Comments on: It’s the costs, stupid http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/07/its-costs-stupid.html medical blog Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:25:25 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/07/its-costs-stupid.html/comment-page-1#comment-86823 Anonymous Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:25:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/07/its-the-costs-stupid.html#comment-86823 Capitation: tried that, been their, and have the T-shirt--both as a patient and as a physician. Ultimately it puts patient and physician interests on a collision course. <br/><br/>Direct payment is the best way to preserve the doctor-patient relationship and to control costs--which are themselves largely a product of third party payment. Capitation: tried that, been their, and have the T-shirt–both as a patient and as a physician. Ultimately it puts patient and physician interests on a collision course.

Direct payment is the best way to preserve the doctor-patient relationship and to control costs–which are themselves largely a product of third party payment.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/07/its-costs-stupid.html/comment-page-1#comment-86813 Anonymous Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:23:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/07/its-the-costs-stupid.html#comment-86813 Count this family physician out. I want no part of a system which puts the patient and physician's interests in even more conflict.<br/><br/>HSAs do a much better job of controlling costs for patients above the safety net by giving them control and responsibility for their cost decisions. Count this family physician out. I want no part of a system which puts the patient and physician’s interests in even more conflict.

HSAs do a much better job of controlling costs for patients above the safety net by giving them control and responsibility for their cost decisions.

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