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re: So what exactly is the main argument against universal healthcare
Posted on 11/3/19 at 2:47 pm to Hopeful Doc
Posted on 11/3/19 at 2:47 pm to Hopeful Doc
quote:Individual practitioners.... true. Large hospitals that want residency programs, reimbursement programs etc.... not so much.
No doctor is required to take Medicaid.
quote:What if they make taking it a condition of licensing?
But I know I won't be one of them.
Posted on 11/3/19 at 3:23 pm to Taxing Authority
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Individual practitioners.... true. Large hospitals that want residency programs, reimbursement programs etc.... not so much.
But physicians in MSGs that contract with hospitals, or hospital employed physicians themselves aren't paid based on the patient's payer source. They don't care about insurance. The hospital will have decisions to make...staff leaner, reduce physician compensation per wRVU, reduce administrators (the one that won't happen lol)...
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What if they make taking it a condition of licensing?
You just don't schedule those patients. Template 1 medicaid patient per day, so when the Medicaid patient calls and needs an appointment, they get told the next available is 6 months in the future. And, just like they do now, they head to the hospital where someone paid based on wRVU will see them whenever. Hospitals will still be forced to treat the large majority of Medicaid patients. But it won't be a condition of licensing so this is all a moot point.
Posted on 11/3/19 at 5:00 pm to Taxing Authority
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Individual practitioners.... true. Large hospitals that want residency programs, reimbursement programs etc.... not so much.
See above- they're definitely throwing money at FQRHC's in hopes of getting the rural docs of America on to the government teat. But they're not going to be able to dictate what the private man does.
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What if they make taking it a condition of licensing?
I'm pretty confused by this question.
Licensing is state by state. Taking insurance isn't going to be part of licensure. There are plenty of nonpracticing licensed docs. And then they are never going to make the breast augmentation/facelift/derm promise to take Medicaid or any insurance just to obtain a license.
But if that happens, I'll work my arse off to FIRE and be sure frequently vocalize how stupid the board is in every possible public forum.
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