Comments on: The case for balance billing http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/07/case-for-balance-billing.html medical blog Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:04:06 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/07/case-for-balance-billing.html/comment-page-1#comment-86795 Anonymous Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:02:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/07/the-case-for-balance-billing.html#comment-86795 Having started my practice before the ban on balance billing, I agree with him 100%. I would ad that it removes the resentment factor from extending forced charity to wealthy Medicare enrollees. It actually would make it much more likely that docs who routinely balance bill would accept just the Medicare fee for the poor elderly. The current price fixing model has driven charity out of the system as the relationship isn't a free one between doc and patient anyway.<br/><br/>The only downside is that the politicians wouldn't get to continue to take full credit for the "gift" of free medical on the backs of docs under conditions of involuntary servitude. Having started my practice before the ban on balance billing, I agree with him 100%. I would ad that it removes the resentment factor from extending forced charity to wealthy Medicare enrollees. It actually would make it much more likely that docs who routinely balance bill would accept just the Medicare fee for the poor elderly. The current price fixing model has driven charity out of the system as the relationship isn’t a free one between doc and patient anyway.

The only downside is that the politicians wouldn’t get to continue to take full credit for the “gift” of free medical on the backs of docs under conditions of involuntary servitude.

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