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Exactly - no doctor who has his crap together is going to accept the government's insurance. Medicare has the same problem. My mother many times can't find a
by Justin_K 5y ago
Exactly - no doctor who has his crap together is going to accept the government's insurance. Medicare has the same problem. My mother many times can't find a decent doctor that accepts Medicare and when she does, they take so few appointments it takes weeks to get seen whenever an issue pops up.
- yongjik 5y ago> Exactly - no doctor who has his crap together is going to accept the government's insurance. Isn't the whole point of a single payer system putting and end to this madness? You no longer need to worry about a doctor accepting your insurance, because there's only one insurance, and everybody accepts it. (You can still buy additional insurances if you're worried about a medical disaster, but that's a separate concern.)
- Justin_K 5y agoDo you think an entire industry is going to let a dysfunctional, bureaucratic government to dictate what their rates are? There will always be a market for better care to the highest bidder.
- yongjik 5y agoWay to load your question, as if the entire US health insurance industry is not already dysfunctional and bureaucratic ... But to answer your question, sure, there will be always a market for the select few for whom money isn't a concern. The difference is that, under a single-payer system, you don't have to worry about it: just find a doctor at Yelp, or let the ambulance drive to the nearest hospital, and your doctor and your hospital is covered. You will intentionally have to go out of your way to find your boutique doctor who doesn't accept "dysfunctional government insurance." This is very important, because when your kid is bleeding inside an ambulance your concern shouldn't be "Wait but does this hospital accept my insurance?" You have a bigger problem to worry about.