I am grateful that my husband will be going on the single payer system that is available in the US - Medicare - this January. It will save us significant money compared to the ACA. His doctor is available through both a medicare advantage plan and a medigap plan.
I've read some, in the past, about how medicare changed doctors compensation significantly. Doctors actively supported medicare because it meant they would *get* compensated for providing care to seniors who otherwise couldn't afford it. The uncompensated care provided previously was written off... it was given for moral reasons, rather than financial reasons.
Here in the US we have the highest paid general practitioners in the world. Yes there are annoying insurance forms to fill out - but I would think this extra pay would take the sting out of the paperwork annoyance. But given the trend to doctors not taking insurance, perhaps I'm wrong.
I've read some, in the past, about how medicare changed doctors compensation significantly. Doctors actively supported medicare because it meant they would *get* compensated for providing care to seniors who otherwise couldn't afford it. The uncompensated care provided previously was written off... it was given for moral reasons, rather than financial reasons.
Here in the US we have the highest paid general practitioners in the world. Yes there are annoying insurance forms to fill out - but I would think this extra pay would take the sting out of the paperwork annoyance. But given the trend to doctors not taking insurance, perhaps I'm wrong.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physicians_in_the_United_StatesThe United States has the highest paid general practitioners in the world.[5] The US has the second-highest paid specialists in the world behind the Netherlands.[5] Public and private payers pay higher fees to US primary care physicians for office visits (overall 27 percent more for public and 70 percent more for private) than in Australia, Canada, France, Germany and the United Kingdom.[6] US primary care physicians also earn more (overall earning $186,000 yearly) than the foreign counterparts, with even higher numbers for physician compensation for medical specialists.[6] Higher fees, rather than factors such as higher practice costs, volume of services, or tuition expenses, mainly drive higher US spending.[6]