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Makes me want to buy a condo in Kansas. We just got our 01/15/15 increase for ‘affordable care’ and I lost sleep all last night being upset. Since Obama has been in office our premiums went from $461 to the new $1,036 per month. Now, that is with a $5K deduction and no (THANK GOD) pre-existing conditions. As I told my husband, it does not pay to be healthy now (with insurance premiums, not real life!) as all they consider is your salary and age. But, the insurance companies were with him on the deal thinking they’d make more money and what they got was the usual political pinch!

Oh, a Dr. friend of ours joined a group somewhat like the one talked about. You pay $1K/yr. for his office services which includes about 3 hours of annual physical and chatting time. If you have 250 patients, it’s a good deal.

Something has got to crack this crazy out of control platinum healthcare web. Even ‘therapy’, never ending which should be done by the patient from a piece of paper and/or family-friend assistance, not $65/hr. home health folks.

I totally agree with you on that.
The physical therapy representatives lobbied hard in Obamacare. Now, if you need a total joint replacement, even if you are bone on bone, you are required to have about a month of PT before they will authorize payment for surgery. A big waste of time and money.PT does not regenerate cartilage. PT is way over ordered due to insurance requirements.
Also, a big part of the rehab experience is for someone- with a family member or friend assistance- to get in the car and travel to the PT office. It gets patients physically moving. Now, it is all done at home. So, instead of one therapist to 2 patients at a time, you have a 1:1 session which does not include the therapist travel time. That increases the cost.We need to get rid of these frivolous waste of healthcare dollars..
When my husband had shoulder surgery, we went to PT once. I learned what needed to be done, and I rehabbed him at home. His shoulder turned out great.