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I dunno, I used to have Kaiser which is vertically integrated and the nice thing was there wasn't the thing where the Doctor says we should do X, but your insur
by toast0 2y ago
I dunno, I used to have Kaiser which is vertically integrated and the nice thing was there wasn't the thing where the Doctor says we should do X, but your insurance won't pay for it, so we'll do Y. Or my favorite where the doctor writes a prescription, and the pharmacy doesn't fill it because it's not covered, and you have to convey what is covered to the doctor so they can write that instead.
Kaiser would sometimes tell me that we have to try X first before we do Y, but then the X's worked sometimes, so it seemed like they were asking for reasonable things to reduce cost.
- droopyEyelids 2y agoI think kaiser is pretty widely regarded as the best experience possible with healthcare in the USA. Unfortunately its not widely available
- Taikonerd 2y agoThere are other organizations with the same "payvider" model (combining payer and provider). For example, Geisinger and Intermountain. It's slowly getting more popular. "Unlike the traditional healthcare model, which often pits payers against providers in a bid to control costs, the payvider model merges these roles..." - https://www.neudesic.com/blog/the-rise-of-the-payvider/ https://www.neudesic.com/blog/the-rise-of-the-payvider/