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am hàppy to see HHS moving forward, long overdue! most US doctors are part of a bigger group in order to provide more comprehensive coverage (and due to system
by lmeyerov 5y ago
am hàppy to see HHS moving forward, long overdue!
most US doctors are part of a bigger group in order to provide more comprehensive coverage (and due to systematic buyouts), which in turn have preferred insurance providers and additional out-of-network providers, and emergency services are generally for wherever an ambulance takes you. your physician may be great, but they are just a tiny cog in a broken machine
one of the only outs, afaict, is something like working & living near a big & strong HMO like kaiser. but that comes at the cost of pretty firm boundaries on what services they allow: capped care
(my SO is also a physician at one of the nation's best hospitals, and despite that, patients struggle w the broader system outside of her practical daily control)