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I just read an article and the according to a study, the average individual market plan with a commercial insurance company pays 289% Medicare rates in a Colorado study.
Seems as though that is on the high end compared to most of the country, but Medicare rates tend to be extremely low compared to commercial reimbursement rates.
If they go to the "Medicare for All" system either nurses and doctors will have to take a massive cut in pay, their will be long-waits for services because they have to make do far fewer health care workers from nurses to doctors or taxes will have to skyrocket because commercial health insurers won't be in the mix as much providing a massive subsidy to keep hospitals and clinics solvent.
I have seen similar studies about the very high welfare subsidies that commercial insurance plans pay to keep hospitals and other providers open because Medicare and Medicaid (in a majority of states) pay very low reimbursement rates.
I just read an article and the according to a study, the average individual market plan with a commercial insurance company pays 289% Medicare rates in a Colorado study.
Seems as though that is on the high end compared to most of the country, but Medicare rates tend to be extremely low compared to commercial reimbursement rates.
If they go to the "Medicare for All" system either nurses and doctors will have to take a massive cut in pay, their will be long-waits for services because they have to make do far fewer health care workers from nurses to doctors or taxes will have to skyrocket because commercial health insurers won't be in the mix as much providing a massive subsidy to keep hospitals and clinics solvent.
I have seen similar studies about the very high welfare subsidies that commercial insurance plans pay to keep hospitals and other providers open because Medicare and Medicaid (in a majority of states) pay very low reimbursement rates.
Then do you propose doing away with Medicare and Medicaid as a way to deal with skyrocketing health care costs? That way demand for medical care will go down and so will costs.
I just read an article and the according to a study, the average individual market plan with a commercial insurance company pays 289% Medicare rates in a Colorado study.
Seems as though that is on the high end compared to most of the country, but Medicare rates tend to be extremely low compared to commercial reimbursement rates.
If they go to the "Medicare for All" system either nurses and doctors will have to take a massive cut in pay, their will be long-waits for services because they have to make do far fewer health care workers from nurses to doctors or taxes will have to skyrocket because commercial health insurers won't be in the mix as much providing a massive subsidy to keep hospitals and clinics solvent.
I have seen similar studies about the very high welfare subsidies that commercial insurance plans pay to keep hospitals and other providers open because Medicare and Medicaid (in a majority of states) pay very low reimbursement rates.
First off, not many go with or can afford an individual plan these days. Most like on the Obamacare plans get group rates. And Obamacare already pays much less. About Medicare rates.
Of course a very big reason most docs don't want to go MFA. Low reimbursements and little guarantee of any future raises. Docs don't want single payer. They also want choices. Choices in the plans and patients they accept. Reasonable?
No MD/ medical practice has to accept Medicare reimbursement. Most do and limit the number of Medicare patients in their practice.
It areas with substantial senior populations, the only way to see a Primary Care physician is often to wait for someone to die or join a Concierge Program, whereby the senior pays an annual out of pocket fee. The rest make do with Nurse Practitioners and / or Physician Assistants or travel.
Other specialties increasingly rely on Physician Assistants, too, including Oncology treatment.
No MD/ medical practice has to accept Medicare reimbursement. Most do and limit the number of Medicare patients in their practice.
It areas with substantial senior populations, the only way to see a Primary Care physician is often to wait for someone to die or join a Concierge Program, whereby the senior pays an annual out of pocket fee. The rest make do with Nurse Practitioners and / or Physician Assistants or travel.
Other specialties increasingly rely on Physician Assistants, too, including Oncology treatment.
Do you have any documentation for that? And I take issue re: "make do" with NPs and PAs, particularly NPs.
This is all tilting at windmills until someone looks at the cost end. Given that big pharma and big hospitals OWN congress, the probability of any of this happening is lotto like.
This is all tilting at windmills until someone looks at the cost end. Given that big pharma and big hospitals OWN congress, the probability of any of this happening is lotto like.
Are you aware that about 80% of non-federal hospitals in the US are non-profit?
Why would we want government running the health care system? The reason why we already have such poor choices and is so damn expensive is because of government meddling.
Without it, we could already have the "Amazon of healthcare".
Imagine if the government took over telecommunications? We'd be all on rotary phones. Kiss those smart phones goodbye, you'd never even know that the technology could've existed.
Summiarly, there are healthcare solutions that you and I cannot dream of, that we could have right now were it not for government
Are you aware that about 80% of non-federal hospitals in the US are non-profit?
I should add, or government (local, county, state) run.
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