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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My GP sent a letter about the new concierge service the office is offering, and I threw the letter in the trash.  I thought it was BS.[/quote]

Well in a few years I doubt you'll be able to find a single GP outside of university-sized clinics that won't charge hefty administrative fees, a concierge fee or take cash only.  It just doesn't make sense for these physicians to work 60-70 hours weeks, pay $350K for medical school, train for 7 years and make 100K.  Insurers aren't paying their share so patients will (out of pocket).

Many think the answer is mid level providers (Nps, PAs) but they don't want the primary care jobs either and every one I know (I am one) leaves as soon as a better (specialty) offer comes along.  An NP can make 2 times the money (and work half as hard) in a dermatology or GI practice than in a GP office.

Until insurance companies start reimbursing fairly we're going to see more and more physicians opting out of the traditional insurance model. [/quote]

I found this extremely disturbing. I have all the respect in the world for healthcare providers but what this is saying is if you have the extra money and pay us more you will get more attention and better care. What about those who can barely afford the deductables, copays, coinsurance and the monthly insurance premiums. I get doctor's are squeezed but excuse me, the solution is to squeeze the patients even more? How do you sleep at night knowing some of your "special" patients will get better care from you and others get what exactly? I would hope doctors choose their profession because they care about people and want to treat them well and manage their illness not because they hoped to be rich and have an expectation of living in a praticular type of house, in a particular neighborhood and drive expensive cars. I just can't feel sorry for them that they can't maintain a certain lifestyle they would like to have so threrefore they screw their patients. [/quote]

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