I don't get why the docs just don't get out of the business of writing them. The docs are educated. They want their cake and eat it too. They want the quick office visit and the happy customer who gets the note.

If they did just the visit and no note the parent would stop coming to them with the minor illness. That would hurt their bottom line.

It takes TIME to counsel a parent on transmission of illness, how many sick days to plan on for the average kid, and warning to be frugal with the days the parent takes off. Those are icky convos and they are going to have to sit thru the crying and pissed off arguments they WILL get when this generation gets a no.

That is exactly why they get in the middle of it. Get in... get out.... get paid.

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