http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/08/wrong-focus.html medical blog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:59:44 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/08/wrong-focus.html/comment-page-1#comment-87089 acountrydoctorwrites Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:14:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/08/wrong-focus.html#comment-87089 Important point, important issue, but let's not think of this as purely a political issue. If insurance companies pay primary care doctors better, that will help strengthen the ranks of primary care docs and improve our ability to deliver more primary care services. They can also make our work less hassle-filled. Silly example: I can't get an urgent CT scan without prior authorization, while the ER can. Important point, important issue, but let’s not think of this as purely a political issue. If insurance companies pay primary care doctors better, that will help strengthen the ranks of primary care docs and improve our ability to deliver more primary care services. They can also make our work less hassle-filled. Silly example: I can’t get an urgent CT scan without prior authorization, while the ER can.

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