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Originally Posted by Jim in CT
First, if everyone is paying the average of what we all pay today, I don't see how that lowers the cost, except for people who currently pay as they go without insurance. Second, while your idea controls the amount that doctors get paid for services, it doesn't address the costs of the care that the doctors provide.
We need to somehow address the underlying cost of the healthcare that docs provide. One way to do that is tort reform. Unfortunately, the American Trial Lawyers lobby gives big $$ to democrats, who consequently won't allow that reform.
That's just a very small piece. I don't know that there is a solution. It's a staggering problem even in a simple environment, but when you throw on top of it the looming tsunami of the baby boomers, and we are in for a real reckoning. A real reckoning.
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Well just in time, a bill came from our Orthopedist for my wife's shoulder surgery:
$11,800.00 billed for the ortho part not including anesthesia.
Anyone care to venture a guess how much Bluecross Blue Shield payed?
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