"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
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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.

That sounds more like Medicare/Medicaid than PPO insurance situations.