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Posted by Anthonie (Member # 884) on :

of every kind, private, group, governmental.

Introducing Michael Ciampi

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Dr. Michael Ciampi took a step this spring that many of his fellow physicians would describe as radical.

The family physician stopped accepting all forms of health insurance...

Awesome!

Third party payment has been one large contributor to skyrocketing medical prices.

I am really curious to see how this turns out.

Here are his prices.

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Ciampi expects more doctors will follow suit. Some may choose to run “concierge practices” in which patients pay to keep a doctor on retainer, he said.
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“If more doctors were able to do this, that would be real health care reform,” he said. “That’s when we’d see the cost of medicine truly go down.”

[ May 28, 2013, 05:40 PM: Message edited by: Anthonie ]

Posted by Foust (Member # 3043) on :

Cool, can that guy administer chemo if I ever need it?

Posted by Minerva (Member # 2991) on :

Why would you want a family doctor to give you chemo?

Posted by AchillesHeel (Member # 11736) on :

Don't judge, I'm thinking about having the pathologist administer my anesthesia.

Posted by allanwiller (Member # 13018) on :

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Posted by advice for robots (Member # 2544) on :

I imagine if you knew you were fully responsible for the bill (and are used to having insurance), you'd be a lot more careful about getting every bit of value that you could out of the visit. You'd also be a lot less likely to schedule a visit unless you really needed it.

Posted by Xavier (Member # 405) on :

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You'd also be a lot less likely to schedule a visit unless you really needed it.

Which is a bad thing. Regular doctor's visits and overall health are highly correlated, or at least that's my understanding.

Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :

Perhaps this gives some sense of what things actually might cost without the price fixing, but just to be clear, it's not an answer. It's still prohibitively expensive for many people.

Posted by steven (Member # 8099) on :

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Originally posted by Teshi:
Perhaps this gives some sense of what things actually might cost without the price fixing, but just to be clear, it's not an answer. It's still prohibitively expensive for many people.

Silly Brit. Don't you know that poor people deserve to die?

Posted by Samprimary (Member # 8561) on :

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Originally posted by allanwiller:
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Can .. can he offer me a reasonable insurance rate for my spam?