I like it. I think we also should consider making it easier to sue insurance companies for breaching their contractual obligations to policyholders. Although this is not my area, I understand that there are many limitations on the ability to do this.

Inserting a thought here....

Major medical/hospitalization insurance to cover the big ticket items, private pay for well-care visits and checkups seems a better way to go.

AAAHhhhhhh... I knew you would finally get to your point in all this. YOU want to sue the deep pockets!!! surprising....
:rolleyes:

I like it.

No, grasshopper. I want others to do it. I represent the deep pockets. If I were to represent the People, NDD would take me off The List. :D

do you have any idea how much a well check visit with labwork would actually cost? The idea behind well check visits is to keep bad things from happening by physicians picking things up in the early stages.

If you had to pay $300-400 dollars yearly and felt well would you go?

Somehow young jedi... I don't think the solution to our health care situation is MORE lawsuits!! :p

Several hundred dollars. I pay my bill and seek reimbursement when I see my primary care physician, and it's usually about $350.

So your solution is to expect Doctors to be able to squeeze a couple hundred dollars out of every patient that walks in the door?

What effect on regular preventive helathcare assessments and access to care do you think that will have on our country? What would the financial outcome be oin ten years when everyday treatments are not rendered and more hospital/ emergency care is needed to treat these conditions?

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what about you, your wife, your kids... that would run at least over a thousand a year...and that is if your kids are healthy...no extra visits for an ear infection here, sore throat there...

the average family would not be able to afford healthcare if it was out of pocket for routine stuff.

doc t.

I see you edited while I did Doc T... Great minds...great minds!! LOL

I think I will stop and let you argue this one. I defer-

Yes. For my son with asthma, this would be difficult, but I would do it. His meds are not inexpensive, either. Fortunately for me, his Dad has to provide his health insurance, but just changed the policy to a pretty sizeable deductible. It is only March and I have met most of it already.

For myself, I rarely went to the doctor even when it was 100% covered. I'm very healthy, but would go at the first indication of trouble. For preventive well-woman checkups, I will still go annually and pay out-of-pocket.

My view is that it should be harder to sue doctors, easier to sue insurance companies, and much, much easier to sue dentists.

at what point do you advocate insurance or some third party payer kicks in?

doc t.

Even if they had a reimbursement right from their carriers?