Uh no. It’s not the ‘people’s’ fault to want less costly healthcare delivery.
You can bet all you got that the high cost of healthcare delivery is a direct result of government interference. Every doctor, nurse with any experience will know that to be true.
Every health insurer makes claims tables based on Medicare RVUs and Medicare, in turn, bases its RVU values on these claims tables. This forms a vicious cycle leading to unrealistic high pricing.
Doctors and clinics spend far too much time arguing with Medicare and insurance companies about getting coverage for patients and trying to find ways to make the Medicare, Medicaid, and insurance company ‘framework’ fit with the reality of practicing medicine. They often have to start padding their care categories with every little item because the reimbursements come in at a small percentage of what is claimed. This adds to the vicious cycle.
Direct care clinics, also called retainer-fee clinics or concierge clinics, operate without insurance or Medicare. An individual can pay their direct care physician $150 to $200 a month and receive an around-the-clock response. Appointments are usually 30 minutes to 45 minutes versus 6 minutes to 12 minutes for an insurance funded clinic.
Open the med schools — we need thousands of new doctors!! Open the doors ! A general practitioner is not that hard!!!
I am glad to hear someone else talking about government interference with health care delivery as the basis for runaway healthcare costs.
Here is an actual example of bad this is: I got an annual checkup last May. The doctor billed Medicare $150.00. They paid him $7.00. My supplemental plan requires me to file a claim with them for the copay; they won't take a claim from the doctor. I filed the claim and they paid me $70.00. The doctor's billing service is not setup to handle this situation so they failed to bill me for the copay. Bottom line is Medicare -$7.00, doctor +$7.00, insurance company -$70.00, me +$70.00. I thinkl I'll go see the doctor more often.