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As
a physician, nothing affects you more than the quality of
our health care delivery system. It affects your daily practice,
your hospital affiliation, your access to current scientific
information and the health of your patients. Physicians
by their very nature and training are a very inhomogeneous
lot. It is this lack of cohesion that has enabled our adversaries
to take control of many aspects of the profession. Only
organized bodies of medicine have the capacity to be taken
seriously. Enrollment in the County and State
Medical Societies and the American
Medical Association is vital if physicians are to retake
the leadership in determining the future of the practice
of medicine. The events of recent times that are profoundly
affecting the personal and professional lives of physicians
clearly suggests that there is now a critical need for all
physicians to remain united and to give a greater strength,
vitality and purpose to the organizations that represent
them.
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| Yes,
some may consider that the cost of membership dues is high - but remember, it costs a lot
to do the things that only organized medicine can do - legislative action,
litigation, communications, media relations, etc. In comparison, it is a relatively small
price to pay when compared to the alternative. |
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You
can't afford not to be a member. Imagine what insurance companies, the government,
and others would be doing if the Medical Society of the State of New York and the American
Medical Association were not guarding your interests and that of your patients. |
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You
and I can't monitor the hundreds of legislative proposals put forth each year and prepare
responses - organized medicine can. |
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You
and I can't orchestrate statewide and nationwide responses from physicians in all
specialties - we need to unite in one organization as physicians. |
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| 2008
Membership Dues |
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County |
State |
Total |
| *Full Active Member |
$350 |
$470 |
$820 |
| *1st or 2nd Year Practice |
$350 |
$240 |
$590 |
| *Resident Membership |
$35 |
$25 |
$60 |
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| *The County and State Medical Societies are
unified for these categories; therefore, both organizations' dues must be paid. |
| Full Active Membership: Physicians who have
completed all training and have been in practice for two or more years. |
| 1st and 2nd Year of Practice: Physicians who have
completed all training and are going into their first or second year of private practice. |
| Resident Membership: Physicians in a residency
program. |
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| Please
contact Ginny Ruderman if you have any questions regarding
membership at
gruderman@mcms.org |
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| Membership Application |
The Membership Application can be downloaded to your computer then viewed
and printed as an Adobe Acrobat® file. Acrobat encapsulates all of the fonts and
formatting functions that were used when creating a document enabling it to be sent
quickly over the internet as a Portable Document File (PDF). Once the PDF file has
been received on your computer you can use the Acrobat Reader program to view and print
the forms on your printer.
If you already have a copy
of Adobe Acrobat Reader, then you may download a form immediately by clicking on the name
of the form above. The PDF file sizes are relatively small and will take only a few
minutes to download, depending upon your modem and connection speed. When the file
transfer is complete just click on the filename to launch Acrobat Reader and open the
form.
If you do not have a copy of
Acrobat Reader you can get one for free by clicking on the icon 'Get Acrobat® Reader'.
This will take you to Adobe's website and enable you to download the Acrobat
program to your computer. |
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check to ensure that you include the following when mailing your membership application to
us: |
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Application |
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Dues check made payable to the Monroe County Medical Society |
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