No I don’t want single payer EVER! Where did you get that idea? I’m just saying that Medicare is forced on us at age 65 and many doctors don’t want to touch it because of how little it pays. If we don’t have a secondary carrier, we’re screwed and into owing a lot of money. Hospitals and physicians have contract on what they will pay. What they bill is another story and they “write off” what is owed. Call it the “game.”
You want an example? A colonoscopy was billed out at $5,000 or 6,000 and Medicare paid $700. Do you want to pick up the difference? Skin in the game?
That's right....skin in the game....that's why you supplement medicare. Still sounds like you expect the gov. to pick it all up.
That's right....skin in the game....that's why you supplement medicare. Still sounds like you expect the gov. to pick it all up.