Exactly - they realize that such a plan would destroy their power and then the bureaucrats would be out of a job.
And such regulators are interfering with the free market and a businessman’s ability to set his own fees. This is exactly the kind of price competition American medicine needs desperately. How the hell did we get to this place in America?
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Here is a man that is honestly trying to help and has a wonderful idea; and who else; but our crooked government doesn’t like it.
He’s right. This isn’t insurance. Not even close.
Government officials are becoming more unhinged by the minute. Obama Effect for sure.
If they’re that worried about illegal insurance rackets, they should go after Big Mike, who offers pizzeria owners a great deal on fire insurance. A thousand a month guarantees that their businesses won’t burn down.
“That’s something only a licensed insurance company can do.”
Name one insurance company worker that ever graduated medical school.
Why is there a law that prevents this doctor from doing this? Who is it designed to protect? The doctors? Patients? Or the insurance companies?
When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty. - Thomas Jefferson
Hero doctor versus sub-human democrat party power mad cockroachs.
Boy those are dumb bureaucrats. An insurance company is regulated because it promises to late pay for something for you that it does not have. This MD in fact is an MD, so he certainly can provide care.
It is the MD’s business how he prices his services. He can in fact deliver these services. Thus he is not insuring patients, he is merely selling his services using a two part pricing scheme.
Are you sure this wasn’t written by John Semmens....
$75 is the price to visit the doctor in the “After Hours Surgery” here in New Zealand — with insurance 80% if that can be reimbursed, subject to policy maximums.
(”Surgery” has a slightly different meaning here in NZ to what it means in the US. As well as being the process whereby a doctor cuts up a patient, a “surgery” is also another name for the doctor’s office)
Regular price (business hours) is about $45. With insurance 80% of that is reimbursed, subject to policy maximums.
So $79 for a NY doctor isn’t too bad, by New Zealand standards.
(A Big Mac costs NZ$4.95 here, by way of comparison)
Thanks!
I was looking for this article earlier this afternoon.
the state sees money running through its fingers. Rather than Dr. Muney submitting claims to Medicare, he collects cash. Rather than paying the state insurance licensing fees, he shuns insurance, enabling his patients to pay cash. The government worries that if all doctors did this, the government would not be able to continue employing people to process insurance, doctors could cut overhead by laying off insurance billers and accounts receivable employees.
Update:
The State wrote to the doctor and said he could continue to offer his fixed fee $79/month medical care for preventative health but if someone came in complaining of an illness or injury, he would have to charge them at least $33 for that visit. Bureaucracy at work.
http://blog.americanjusticecenter.com/2009/03/state-orders-dr-john-muney-to-stop.html
Insurance Industry Wins, Low-Cost Doctor Raises Fees
Muney, a former surgeon, started offering the $79-a-month plan in 2008.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,508990,00.html
Want laser surgery to correct your vision?
It’s not covered by insurance.
When it first began, it cost a few thousand dollars.
Now, with competition, it’s down to a few hundred dollars.
That’s downright American.
Gov't and Insurance people ..
The barber shop is down the street.