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It’s literally not sustainable. The size of the population that has been priced out of access to medical services is approaching a majority if not already. 90%
by jl2718 8y ago
It’s literally not sustainable. The size of the population that has been priced out of access to medical services is approaching a majority if not already.
90% of Americans avoid doctors like the plague. 10% blow out their insurance like they just won the lottery.
- ryandrake 8y agoI’m one of those 90%. I simply don’t trust that doctors’ incentives align with mine. Too often it seems they do nothing but shrug and bill you for the visit, send you for expensive blood tests, or send you to their specialist med school buddies so they can bill you for 5 minutes too. Then there’s the billing: you don’t know what you’re going to pay until months later, after you sign a form saying you’ll pay anything they want! They will never quote upfront and will never itemize what they did.
- 15155 8y agoMy favorite doctors in 2018 all take cash and are all substantially more up-to-date than most insurance-system GPs. The A-players have left the insurance system or are in academia, make no mistake. For some cost-prohibitive things such as surgery, you really don't have much choice, though.
- geomark 8y agoFor some cost-prohibitive things such as surgery, you really don't have much choice, though. Go overseas. To one of the medical tourism destinations. The care is far superior and the cost a fraction. Cheaper than the insurance premiums alone.