[2ndDivisionVet]

Six months from now this will be illegal.

[Secret Agent Man]

now this could be reform i could get behind.

obamacare causes doctors to drop insurance and govt exchanges altogether and go back to cash. more care at lower costs. like it used to be.

[Jyotishi]

Cash for medical care — how very third-world!

[Jet Jaguar]

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[JRandomFreeper]

They were very receptive to cash at the upscale hospital I had to recently visit. Not that my kid isn't going to dispute some of the billing, that's her job, but cash is king. They knocked almost 1 kilobuck off the bill before she even asked..

/johnny

[dadfly]

go doctors! cut out the middleman government.

[JoeProBono]

[old and tired]

Three I years ago I had my prostate out. Before having it done, I looked around for the best surgeons. Two nearby - one if Baltimore and one in Philadelphia. Neither one would take insurance. 10k cash, visa and MC accepted. I stayed overnight in the hospital, which my insurance did cover. My insurance pays 50% non network, which came to a whopping $600. Turns out 50% is 50% of what the insurer would have paid an in-network doc which would have been $1200.

I know several doctors who are no longer accepting Medicare patients.

[listenhillary]

Not easy to track down but from what I’ve seen, an average office visit cost $5.00 in 1950. Adjust for inflation and that $5.00 becomes about $48.00 in 2013.

What are people paying now for a routine office visit to a family doctor?

[freedomfiter2]

Not only does the move toward direct payment have the potential to reduce health costs — it could also yield higher-quality care.

Exactly, it doesn’t matter if it’s the government paying medical bills or if it’s an insurance company, prices are driven up. It gets even worse if a third party is paying the insurance premiums. People need to be responsible for their medical decisions and together with their doctors they need to devise the best course of action that they can afford.

[jimfree]

I have paid $40 per chiropractic visit the last 6 years. I get the same tx as the “insured” patients. (Oh, I paid $30 to a different provider 26 years ago.) The office closes on Fridays to process insurance paperwork.

[what's up]

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[E. Pluribus Unum]

No way the collectivists will allow pure capitalism.