Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : View from the Center and Left -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: cosmicforce who wrote (114811)	7/6/2009 4:04:33 PM
From: JohnM	Respond to of 541784

The people who are least able to pay are charged the most because this "uncollected amount" is written off against earnings, even though they have performed the same procedure for frequently half this amount. Let's put an end to the accounting games. All of which I think the best solution right now is a Medicare like public option, even with the several problems noted with Medicare. And the best long term solution is a single payer system with Medicare as the model. But the latter is simply not politically possible at the moment. So I'm willing to settle for the public option notion. But, without it, I can't see how the system will be changed. At all.

To: cosmicforce who wrote (114811)	7/6/2009 4:38:46 PM
From: Travis_Bickle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541784

I think doctors and hospitals would prefer to work without insurance == I think it probably depends on the nature of the care, as a cash-paying customer my medical needs have been met at a very reasonable price, but then I have not needed anything terribly complicated. I think that both me and the doctor were happy with the results. When you get into procedures that cost several thousand dollars, there just aren't very many patients who can pay that upfront ... and once a doctor gets into installment payments he might as well be dealing with an insurance company (though apparently it does work with cosmetic surgery patients).