/><BR/>As for these thousands of doctors, I said it was likely. My own evidence is several stories that I have broken about several doctors wronged JUST LIKE DR. PIGOTT. Along with this, there has been a Texas Legislature investigation of the TMB. Furthermore, this is a number that several doctors believed was accurate. <BR/><BR/>Frankly, this has now gone beyond a son protecting his father, and bordered on silly. You have stated your opinion. That opinion is published here and on my own blog. Now, it's time to move on. <BR/><BR/>Everyone knows where you stand, and they know where I stand. Let the evidence and facts speak for themselves and let the audience decide.mike volpehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02999118519606254362noreply@blogger.com