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They don't make them like Dr. Dohner anymore.
by Marti Attoun January 23, 2012
Dr. Russell Dohner, 86, has been on call for 57 years in Rushville, Ill. (pop. 3,192), working seven days a week, seeing up to 120 patients a day and even making house calls.
To top it off, he charges patients only $5 a visit.
“When I first came here, every doctor in town charged $2,” Dohner says. “I didn’t think about changing the price for 30 years.”
When national publicity about his low fee brought the modest doctor unwanted attention in the 1980s, Dohner began charging $3 for a visit and then $5 about 15 years ago.
By 9 a.m. six days a week, his clinic on the town square begins to fill with 50 or more people, enough to keep his fee low, Dohner says. He accepts Medicare, but not private insurance.
Continued: http://www.americanprofile.com/articles/illinois-doctor-offers-5-office-visits/
by Marti Attoun January 23, 2012
Dr. Russell Dohner, 86, has been on call for 57 years in Rushville, Ill. (pop. 3,192), working seven days a week, seeing up to 120 patients a day and even making house calls.
To top it off, he charges patients only $5 a visit.
“When I first came here, every doctor in town charged $2,” Dohner says. “I didn’t think about changing the price for 30 years.”
When national publicity about his low fee brought the modest doctor unwanted attention in the 1980s, Dohner began charging $3 for a visit and then $5 about 15 years ago.
By 9 a.m. six days a week, his clinic on the town square begins to fill with 50 or more people, enough to keep his fee low, Dohner says. He accepts Medicare, but not private insurance.
Continued: http://www.americanprofile.com/articles/illinois-doctor-offers-5-office-visits/
