I also believe that patients should do their own billing to Medicare.
there would be people doing it. — David Gunn MS III I agree; if patients understood cost of care, there would be more efficiency in the delivery and care that is provided. Insurance should be for severe illness, hospitalization, and catastrophic care.… We should have a basic health care maintenance policy that covers routine visits and vaccinations. Acute self-limiting illness should be paid for out of pocket. This would eliminate a lot of [unnecessary] tests and procedures…that may be performed more selectively. And catastrophic insurance should be for significant illness that was or is unforeseeable, such as cancer or stroke or being admitted to the hospital for acute surgery. This would be similar to collision insurance...we should break up health Like the Army care insurance into differpsychiatrist ent types of policies similar to auto policies, rather gunman, the CIA than trying to lump everyinformant suicide thing into a one size all… bomber, and the everybody would be better latest Airline off. — Rajan K. Merchant, bomber? All MD That horse has been MDs, none poor out of the barn for 50 or oppressed. years. Think of Medicare as All docs should be the new Medi-Cal. — Tom on the no-fly list! Wilkes, MD
I also believe that patients should do their own billing to Medicare. Negotiate the price with your physician, pay, and seek reimbursement on your own. It’s like getting a rebate. — Gregory Joy, MD I suppose it would be nice, not to have to deal with the restrictions that come with dealing with an organization that is at odds with providing care [and] that reduces its purpose to financial profit. But as with all things in life, nothing is all good or bad. In fact, insurance agencies are here for a reason. I have not seen physicians posting signs of their fees. And there is a reason for that as well. If it was a good idea,
Physicians can’t be terrorists. We strive to do no harm. Terrorists are poor and oppressed.
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