Shooting Star - I'm in the US and spent about six months working for a health insurance company, and I can tell you that from what I saw, "healthcare" in the US has nothing to do with health or care. The drug companies have control of the prescription industry and literally determine what the insurance companies will cover, the insurance companies have undue influence on doctors and what tests and treatments they will prescribe, and no one at all is thinking about the impact on the patients, not even the doctors. And all these people will tell you their hands are tied.
So, for me, the short answer is no - I don't think the system can be fixed piece by piece. It'd be nice, but I feel like it's too big of tangled mess for that. I have a feeling that no matter what solution our government comes up with, it's going to make things worse before it makes them better.
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08-03-2009, 06:40 PM #1
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08-03-2009, 07:30 PM #2
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From the doctors' office side, first, I'll bite my tongue on national healthcare. I don't want to get started!
Jolt, I understand your frustration in not getting a doctor to take you as a new patient. Been there! As far as the practice only accepting financially needy patients, it's quite possible that they have an agreement to accept x number of needy patients and they still haven't met this requirement and they're otherwise full. But I'd definitely mention to your insurance that you were just turned down by a PCP on their list. Since you can't get healthcare without a PCP, you're not getting what you're paying for until you get one so their helping you with this would be the right thing. Good luck!
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