Re:The Problem of Doctors’ Salaries
by xr4ti on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @10:42AM
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Good comment. One disagreement I have is the implicit dichotomy that it's either the doctors or the insurance companies who are soaking the patients/consumers, and not both.
Both the MDs and the insurance companies are rife with a number of rotten incentives and bad actors that contribute to expensive medical care without quality commensurate with costs.
In fact, the entire policy debate over risk-based vs fee-for-service payment models is essentially the payers and providers arguing over who gets to rip you off.
Re:The Problem of Doctors’ Salaries
by maxxxxx on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @11:22AM
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You are 100% right. You can't identify a single factor that's causing high cost because all players are rotten. Insurances, doctors, hospitals, pharmaceuticals are all bad players in a system that benefits them at the expense of patients.
Both the MDs and the insurance companies are rife with a number of rotten incentives and bad actors that contribute to expensive medical care without quality commensurate with costs.
In fact, the entire policy debate over risk-based vs fee-for-service payment models is essentially the payers and providers arguing over who gets to rip you off.