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It's like that for our local doctor in Apex, who only accepts cash and no insurance. Couple of small islands on Jordan Lake but he doesn't do business over there.
On a more serious note, I visit him and I'm just a poor grad student, because he comes so highly rated. Even if government made it illegal, I'm sure they'd find ways to keep practicing what they love.
It's becoming more popular. They find it easier and a more pleasant environment to work with patients.
Something can become popular when there is no other choice. So the question now is, what is driving that? Why didn't it start sooner? And is it going to be a slow, prolonged process or a quick one? You would think something good would be picked up and run with right away?
Something can become popular when there is no other choice. So the question now is, what is driving that?
Some doctors are more noble and prefer expending their entire effort with the patient rather than with the administrative paperwork. One Minnesota cash-only doctor even accepts eggs and other foodstuffs as a "tip". I'm sure she'll make great friends with the IRS.
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Why didn't it start sooner? And is it going to be a slow, prolonged process or a quick one? You would think something good would be picked up and run with right away?
Some doctors are greedy. They realize they can make a little more money from the taxpayer and insurance companies and spend less time with the patient if they accept insurance, subsidized or not. If UHC is very generous, you'll find the greediest doctors accepting it. You'll want to find doctors who refuse any sort of public option or UHC program.
One big question: Does the squeeze on Medicare that has limited the program's pay increases to doctors lead them to see fewer of those patients?
Some researchers decided to look at recent data for clues. And they found a slight drop — a little less than 3 percent in the proportion of doctors taking new Medicare patients between 2005 and 2008.
But that drop, which still left 93 percent of docs taking new Medicare patients, wasn't much compared with the hit for patients with typical private insurance.
Read more. I thought this was interesting, in light of all the publicity, threads on CD, etc about doctors dropping Medicare. I know, slightly off-topic.
Some doctors are more noble and prefer expending their entire effort with the patient rather than with the administrative paperwork. One Minnesota cash-only doctor even accepts eggs and other foodstuffs as a "tip". I'm sure she'll make great friends with the IRS.
And that is the kind of doctors I implied in one of my first responses, when you suggested doctors will not accept UHC patients. Such doctors happen to be in my family.
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Some doctors are greedy. They realize they can make a little more money from the taxpayer and insurance companies and spend less time with the patient if they accept insurance, subsidized or not. If UHC is very generous, you'll find the greediest doctors accepting it. You'll want to find doctors who refuse any sort of public option or UHC program.
And that would be the kind of doctors who would oppose UHC.
welcome to the evisceration of free choice in america. i suppose they will be able to tell us what we can and can't eat, and that will be good for us too. (after all, it would keep healthcare costs down....)
I guess people like you can stop freeloading off of my health insurance premiums now. Things cost money in this country and it's time you actually paid your own way. Kind of silly for you to be crying about it.
Given how upset you are about this, it's odd that you aren't making any posts that every state requires automobile insurance.
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