1.   Answers to these questions have important implications for slum dwellers, whose only local source of medical care May be private doctors.

2.   Private doctors are too expensive for most workers, and government health department visits can span an entire day.

3.   And even where clinics or a private doctor willing to take Medicaid exist, often those offices have limited hours and a lack of after-hours and weekend availability.

4.   An investigation by the child welfare agency found several failures by caseworkers, school officials and a private doctor to follow up on reports of abuse and neglect.

5.   And while computer technology is available to help physicians avoid mistakes and screen for dangerous combinations of drugs, few hospitals and even fewer private doctors have it.

6.   As a result, entrepreneurs and private doctors alike are now competing with each other to solicit female couples for IVF treatments.

7.   Because the VA refused to treat Rawls, he had to visit private doctors and pay astronomical medical bills out of his own pocket.

8.   A Florida study found no difference in cocaine use between pregnant women who use public clinics and women who saw private doctors.

9.   A private doctor, along with the house staff, attended to her.

10.   But members of the committee noted that broad implementation would depend on whether thousands of private doctors accepted it.