Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
Just left my Endodontist's office where this subject came up. He said there's several of his doctor friends that are doing Concierge. $2k per year per family member gets you pretty much 24/7 access. No insurance accepted.
Being the Endo pays $10k/yr for medical it'll save him at least $2k/yr. Nope not just a "fluff piece".
2K a year is less than 200/mo. Not bad at all. Sounds like an excellent deal.
People read some "fluff" piece about this stuff and think there's some huge surge of doctors doing this. I do not know of ONE in the metro Denver area (or anywhere, actually, other than those I read about here on CD) who is doing this, and I work in health care. I don't even know doctors who have cash only practices. I do know that "cash only" is sometimes done to get around insurance regs that are in place for a reason, as patient safeguards. Yes, there are some positives about insurance.
Problem is, at most, there will only ever be about 1% or less doing this. These will mostly be ideologues, predominantly from the neo-Confederate states, and doctors who have located their offices in or very close to wealthy neighborhoods
Problem is, at most, there will only ever be about 1% or less doing this. These will mostly be ideologues, predominantly from the neo-Confederate states, and doctors who have located their offices in or very close to wealthy neighborhoods
why should i serve rude ungrateful confrontational people that mostly like to file lawsuits and medical complaints. people that refuse to practice preventative medicine and then expect the doctor to fix it.
and then get paid late and substandard?
I'm more accurate than the claims of surges of doctors going concierge. There will always be the few who go outside the mainstream. That is not considered any kind of revolution. I put that on the same list as North Colorado becoming the 51st state or Texas declaring independence. Small chance of it happening, but realistically, it won't
2K a year is less than 200/mo. Not bad at all. Sounds like an excellent deal.
Not really, that is only for access to the doctor. That typically does not cover any of other other associated costs with even routine medical care. You have any major illness, that won't be covered and your bill would be astronomical without insurance.
In addition to the concierge costs, you would still have to carry catastrophic insurance at a minimum, in addition to paying for all the services mentioned above. Plus that number is PER PERSON. so a family of four would spend nearly $1000/mo, PLUS the costs of catastrophic coverage. Thus it really isn't cheaper than carrying insurance, including all the new plans on the insurance exchanges.
Concierge practice works well here in wealthy communities, it is a luxury. For most people, it does not make financial sense and is not attainable.
Which again only begs the question, why don't we go to single payer like other developed countries like Denmark, Norway, Finland, Sweden.....
You know what is funny about this thread is it ignores all the doctors dropping private insurance (or in truth, selling out practices to hospital corporations) so they don't have to deal with the massive headache they have become.
Sorta leaves the only long term options of one insurance system (the "medicare for all") or no insurance system for anyone. Either way, Government will pay the vast majority of this, as they already cover 65% of it now.
Not really, that is only for access to the doctor. That typically does not cover any of other other associated costs with even routine medical care. You have any major illness, that won't be covered and your bill would be astronomical without insurance.
In addition to the concierge costs, you would still have to carry catastrophic insurance at a minimum, in addition to paying for all the services mentioned above. Plus that number is PER PERSON. so a family of four would spend nearly $1000/mo, PLUS the costs of catastrophic coverage. Thus it really isn't cheaper than carrying insurance, including all the new plans on the insurance exchanges.
Concierge practice works well here in wealthy communities, it is a luxury. For most people, it does not make financial sense and is not attainable.
Which again only begs the question, why don't we go to single payer like other developed countries like Denmark, Norway, Finland, Sweden.....
concierge medicine is for the rich and the well off. it has benefits that the average person wont get from a government regulated system or even a private insurance company, and that is privacy and 24/7 access to their doctor. if you needed to see your doctor at say 3am, chances are that if you called them they would tell you to call the office or 911. a concierge doctor on the other had would ge tout of bed and double time it to the rich person and see them. and the concierge isnt going to be filing any government or insurance company reports, and they certainly are not going to be telling people who their clients are. and tell you the truth, $8000 per month for a family of four is small price to pay for all the advantages of a concierge doctor.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Maabus1999
You know what is funny about this thread is it ignores all the doctors dropping private insurance (or in truth, selling out practices to hospital corporations) so they don't have to deal with the massive headache they have become.
Sorta leaves the only long term options of one insurance system (the "medicare for all") or no insurance system for anyone. Either way, Government will pay the vast majority of this, as they already cover 65% of it now.
actually it has been touched on several times in this thread, and others.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
