Doctors selling their practices have an unpleasant surprise for their patients; unreasonably high prices according to the NY Times. Doctors selling their practices have an unpleasant surprise for their patients; unreasonably high prices according to the NY Times. Anyone who has ever gone to the hospital for a test, an overnight stay, or just an emergency room visit is likely to have a story about unreasonably high prices for the work performed. Unfortunately, hospitals have been given economic clout and a free pass on pricing their services because they Read More
Physicians are fed up with high drug prices too; one physician offers some good ideas on how to lower drug costs in the USA Physicians are fed up with high drug prices too; one physician offers some good ideas on how to lower drug costs in the USA. Drug prices in the USA are the highest in the world. Why do we pay so much more? The answer is that there is a willingness to do so at any cost and insurers are part of the problem and legislation that limits a willingness to Read More
Government health care plans are being developed within the Obamacare similar to the ones government employees have says the NY Times Government health care plans are being developed within the Obamacare similar to the ones government employees have says the NY Times The NY Times is reporting that the public option was deleted from the new healthcare law, but a privately run public option (as a substitute for the government run public option) goes into effect to compete along with other plans in the insurance exchanges each state is supposed to Read More
Why did my doctor leave my managed care network? The problem with managed care… Why did my doctor leave my managed care network? The problem with managed care… Since the 1990’s, the managed care networks are something we in the United States have been forced to live with. Many doctors joined these networks because access to patients became synonymous with the networks. Employers embraced these networks because they saved costs, or at least, this was the promise made to all of us. Patients learned Read More
The US healthcare monopolies, and how cost shifting costs us The US healthcare monopolies, and how cost shifting costs us Most of us are sick and tired of being financially raked over the coals any time a physical problem presents itself and we need to use the services of a hospital, or similar facility. The US healthcare system is unique in that we have health insurance, which is usually employer based, Medicare (a government system with its own quirks, but Read More