Posted by King Vultan on June 11, 2004, at 12:20:58
In reply to Drs and Insurance » King Vultan, posted by Racer on June 11, 2004, at 11:31:14
Perhaps you're right, and I'm being too hard on the guy regarding the insurance issue. In my own case, I've noticed how insurance companies will sometimes pay quite a bit less then the amount billed, and the provider just has to accept it. The place I go to is a good sized health center that can probably accomodate this because of quantities of scale, but for a doctor working by himself in his own practice, I can see where it would be a much bigger deal.
I typically have a PPO but opted this year for an HMO because both my GP and pdoc are in it, along with the health center which has multiple other specialists, too. Appointments to see my pdoc or other specialists in the network are only $15 instead of the $25 it costs in the PPO. Contrast that with $400 and the fact that I am basically a huge cheapskate, and you get a better idea of why I was initially rather turned off at seeing the aforementioned stupendous pdoc.
Todd
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