David Dyer-Bennet wrote:
You sure about that? I thought the march of managed care had caused
nearly all the private practices to go out of business.
Not from what I've read; in fact, I heard recently of a move on the part of some
physicians to refuse to accept insurance. The claim is that insurance companies pay
out an average of 60% of the actual fees submitted, and the paperwork is complex
enough to required at least one extra bookkeeper-type person per physician. A GP who
accepts no insurance claims can charge half what the competition charges and make out
like a bandit. I think that was on NPR.
George Patterson
If you don't tell lies, you never have to remember what you said.
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