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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (13787)	3/3/2010 12:52:13 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42652

Maybe I used a term of art incorrectly. I meant "carrier" as a synonym for "insurance company." That's the way I read it. Fee for service doesn't imply or require having an insurance company (or any type of insurance such as government insurance, insurance from your association, or even a self insurance fund). I get the service, I pay a free, that's "fee for service". I don't pay a fee for each service. I have two fee-for-service policies. Between them I have no co-pay. Medicare and Blue Cross do the paying, not me. You don't have to pay for each additional service for it to be fee for service, but neither does an insurance company. If anyone pays for the additional services, than its fee for service. If you have third party paying, I'm not sure that fee for service does much good or harm in containing costs. If your paying out of pocket than it should help contain costs.