They'd probably just shift the costs on to others anyway. Also, as a percentage of their income, their student loan isn't that great.WestWYOPoke wrote:Congrats on not reading my post. I said it is difficult to find a doctor to take Medicaid regularly because they don't make money. The one in my example only takes ~1 Medicaid patient a week because he loses money on them. You are exactly right, doctors aren't poor and make good money...that's BECAUSE they don't do a bunch of Medicaid cases, if they did they would be poor.laxwyo wrote: ↑Tue Jan 24, 2017 2:51 pmI call poop on the doctors. They always act they're going poor from malpractice insurance. Have you ever met a poor doctor?WestWYOPoke wrote:Also, Medicaid pays more and helps more for individuals with disabilities, not necessarily those with long-term diseases. Someone with cerebral palsy would fall under Medicaid, but someone with COPD may very well not be accepted under Medicaid.MrTitleist wrote: ↑Tue Jan 24, 2017 11:49 amMedicaid reimbursements are paying less and less.. healthcare isn't in great shape right now.LanderPoke wrote: ↑Tue Jan 24, 2017 11:21 amWhat about Medicaid? Can't they just go on Medicaid?Asmodeanreborn wrote: ↑Tue Jan 24, 2017 11:13 amYou can't go to a hospital for the long-term medication that'll keep you alive. When you can't pay for it, they don't give it to you. You don't get a payment plan for it. That's where the 20,000 people dead/year figure comes from.LanderPoke wrote: ↑Tue Jan 24, 2017 10:55 am I don't believe it. He can go to any hospital and they have to treat him. He'll go on Medicaid and be taken care of. He's not going to die. He might not be in not as good of a financial position, but he won't die. This isn't Somalia.
You will get treated at the emergency room in the future regardless of insurance status, but it's the long-time stuff that gets treated with medication or routine visits like old miners with black lung disease get that will no longer happen the same way.
AND good luck getting in to see a doctor when you are on Medicaid. Medication might be easier to procure, but doctors visits are few and far between with Medicaid. One of the Orthopedic physicians I work with will typically do 1 surgery a week for Medicaid users. The reason he can't do more? The reimbursement from Medicaid won't even pay enough to cover the costs of the equipment he uses/installs, let alone the cost of the OR, anesthesiologist, other personnel or his time, etc.
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