I will add that having insurance cover ordinary doctor’s visits is one of the things that makes going to the doctor so expensive, as the doctor has to hire extra staff and occasionally do battle with the insurance companies himself. It’s also one of the things that really limits the time doctors spend with patients.
Every now and then I read about primary care doctors who decides not to deal with insurance companies and runs a practice on a cash basis, charging around $40 a visit and makes a better living than before, with far less stress. These are doctors who treat the ordinary people and not those who can afford the $2000 or so upfront for concierge care.
My doc is like that. $45 per visit and he takes no insurance although you can submit the expenses yourself to insurance. When I see him I get at least an hour with him. It’s a great deal.
Once upon a time in America we paid for doctor visits and prescriptions even with ins. Ins. only paid if you were in the hospital or ER. Even then there was a deductible.
What galls me is being given drugs that cause damage, all in the name of treating/preventing another health care
issue. WITH NO WARNINGS THAT THE DRUGS HAVE FDA WARNINGS ON THEM!
Having to go for blood work every 6 weeks or 3 months once you are on the stinking drugs and having to see the doctor when all they need is the blood work. I have thanks to their drugs, 3 DRUG INDUCED health issues. Which require more drugs with their side effects and more blood work. My veins are scarred at the extraction site, both arms. I now need a ENDO, PCP, GASTRO, and a ENT. I’m only 66.
Mandatory Vaccines for Seniors is next! They already have the kids. And a new FDA approval for Gardasil 9 has just been issued. Gardasil 9
http://www.drugs.com/newdrugs/fda-approves-gardasil-9-prevention-certain-cancers-caused-five-additional-types-hpv-4118.html?utm_source=ddc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=FDA+Approves+Gardasil+9+for+Prevention+of+Certain+Cancers+Caused+by+Five+Additional+Types+of+HPV
I will add that having insurance cover ordinary doctor’s visits is one of the things that makes going to the doctor so expensive, as the doctor has to hire extra staff and occasionally do battle with the insurance companies himself. It’s also one of the things that really limits the time doctors spend with patients.
Every now and then I read about primary care doctors who decides not to deal with insurance companies and runs a practice on a cash basis, charging around $40 a visit and makes a better living than before, with far less stress. These are doctors who treat the ordinary people and not those who can afford the $2000 or so upfront for concierge care.