[ClearCase_guy]

I don’t exactly see the problem.

If a 26-year-old wants to go to a pediatrician, and the pediatrician continues to take him as a patient, then that’s that.

If, on the other hand, a pediatrician has a policy that (let’s say) “We treat people age 18 and under, after that age, we will recommend a GP who can help you” then lines have been sketched out.

But from the article it seems like people are sort of complaining without actually complaining or doing anything. What’s the point?

[CaptainK]

Exactly. If I like a certain doctor and the doctor wants to help me as a patient, it’s a non story.

[Sans-Culotte]

The point is that it is another sign that people are refusing to grow up and act like grown-ups. It isn't world-stopping news, just another sign of how wussified Americans have become.

Also, there was this:

"We're now treating people for adult diseases, things we weren't trained to treat," she says, such as adult hypertension, Type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol, pregnancy, even depression and anxiety. If she encounters something she can't handle, Alfonzo says she will refer the patient to a specialist.

I think the pediatricians should simply refuse to treat people after a certain age. I guess the doctors in question are surprised that the patients could not figure it out on their own.