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Old 05-11-2017, 10:46 PM
 
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Massively wrong. The data show otherwise. No one is getting rich: not doctors, not nurses, not hospital administrators, not insurance company executives -- no one is getting rich. But it now takes armies of bureaucrats and paper shufflers, none of whom get rich, to deal with insurance companies and medical provider administrators. .
Insurance companies are getting rich. I work for one. We made profits in the BILLIONS last year even with our Obamacare exchange "losses" which were a drop in the bucket compared to over all profits. In the last 2 years my bonuses have been over 10k. If the pre-existing conditions make a comeback insurance companies will profit even more.
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Old 05-12-2017, 10:46 AM
 
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This is not typical because most outpatient surgery centers contract with an anesthesia group. Not individual anesthesiologist. So if one anesthesiologist accepts your insurance so do the other anesthesiologists within that group. Can it happen? Sure, it is just not typical.
This is what got my brother incensed... it was scheduled and authorized.

Morning of the surgery the scheduled anesthesiologist was not available... my brother was told this but no one mentioned nor did he ask if the substitute was out of network... and my brother's wife is a Doctor and did not ask.

The local TV consumer reporter has investigated several of these stories that are always resolved when the cameras roll.

Our anesthesia group has a core membership I was just updating the list this morning as there are always Docs coming and going.
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Old 05-12-2017, 03:42 PM
 
Location: NYC
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In the future, computer AI will treat patients. Go to a place and a computer will inspect you and diagnose your problem then email the prescription you need to your pharmacy.
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Old 05-14-2017, 04:44 PM
 
Location: Paranoid State
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In the future, computer AI will treat patients. Go to a place and a computer will inspect you and diagnose your problem then email the prescription you need to your pharmacy.
What I REALLY, REALLY look forward to is a time when AI will process the insurance claims on both ends. That way, both insurance companies and health care providers can eliminate armies of faceless bureaucrats who don't add value to society.
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