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I am sorry if i came across as doctor bashing, I honestly don't mean it that way and i don't have any animosity towards them, i am just upset at the system under which they are forced to work.
I do understand that an upfront cost is very hard to determine bc of the extremely wide range of treatments, but it would be nice to be able to get something so you can expect to kow what to pay.
For instance, in my case, i knew about the $253 for office visit and xray, so i had that money put aside already just in case i had complications with my insurance company. and i was expecting about $300-500 for the orthopaedist based on costs for similar procedures done on my friends, but bam, $1200 later, here i am..
Like i said, not really blaming the doctors as they are in the same boat i am, just on the other side.
and yes, i have had the thought that the current system is beyond repair. I fear the drug companies keep pushing hte private citizen to ask about, enquire, request, demand that doctors prescribe a certain drug for an ailment they don;'t know they have, but have been lead to believe they do by a 20 second commercial. I do not know when drug companies decided they should advertise, but i believe it lead to a downfall in our healthcare system....much like when lawyers started advertising. that just seems sleezy to me.
Still, i fear there are far too many lobbyists, far too much money involved in keeping the status quo for there to ever be a major healthcare change in this country. I don't know that socialized healthcare is the answer as i do not think the tax increases would ever pass. As for insurance, i have been buying 3rd party insurance for years at a decent price, but it has almost doubled in the past 3 yrs while my deductible went up and my 80/20 went to 70/30, so i really am paying more for less....
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Chris
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