MikeWaters |
07-24-2007 07:29 PM |
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Originally Posted by Mormon Red Death
(Post 105355)
Btw who do you think is taking the hit now?
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I guess you don't fully understand how this works. Yes, ER docs usually get paid on a contractual basis, so it doesn't matter if they have insurance or not (generally speaking, because you can bet that if very few people in the ER have insurance the contracted amount will be less).
But what happens when surgery is required. The on-call surgeon is called. Why is he on-call? Because he has privileges. Why does he have privileges? So he can do surgeries at that hospital. Does he get paid for doing surgery on the destitute? No.
I can only think of one medical provider in town that works with the poor that isn't either govt. or contracted with the govt. But they are beneficiaries of a professional golf tournament, and they don't serve that many people and only do counseling.
Where is the private charitable place you go to get your asthma medicine? There really isn't any. Certainly not enough for 10 million people.
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