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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Went to the ortho.  Was seen initially by the trainee.  The tech staff did all of the work for the xray. Doc comes in, does one minor mechanical test, looks at the xray for 15 seconds, and then prescribes steroids and P/T.   Co-pay was $50, and they're probably charging my insurance well north of $400+ for the entite visit not even counting the trays. I think his entire visit was less than 4 minutes long.   So in otherwords, if we were to extrapolate my $500 (approx.) visit out to one hour, he's earning $6000/hour, roughly speaking.

That is just patently ABSURD.  Yes, we all know the middlemen like insurance companies, PBMS, etc. are all terrible and are driving up costs, but why are doctors and their practices untouchable?  We treat them like gods in America point they are immune to criticism, but often times they do minutes of work for outrageous fees that AI could probably do soon for 1/1000th the cost.  Why can't we ever talk about how doctors are also fleecing America and driving up healthcare costs?   They treat patients like cash cows.  More volume = more cash = fancier Porsche and bigger house.

I am just disgusted with the entire practice of medicine in America from top to bottom.[/quote]

Two points that make your point dumb.  First, that was all the time needed to deal with your issue. The area is not rocket science.  Second, it is likely that your insurance company did not pay more than 50 bucks. And it probably cost 10 of that just to process your payment.  [/quote]

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