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Name:   MartiniMan The author of this post is registered as a member - Email Member
Subject:   Just the beginning
Date:   2/8/2012 11:12:24 AM

Actually this is a growing trend in the medical field where doctors are going to what is called concierge services. It is a response to the lower reimbursement rates from Medicare and insurance companies. THe issue for them is that they have to see so many patients every day in order for it to make sense financially that they simply can't do the job they think they need to. My internist went to this program 3 years ago. One suggestion, the number is negotiable. My doctor charges $1,600 but I only pay $1,200. And he provides a comprehensive annual physical as part of it. This had already started but will accelerate under Obamacare until HHS outlaws it through fiat.

In my conversation with him one of the unintended consequences he did not anticipate is adverse selection. What that means is that generally speaking those that choose to sign up usually need more services than the typical patient. Those that go infrequently typically drop out.
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Family doctor's patient list...pay to stay - 4691 - 2/8/2012 10:57:58 AM
     Just the beginning - MartiniMan - 2/8/2012 11:12:24 AM
          Just the beginning - lamont - 2/8/2012 12:51:24 PM
     MM is right - Summer Lover - 2/8/2012 2:28:22 PM
     Family doctor's patient list...pay to stay - roswellric - 2/8/2012 4:37:14 PM
     Family doctor's patient list...pay to stay - Talullahhound - 2/8/2012 5:00:38 PM
          Very Much Like a Dose of Herpes>>> - Mack - 2/8/2012 7:12:01 PM
               Very Much Like a Dose of Herpes>>> - Talullahhound - 2/8/2012 9:20:26 PM
                    Very Much Like a Dose of Herpes>>> - Talullahhound - 2/8/2012 9:31:30 PM
                         Hound, Thanks for the lecture>>> - Mack - 2/9/2012 12:57:56 PM
                              Hound, Thanks for the lecture>>> - Talullahhound - 2/9/2012 2:37:24 PM
                                   Hound, Thanks for the lecture>>> - Mack - 2/9/2012 3:50:20 PM
                                        Mack, I'd be the last person - Talullahhound - 2/9/2012 7:49:48 PM
                                             Hound, You Don't Get It - MrHodja - 2/9/2012 10:44:30 PM
                                                  Hodja -- I do get it - Talullahhound - 2/10/2012 6:22:13 AM
                                                       Correct assessment - Barneget - 2/10/2012 9:53:17 AM
                                                       Hodja -- I do get it - MartiniMan - 2/10/2012 11:02:20 AM
                                                            Hodja -- I do get it - Talullahhound - 2/10/2012 2:16:47 PM
                                                                 What the Catholic Church understands - MartiniMan - 2/11/2012 12:46:22 PM
                                                                      Don't you think - Talullahhound - 2/11/2012 12:52:49 PM
                                                                           Don't you think - MartiniMan - 2/11/2012 4:58:29 PM
                                                                                Don't you think - Talullahhound - 2/11/2012 7:53:43 PM
                                                                                     Not at all - MartiniMan - 2/11/2012 9:40:08 PM
                                                                                          Not at all - Talullahhound - 2/11/2012 10:18:00 PM
                                                                                               This thread... - 4691 - 2/11/2012 10:21:29 PM
                                                                      Adequate access to contraceptives - Barneget - 2/12/2012 10:13:05 PM
                                                       Hodja -- I do get it - MrHodja - 2/10/2012 3:48:01 PM
                                                            But - Talullahhound - 2/10/2012 6:27:00 PM
                                                                 One Quick Response - MrHodja - 2/10/2012 7:57:53 PM
                                                                      One Quick Response - 4691 - 2/11/2012 9:37:55 AM
                                                                           One Quick Response - MrHodja - 2/11/2012 11:27:00 AM
                                                                                One Quick Response - Talullahhound - 2/11/2012 12:58:19 PM
                                                                                     One Quick Response - MrHodja - 2/11/2012 3:27:00 PM
                                                                                          One Quick Response - Talullahhound - 2/11/2012 8:04:24 PM
                                                                                          BTW, Hodja... - Talullahhound - 2/11/2012 8:05:57 PM
                                                                                               BTW, Hodja... - MrHodja - 2/11/2012 8:45:25 PM
                                                                                               BTW, Hodja... - Casey - 2/11/2012 9:20:46 PM
                                                                                               [Message deleted by author] - Casey - 2/11/2012 9:20:55 PM
                                                       [Message deleted by author] - MrHodja - 2/10/2012 3:48:02 PM
                    Very Much Like a Dose of Herpes>>> - MrHodja - 2/8/2012 9:36:28 PM
                         Okay - Talullahhound - 2/8/2012 9:45:11 PM
                              Okay - buzzbuster - 2/8/2012 11:33:02 PM
                                   Okay - Talullahhound - 2/9/2012 7:15:35 AM
                                        Okay - Barneget - 2/9/2012 8:37:23 AM
                                             Clinics for the masses..... - Osms - 2/9/2012 9:09:57 AM
                                                  Clinics for the masses..... - Talullahhound - 2/9/2012 7:56:11 PM
               Well now... - roswellric - 2/9/2012 11:16:45 AM
          Family doctor's patient list...pay to stay - rude evin - 2/8/2012 9:19:55 PM
               But - Talullahhound - 2/8/2012 9:29:02 PM
                    But - MrHodja - 2/8/2012 9:44:02 PM
                         But - Talullahhound - 2/8/2012 9:49:19 PM
     Family doctor's patient list...pay to stay - Osms - 2/8/2012 10:30:47 PM
          Family doctor's patient list...pay to stay - GoneFishin - 2/8/2012 10:36:58 PM
               Family doctor's patient list...pay to stay - comrade - 2/8/2012 11:04:34 PM
          Family doctor's patient list...pay to stay - Talullahhound - 2/9/2012 7:07:04 AM


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