tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433462959432680410.post6225592896792092921..comments2023-10-25T06:42:13.969-04:00Comments on On Health: How can patients be responsible consumers without knowing costs?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433462959432680410.post-28958798812379456342013-10-02T06:11:14.596-04:002013-10-02T06:11:14.596-04:00In this matter, patients need to make sure about t...In this matter, patients need to make sure about the costs of services which he is going to avail. The professional should also show responsibility in this regards.<br /><a href="http://www.spineandsportsmed.com/services/physical-therapy" rel="nofollow">physical therapy Bergen County</a><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11253992696989137423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433462959432680410.post-71122028626210503722013-10-01T23:23:04.298-04:002013-10-01T23:23:04.298-04:00Useful post, covered with interesting and valuable...Useful post, covered with interesting and valuable content, hope every users will read this helpful blog. I really like it.<br /><i>Check this out too:</i><br /><a href="http://www.ironcomet.com/medisoft" rel="nofollow">Medisoft</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433462959432680410.post-67451445634720835932013-08-16T15:48:48.731-04:002013-08-16T15:48:48.731-04:00The system is a mess. This is "Exhibit A"...The system is a mess. This is "Exhibit A" why we need to implement a single-payer, government run health insurance model in this country. Basically, Medicare for all. It's what every other civilized country in the world has done, and it's the only way to control the out-of-control spiral of ever-increasing medical costs.<br /><br />Basically, the government sets a price schedule, what it will pay for a given service. Then the market competes on price based on that schedule. It's the ONLY way to control costs.<br /><br />The other advantage of a single-payer plan is it takes the burden of providing health care off the backs of American business, better helping them compete in a global marketplace.<br /><br />It's what we should have had instead of Obamacare which, while flawed, at least attempts to bring most of the population under some kind of insurance umbrella and eliminates some of the more grievous wrongs inherent in the current system such as refusal of insurance based on pre-existing conditions, etc.<br /><br />But considering how much irrational and hyperbolic opposition the President has had to endure from the political right-wing on the ACA, you can just imagine how apoplectic they would have gotten if he had tried to establish a single-payer plan instead. It's what he and most Democrats really wanted. Someday, hopefully, we'll end up there. We really have no choice if we want to keep the system solvent. Obamacare is a start, but Medicare for All is the necessary finish line.Archiguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13402271358568917397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433462959432680410.post-90889598328306860772013-08-16T14:56:17.125-04:002013-08-16T14:56:17.125-04:00My wife entered the Presbyterian Pain Rehabilitati...My wife entered the Presbyterian Pain Rehabilitation Program. It was an intensive 4 week, 4 days a week, 4 hours a day program. She asked the director about the cost. The director said that she or nobody else could answer that question. "There used to be someone who could tell costs, but they eliminated that position." It ended up costing $10-20,000 retail (before insurance). My wife asked how a 45 minute Physical Therapy session was billed. They said it was based on "units" and it was hard to explain or understand. It is done like this for a reason; if you don't know the price, you can't comparison shop!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433462959432680410.post-12065423747852376062013-08-16T14:07:37.678-04:002013-08-16T14:07:37.678-04:00Our medical system is still based on a medieval gu...Our medical system is still based on a medieval guild model of a monopoly.<br /><br />Which works great for the providers.<br /><br />Until we disassemble that, we will NEVER be able to control rising medical costs.<br /><br />Shamashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06886687970259841873noreply@blogger.com