Funny
I don’t know what CTL is going to say but he has already said that if you want good service you can pay for it. It’s called concierge practices. You won’t wait.
But
If you are looking to bargain a doctor down and not pay a fair wage, then you are part of the problem. You certainly don’t have a right to complain.
To an extent, everyone using any insurance plan is part of the problem(and yes I have insurance, but you don’t hear me complaining) this is bc the whole reason insurance exists is to remove dollars from doctors pockets and shift them elsewhere. With private insurance the money gets shifted to corporate America. Medicaid is a different animal, but in the end it creates the need for a high volume practice.
A colleague of mine who takes Medicaid has a wall in his waiting room that he calls the hall of shame . He tried to illustrate to patients the insanity of dealing with insurances. He posts reimbursement checks that he gets from insurance company’s that are less then a dollar. That means he lost money. Between the time paid to his biller and the postage it wasn’t worth the effort.
I’m not saying that the system isn’t broken in many ways
I’m saying that patients who use insurance and who come late , shouldn’t complain.
Instead . Try paying out of pocket for doctor visits and use a concierge practice. Only take out catastrophic medical insurance. After all , (acc to consumer reports) the whole point of insurance is to protect against catastrophic loss not day to day expenses.
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