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Re:Her Various Symptoms Seemed Unrelated, Then One Doctor Pu... by jstanley on Sunday February 18, 2018 @07:44AM (#16405799)
> there’s enormous value in chucking insurance out the window and just paying the doc for their time

I'm sure there's enormous value in chucking economic realities out the window for everyone's job, but that doesn't make those realities go away.

Re:Her Various Symptoms Seemed Unrelated, Then One Doctor Pu... by arkades on Sunday February 18, 2018 @08:00AM (#16405868)
You perhaps misread what I wrote. I don’t know how to reply, since I don’t know what it is you think I said. I don’t believe it “throws economic realities out the window” to say that sometimes you need an extended interaction with an expert, and that if you want more than 7 minutes of an expert’s time, you should engage with a reimbursement model that pays for more than 7 minutes. That doesn’t ignore the economic realities of healthcare at large; it’s saying sometimes you need a premium good, and those have premium prices.
Re:Her Various Symptoms Seemed Unrelated, Then One Doctor Pu... by jstanley on Sunday February 18, 2018 @08:13AM (#16405920)
I thought you were proposing just forgetting about insurance and having the doctor's time paid for by magic.