The real question: Is there a better way to get someone else to pay to my medical care? The best way to approach medical care is quite simple: Contract for services and pay for them yourself. It seems to work for almost everything else in our economy.
” Contract for services and pay for them yourself. It seems to work for almost everything else in our economy.” 23 and Me, does genetic testing that will tell what diseases you will get. You can adjust your like accordingly. The rest of your needs through Health Care Accounts. Science leapfrogs politics.
Insurance companies negotiate lower prices because of volume and the assurance that the medical provider is going to get paid the agreed upon rate. Why should your doctor do that for an individual?
You're so right. So I'm assuming that if you need a CABG (cardiac catheterization and bypass graft, a rather common procedure for middle-aged people), you'll be able to afford to fork out $150000 for the diagnostics, procedure, inpatient admission, and follow-up care? Or half a million for cancer treatment? Because most of us can't, no matter if we have a health savings account or not.