Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

What’s Behind America’s Doctor Crisis? The problem is we have an insurance system that is a massive bureaucracy
Epoch Times ^ | 05/10/2024 | Autumn Spredemann

Posted on 05/10/2024 9:51:04 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

click here to read article


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-39 next last

1 posted on 05/10/2024 9:51:04 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

...just wait for the bills from millions of illegals to hit the system.


2 posted on 05/10/2024 9:52:39 AM PDT by RckyRaCoCo (Time to throw them out of the Temple...again)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

Paperwork is one thing, but DEI Doctors are more concerning.


3 posted on 05/10/2024 9:54:24 AM PDT by G Larry (Biden Fundraising Failure: More advertising for rotting fish is unlikely to improve sales....)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

Doctors and the AMA sold their souls. They are no longer trustworthy. They are no different than the Teamsters, IMO.


4 posted on 05/10/2024 9:55:47 AM PDT by Obadiah
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind; allendale

Most normal people do not understand how close the system is to collapse.


5 posted on 05/10/2024 9:56:35 AM PDT by Jim Noble (Assez de mensonges et de phrases)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

We all know what the problem is.
What do you think was going to happen when you demonize heterosexual White men and accuse them of being racist all the time?


6 posted on 05/10/2024 9:59:16 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Obadiah

I switched to a small practice that seems to actually believe in medical freedom. My wife made an appointment and has to wait 6 months to get in. They are that busy.


7 posted on 05/10/2024 10:06:08 AM PDT by cyclotic (Don’t be part of the problem. Be the entire problem)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

There’s been a considerable population increase in this country without a corresponding increase in the number of doctors. You can thank the medical establishment for this as they limit the number of medical schools available.


8 posted on 05/10/2024 10:12:40 AM PDT by jimwatx
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: cyclotic

Jan. 20. Trump signs the bill to totally eliminate Obamacare in one year. Congress will have been in session for 2 weeks by then. No McCains on our side to muck up the works.

The country will then be facing a one year deadline to come up with something new-market based. I have faith that Trump will have a plan that covers EVERYBODY-he’s said it before.

If he wins by a big enough margin the rats will have no choice but to get rolled and accept the fact that they’re scum.


9 posted on 05/10/2024 10:16:53 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

Once again, problems are driven by GOVERNMENT.

Medicaid drives emergency room visits. There is every incentive, even for the slightest problem, to go to the emergency room. Our marxist betters in DC have also wrapped up this economic incentive problem with “race and equity” as well, as if to make the problem completely un-fixable.


10 posted on 05/10/2024 10:18:06 AM PDT by PGR88
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: cyclotic

A number of my physician clients have switched to a “concierge”, or fee-for-service model just so they don’t have to deal with insurance companies.


11 posted on 05/10/2024 10:18:43 AM PDT by jagusafr ( )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

Insurance companies are pure evil, and in it only for the money. Yes, they do pay for some things, but they do not intend to lose a penny. They have caused prices in medical care, medications, and devices to skyrocket. They determine how much hospitals, doctors, pharmacies, and medical suppliers can charge, some of the largest of them have bought up said businesses. Of course, obamacare is at the root of their increased power. It would be very interesting to know how much stock in these companies Obama and the authors of obamacare (and the legislators who approved it) own. Pure corruption.


12 posted on 05/10/2024 10:20:02 AM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

Thanks Obunghole!


13 posted on 05/10/2024 10:21:09 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

Several years ago I was trying to break up a toilet tank with a hammer so it would fit in a garbage can. A very sharp shard opened up my wrist so, bound with paper towels and electrical tape it was off to the ER. Fortunately, the cut missed major blood vessels and just nicked some tenons. It opened up a few inches. I waited 4 hrs to get a dozen staples to close it up. Every time I came close to seeing a doc, another uninsured gunshot wounded gang banger would show up. Spent 4K. (deductable was about that number as Obama care let me keep my plan (at twice the deductable))


14 posted on 05/10/2024 10:29:19 AM PDT by sasquatch (Do NOT forget Ashli Babbit! c/o piytar)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

Obie care…


15 posted on 05/10/2024 10:31:19 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Eccl 10:2 - The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

My wife a Stage IV cancer survivor is having gall bladder problems that sent us to the ER last week and to surgery next week.

It is unbelievable how much the system has changed.

And it has nothing to do with doctors but the system itself is unbelievably bad...


16 posted on 05/10/2024 10:33:38 AM PDT by ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton (Dems: We cheated fair and square!!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: DIRTYSECRET

*The country will then be facing a one year deadline to come up with something new-market based.*

He could gore the ox by putting nurses in charge of the new plan. It would show more his respect for women, something they’re not smart enough to recognize. The cads out there like Bill Clinton get rewarded when they come up with terms like soccer moms. No heavy lifting involved.


17 posted on 05/10/2024 10:42:46 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: Flaming Conservative
You can complain about insurance companies, but any industry built on third-party payment systems is doomed to fail.

And imagine if you are an insurer who is forced to cover pre-existing conditions, cannot impose annual or lifetime limits on coverage, and is forced to pay for useless treatments and procedures that have no medical justification at all.

18 posted on 05/10/2024 10:44:22 AM PDT by Alberta's Child (If something in government doesn’t make sense, you can be sure it makes dollars.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

The average wait time to see a doctor has increased since 2017 and continued to rise after the demand spike brought on by COVID-19. A survey conducted by AMN Healthcare in 2022 of 15 large metro markets revealed the average time to see a physician was 26 days—an 8 percent increase from 2017 and a 24 percent spike since 2004.

The above is why a 50 something age wise couple/friends have gone to Amazon’s medical phone service for his seasonal allergies versus the big health provider and her minor medical needs both with a 3-5 week wait.

He recently used them for his seasonal allergy medical needs and was pleased.

Their adult daughters are satisfied with their care in their out of state medical needs.


19 posted on 05/10/2024 10:47:12 AM PDT by Grampa Dave ((“Surrendeisr often means wisely accommodating to what is beyond our control!” —yeSylvia Boorstein.))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: DIRTYSECRET
I am Trump’s biggest fan, but his health care proposals during the 2016 campaign were nothing more than delusional pandering.

“You’ll have better health care, and it will cost less!” is infantile nonsense.

It’s like telling voters they will be able to live at Trump Tower and pay $800/month in rent.

20 posted on 05/10/2024 10:47:13 AM PDT by Alberta's Child (If something in government doesn’t make sense, you can be sure it makes dollars.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-39 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson