Sure but the point is, they wouldn't have to pay for the insurance, lawyers, and charge you for all the extra tests and procedures (the "BS") if it weren't so easy for scumbags to sue for everything they felt like.
At the moment there is not enough pushback from the citizenry on the doctors to lower prices, one reason being a lack of a target. Now a citizen can look at a hospitals “menu” and create public pressure over certain outrageous prices.
What Trump did with this will be a big win long term. Initially, there will be some chaos, but once hospitals and insurance companies can no longer play games with what things actually costs, a chunk of the fraud, overcharging, waste and paperwork overhead can be cut out.
Things like $4,200 in testing to make sure a patient really needs $1,800 in treatment, because insurance companies don't want to pay out. Things like fake charging $6,500 on paper for a treatment protocol when the cost is really $2,100 but some insurance companies pay more or less than that and the hospital has to eat the costs for some patients while making extra money from others.
And who exactly works day in and day out with the hospitals? The doctors do, not the patients. Patients apply pressure to doctors, doctors then are incentivized to apply force to the hospitals and the malpractice lawyers.
If you don’t like it, then work for a new hospital or work with other doctors to form your own lower cost practice. Pitchfork will not be put away, you jackass.
And they rig the law so even in a short sell (more debt than equity) the lawyers get paid first and fully, everyone else divvys up percents on the dollar.
Also, how can hospitals expect to stay in business if half their patients are illegal immigrants with no insurance? Hospitals DO NOT turn people away in the ER. This problem is multi-level and needs to be addressed as such. What will end up happening is nurse and physician pay will go down so much that no one will want to go into healthcare; hospitals in poorer areas will shut down first, and a virtual robot will be your new doctor.
Nursing will be fine since a LPN can still work with just. A bachelor’s. But who would want to be a doctor if the salaries drop? 8 years of expensive schooling which will put you in debt. Then, 80+ hour weeks during your residency while getting paid less than minimum wage. There are easier ways to make a good living.
Typical red herring. I've requested invoices from insurance companies on stuff of mine they've covered. They billed $25 for an apple and two bananas I ordered for breakfast.
That comment about doctors having malpractice is the same argument that BLM and Antifa use after they raid and burn a business- they use the insurance argument. Do you realize the stress doctors face every day and night? They practice defensive medicine because of all the frivolous lawsuits that might get thrown at them! PLUS once a doctor is sued (even if he is innocent) his malpractice goes up! It's so annoying how so many people shit on doctors...most doctors are over a quarter-million dollars in student debt and spent the last 15 years in higher education and subspecialty training before even getting a decent paycheck.
Soon being a doctor will NOT BE FOR ANYONE. Who in their right mind would go into medicine these days, incur a tremendous financial burden for such little reward? That's what socialized medicine does. To make up costs, hospitals will force doctors to see more and more patients and spend less and less time with them. More patients for less pay. Doctors are already putting in 15 hour days.
Being a doctor isn’t about the money, it’s the service of saving lives that should be the primary reason for being a doctor. Today’s doctor is like our current politicians doing the bidding of lobbyists like they do for the pharmaceutical companies.
Doctors have insurance for that and lawyers paid for. Trust me , this is all around great news
Sure but the point is, they wouldn't have to pay for the insurance, lawyers, and charge you for all the extra tests and procedures (the "BS") if it weren't so easy for scumbags to sue for everything they felt like.
At the moment there is not enough pushback from the citizenry on the doctors to lower prices, one reason being a lack of a target. Now a citizen can look at a hospitals “menu” and create public pressure over certain outrageous prices.
What Trump did with this will be a big win long term. Initially, there will be some chaos, but once hospitals and insurance companies can no longer play games with what things actually costs, a chunk of the fraud, overcharging, waste and paperwork overhead can be cut out.
Things like $4,200 in testing to make sure a patient really needs $1,800 in treatment, because insurance companies don't want to pay out. Things like fake charging $6,500 on paper for a treatment protocol when the cost is really $2,100 but some insurance companies pay more or less than that and the hospital has to eat the costs for some patients while making extra money from others.
Doctors don't set prices- the hospitals they work in do, as well as insurance companies. So put your pitchforks away...
And who exactly works day in and day out with the hospitals? The doctors do, not the patients. Patients apply pressure to doctors, doctors then are incentivized to apply force to the hospitals and the malpractice lawyers.
If you don’t like it, then work for a new hospital or work with other doctors to form your own lower cost practice. Pitchfork will not be put away, you jackass.
It’s not the doctors who determine the price. It’s the hospital administrators.
EXACTLY!!! TORT REFORM!!! Lawyers are ruining our healthcare system!!
And they rig the law so even in a short sell (more debt than equity) the lawyers get paid first and fully, everyone else divvys up percents on the dollar.
Also, how can hospitals expect to stay in business if half their patients are illegal immigrants with no insurance? Hospitals DO NOT turn people away in the ER. This problem is multi-level and needs to be addressed as such. What will end up happening is nurse and physician pay will go down so much that no one will want to go into healthcare; hospitals in poorer areas will shut down first, and a virtual robot will be your new doctor.
Nursing will be fine since a LPN can still work with just. A bachelor’s. But who would want to be a doctor if the salaries drop? 8 years of expensive schooling which will put you in debt. Then, 80+ hour weeks during your residency while getting paid less than minimum wage. There are easier ways to make a good living.
Typical red herring. I've requested invoices from insurance companies on stuff of mine they've covered. They billed $25 for an apple and two bananas I ordered for breakfast.
That comment about doctors having malpractice is the same argument that BLM and Antifa use after they raid and burn a business- they use the insurance argument. Do you realize the stress doctors face every day and night? They practice defensive medicine because of all the frivolous lawsuits that might get thrown at them! PLUS once a doctor is sued (even if he is innocent) his malpractice goes up! It's so annoying how so many people shit on doctors...most doctors are over a quarter-million dollars in student debt and spent the last 15 years in higher education and subspecialty training before even getting a decent paycheck.
Maybe being a doctor isn’t for everyone.
Soon being a doctor will NOT BE FOR ANYONE. Who in their right mind would go into medicine these days, incur a tremendous financial burden for such little reward? That's what socialized medicine does. To make up costs, hospitals will force doctors to see more and more patients and spend less and less time with them. More patients for less pay. Doctors are already putting in 15 hour days.
Being a doctor isn’t about the money, it’s the service of saving lives that should be the primary reason for being a doctor. Today’s doctor is like our current politicians doing the bidding of lobbyists like they do for the pharmaceutical companies.
This is true. I temporarily worked for an insurance company that sold medical malpractice insurance to doctors.