Too many people have lost the art of self-care. They expect to rely on the system for everything, when you shouldn’t be showing up at a medicare facility unless you have something that is beyond your ability to care for yourself.
Then, because of how your insurance is structured, as long as somebody says hello, they can send a bill. This results in medicine costing more than it should.
Fixing this is probably going to require getting insurance out of the healthcare options at the GP level, but you can pay cash to the GP without involving the insurance company, just like your granddaddy used to do things when it came to his doctor.
“...but you can pay cash to the GP without involving the insurance company, just like your granddaddy used to do things when it came to his doctor....”
The “System” continues to race away from that model. Sad.
This can be done. Since I retired in July 2020, I have no health insurance. I had an infected ingrown toenail and I went to the local clinic and paid cash to have it treated. It cost a goodly chunk, but when I added up what I would have paid for even a simple health care insurance plan, I still saved money.
Of course, something could happen someday to make me sorry I don't have health insurance, but... maybe not. I've heard so many stories of insurance companies screwing people over, half your treatment is "not covered" or one of the people who helped treat you was "not in our network" that it seems like insurance isn't necessarily the safety net it was supposed to be. It seems now more like a scam.
So true! People don’t realize the amazing ability of the body to heal itself. Many ailments can be “cured” by lifestyle changes instead of a magic pill. The magic pill magically causes other medical issues that require another magic pill.
Now the system owns you. You have become a revenue stream.
Speaking of relying on the system….
“American fashion designer mom who lived in China for 16 years says she MISSES how Communist government ‘co-parented’ her children - dictating even what they should eat - and wants U.S. to learn from its example”
The one party system, like the CCP, is coming!