Healthcare cost have been on the rise every year. I have been in the medical field for over 25 years. I have seen the rise of cost increase every year and the amount that doctors are reimbursed decreased every year. When the doctor is paid less for seeing patients, they have to increase the amount of patients they see. This causes their cost of running their practice to go up, which in turn causes their fees to go up. The pharmaceutical companies are no help in this matter. They raise their prices on medications and offer less rebates to those who need it the most, which are the people who are on Medicare and fixed budgets. The government has tried to come up with a plan to help, their answer was Obama care. This in my opinion is a bad idea. They want to make healthcare more affordable for people, they have not. If government were to change the tort laws allowing for insurance companies to sell insurance in different states it would reduce the cost of insurance premiums making it more affordable for everyone. They could also regulate the cost of medications making it more affordable for people to buy their medications.
Tim
Great point of view and great topic to talk about in Doc 2 about the healthcare cost, since you working in the medical field for so long, you have a better idea what is going on.
ReplyDeleteGreat point of view and great topic to talk about in Doc 2 about the healthcare cost, since you working in the medical field for so long, you have a better idea what is going on.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great topic and very complicated too. We all see the rise in healthcare cost and healhtcare workers like us know it very well. Good luck on your doc 2.
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