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Anonymous wrote:Nearly every PCP in this area is now switching to concierge service. No one wants to take ObamaCare any more because if it’s horrendous reimbursement rates, paperwork, productive quotas, etc. etc. Now it has ruined access to virtually all PCPs for everyone with insurance, because doctors have decided they’ll take zero insurance. Primary care is increasingly becoming a luxury for the ultra elites who can shell out additional thousands of more dollars per year to keep a PCP on retainer while the rest of us get stuck with nothing or impossible routes to overcome to get access for simple primary care. Isn’t more government intervention in healthcare great? We can all have equal healthcare when it is crap for everyone and hardly anyone can access it. Thanks ObamaCare.

What a crock of shit. The "horrendous reimbursement rates" are among the highest IN THE WORLD. The real problem is that there is too much greed in healthcare.

CMS has a 3.34% pay cut in 2024 for physicians dum dum. And that’s despite Biden’s inflation.

And only 10% of all healthcare dollars go to physician salaries. The docs aren't the problem.

And yet they cut salaries. And you wonder why docs increasingly ditch all insurance and now pursue concierge models.

so, is the answer that we should kick people off of insurance so that doctors could get paid more, and OP can find a great PCP of their choosing/

Anything but ACA.

like what? Like Trump's plan? Oh wait....

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Anonymous wrote:I'd like to know where OP lives where there are only concierge service PCPs. Here in NoVA, I can choose from among dozens that take my insurance.

I'm in MoCo, and I have several PCPs to choose from. Maybe OP lives in a *** area?

Concierge is growing in MoCo and DMV dum dum.

https://moco360.media/2022/01/10/the-rise-of-concierge-medicine/

Potomac Physicians was huge for the area and has now closed and been replaced with concierge.

The DMV sucks big time for primary care. You live in a bubble and are oblivious.

Hey dum dum, I was able to get a PCP because of ACA.

Hey dum dum, enjoy it while it lasts until they change to concierge.

hey dum dum, this is like saying that all doctors who take medicare will stop taking medicare, so we should get rid of medicare.

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Anonymous wrote:Nearly every PCP in this area is now switching to concierge service. No one wants to take ObamaCare any more because if it’s horrendous reimbursement rates, paperwork, productive quotas, etc. etc. Now it has ruined access to virtually all PCPs for everyone with insurance, because doctors have decided they’ll take zero insurance. Primary care is increasingly becoming a luxury for the ultra elites who can shell out additional thousands of more dollars per year to keep a PCP on retainer while the rest of us get stuck with nothing or impossible routes to overcome to get access for simple primary care. Isn’t more government intervention in healthcare great? We can all have equal healthcare when it is crap for everyone and hardly anyone can access it. Thanks ObamaCare.

What a crock of shit. The "horrendous reimbursement rates" are among the highest IN THE WORLD. The real problem is that there is too much greed in healthcare.

CMS has a 3.34% pay cut in 2024 for physicians dum dum. And that’s despite Biden’s inflation.

And only 10% of all healthcare dollars go to physician salaries. The docs aren't the problem.

And yet they cut salaries. And you wonder why docs increasingly ditch all insurance and now pursue concierge models.

so, is the answer that we should kick people off of insurance so that doctors could get paid more, and OP can find a great PCP of their choosing/

Anything but ACA.

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Anonymous wrote:I'd like to know where OP lives where there are only concierge service PCPs. Here in NoVA, I can choose from among dozens that take my insurance.

I'm in MoCo, and I have several PCPs to choose from. Maybe OP lives in a *** area?

Concierge is growing in MoCo and DMV dum dum.

https://moco360.media/2022/01/10/the-rise-of-concierge-medicine/

Potomac Physicians was huge for the area and has now closed and been replaced with concierge.

The DMV sucks big time for primary care. You live in a bubble and are oblivious.

Hey dum dum, I was able to get a PCP because of ACA.

Hey dum dum, enjoy it while it lasts until they change to concierge.

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Anonymous wrote:I'd like to know where OP lives where there are only concierge service PCPs. Here in NoVA, I can choose from among dozens that take my insurance.

I'm in MoCo, and I have several PCPs to choose from. Maybe OP lives in a *** area?

Concierge is growing in MoCo and DMV dum dum.

https://moco360.media/2022/01/10/the-rise-of-concierge-medicine/

Potomac Physicians was huge for the area and has now closed and been replaced with concierge.

The DMV sucks big time for primary care. You live in a bubble and are oblivious.

Hey dum dum, I was able to get a PCP because of ACA.

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Anonymous wrote:Nearly every PCP in this area is now switching to concierge service. No one wants to take ObamaCare any more because if it’s horrendous reimbursement rates, paperwork, productive quotas, etc. etc. Now it has ruined access to virtually all PCPs for everyone with insurance, because doctors have decided they’ll take zero insurance. Primary care is increasingly becoming a luxury for the ultra elites who can shell out additional thousands of more dollars per year to keep a PCP on retainer while the rest of us get stuck with nothing or impossible routes to overcome to get access for simple primary care. Isn’t more government intervention in healthcare great? We can all have equal healthcare when it is crap for everyone and hardly anyone can access it. Thanks ObamaCare.

What a crock of shit. The "horrendous reimbursement rates" are among the highest IN THE WORLD. The real problem is that there is too much greed in healthcare.

CMS has a 3.34% pay cut in 2024 for physicians dum dum. And that’s despite Biden’s inflation.

And only 10% of all healthcare dollars go to physician salaries. The docs aren't the problem.

And yet they cut salaries. And you wonder why docs increasingly ditch all insurance and now pursue concierge models.

so, is the answer that we should kick people off of insurance so that doctors could get paid more, and OP can find a great PCP of their choosing/

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Anonymous wrote:I'd like to know where OP lives where there are only concierge service PCPs. Here in NoVA, I can choose from among dozens that take my insurance.

I'm in MoCo, and I have several PCPs to choose from. Maybe OP lives in a *** area?

Concierge is growing in MoCo and DMV dum dum.

https://moco360.media/2022/01/10/the-rise-of-concierge-medicine/

Potomac Physicians was huge for the area and has now closed and been replaced with concierge.

The DMV sucks big time for primary care. You live in a bubble and are oblivious.

Are you in the metro DC area? Because I haven't had this problem here.

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Anonymous wrote:Nearly every PCP in this area is now switching to concierge service. No one wants to take ObamaCare any more because if it’s horrendous reimbursement rates, paperwork, productive quotas, etc. etc. Now it has ruined access to virtually all PCPs for everyone with insurance, because doctors have decided they’ll take zero insurance. Primary care is increasingly becoming a luxury for the ultra elites who can shell out additional thousands of more dollars per year to keep a PCP on retainer while the rest of us get stuck with nothing or impossible routes to overcome to get access for simple primary care. Isn’t more government intervention in healthcare great? We can all have equal healthcare when it is crap for everyone and hardly anyone can access it. Thanks ObamaCare.

What a crock of shit. The "horrendous reimbursement rates" are among the highest IN THE WORLD. The real problem is that there is too much greed in healthcare.

CMS has a 3.34% pay cut in 2024 for physicians dum dum. And that’s despite Biden’s inflation.

And only 10% of all healthcare dollars go to physician salaries. The docs aren't the problem.

And yet they cut salaries. And you wonder why docs increasingly ditch all insurance and now pursue concierge models.

This is not an ACA issue. More people have insurance now (a good thing!) which also puts strain on an already broken industry. It’s horrible to say that others shouldn’t benefit from a service that many already have and that has life-saving implications. Yes, if only rich people have insurance, then it’s easier for the medical community to serve that rich population. But families shouldn’t have to go bankrupt or forgo care because they are poor or working class.

We need more comprehensive reform - namely the concept of funded health accounts where people pay directly would be a big improvement. If consumers don’t know the price of *anything,* there is no way to support and recognize providers who are doing a good/ efficient job.

ACA isn’t perfect but it is WAY better than not having it.

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Anonymous wrote:Nearly every PCP in this area is now switching to concierge service. No one wants to take ObamaCare any more because if it’s horrendous reimbursement rates, paperwork, productive quotas, etc. etc. Now it has ruined access to virtually all PCPs for everyone with insurance, because doctors have decided they’ll take zero insurance. Primary care is increasingly becoming a luxury for the ultra elites who can shell out additional thousands of more dollars per year to keep a PCP on retainer while the rest of us get stuck with nothing or impossible routes to overcome to get access for simple primary care. Isn’t more government intervention in healthcare great? We can all have equal healthcare when it is crap for everyone and hardly anyone can access it. Thanks ObamaCare.

What a crock of shit. The "horrendous reimbursement rates" are among the highest IN THE WORLD. The real problem is that there is too much greed in healthcare.

Not for general practitioners. The reimbursement rates are heavily skewed towards specialists. A GP makes about as much as a 20 year UPS driver.

Doctors are not the issue. Yes, a few make real money. Vast majority do not. Moreover, even if some do, I have no issues with doctors being overpaid on the margins. I want some of our brightest students to enter medicine, and if compensation helps achieve that goal I am okay.

Anonymous wrote:I'd like to know where OP lives where there are only concierge service PCPs. Here in NoVA, I can choose from among dozens that take my insurance.

I'm in MoCo, and I have several PCPs to choose from. Maybe OP lives in a sh1tty area?

Anonymous wrote:OP I’m happy with my primary care. Not seeing what you’re seeing. Sorry. Maybe get a better job with different insurance. Of course it’s crazy insurance is tied to an employer but until enough people say enough let’s change the system it’s what we have.

Here is the key. There are only 2 real long term choices. Retaining the connection between employer and employee is simply nuts. One option is in essence a regulated national marketplace for insurance policies, something like mortgages though more complicated. Obamacare is consistent with this approach though it is state based. Here, we can argue foreover about the balance between premium costs and minimum coverage rules. More coverage means higher premiums. Second option is a single payor system like most every developed country.

Anonymous wrote:I'd like to know where OP lives where there are only concierge service PCPs. Here in NoVA, I can choose from among dozens that take my insurance.

OP lives in the Land of Fake MAGA Outrage.

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Anonymous wrote:Nearly every PCP in this area is now switching to concierge service. No one wants to take ObamaCare any more because if it’s horrendous reimbursement rates, paperwork, productive quotas, etc. etc. Now it has ruined access to virtually all PCPs for everyone with insurance, because doctors have decided they’ll take zero insurance. Primary care is increasingly becoming a luxury for the ultra elites who can shell out additional thousands of more dollars per year to keep a PCP on retainer while the rest of us get stuck with nothing or impossible routes to overcome to get access for simple primary care. Isn’t more government intervention in healthcare great? We can all have equal healthcare when it is crap for everyone and hardly anyone can access it. Thanks ObamaCare.

What a crock of shit. The "horrendous reimbursement rates" are among the highest IN THE WORLD. The real problem is that there is too much greed in healthcare.

CMS has a 3.34% pay cut in 2024 for physicians dum dum. And that’s despite Biden’s inflation.

And only 10% of all healthcare dollars go to physician salaries. The docs aren't the problem.