Given the absurd gymnastics that hospitals and doctors must go through to actually collect their payment from insurance, they could likely cut their fees 50% or more by going cash fee-for-service.
Given the absurd gymnastics that hospitals and doctors must go through to actually collect their payment from insurance, they could likely cut their fees 50% or more by going cash fee-for-service.
I know a guy who went to a specialist to get his elbow fixed. He was using his own money. The receptionist insisted that he needed to be referred to them by another doctor. She couldn’t grasp the concept of him being able to hire her bosses services with money out of his own pocket, just as you would take your car to a specialist if you knew a gas station with a little garage was the wrong place to start.