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Hogwash. It has to do with the insurance companies.  Our doc instituted a similar fee structure this year.  They simply could not sustain the practice at the rates the insurance companies were paying them. The insurance companies, on the other hand, are pressed by increasing technology/medical costs and the fact that there are not enough healthy people in the insured pool. (Plus, they need to pay their executives bonuses and salaries that would make Imelda Marcos blush!)

I haven't made up my mind on Obamacare, and malpractice is no small issue, but these fees are coming from someplace considerably more complicated than the pp's politically motivated pablum makes clear.[/quote]

100% agree with this.  I had several doctors completely drop insurance during the prior administration, this is NOT an ObamaCare issue.  The insurance companies are squeezing the PCP's way too much.  On the one hand, I don't blame doctors for using the Privia service to try and make ends meet, run an efficient office and be able to pay their staff competitively, and also provide better service.  However, for me, the whole notion of providing those with the most money the best care is so disturbing.  Those extra conversations will save the lives of affluent people, and all of those who are 'merely insured' will suffer.  [/quote]

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