Doctors prefer patients with Medicare over private insurance

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some researchers decided @ recent data clues. , found slight drop — little less 3 percent in proportion of doctors taking new medicare patients between 2005 , 2008.

drop, still left 93 percent of docs taking new medicare patients, wasn't compared hit patients typical private insurance.

people, there 5.5 percentage point drop, leaving 88 percent of physicians add them (private insurance) new patients.

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what's going on? asked lead author dr. tara bishop, internist , assistant professor of public health @ weill cornell medical college in new york. said there couple of possible reasons. doctors may bucking administrative hassles of private insurance, said.

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i guess capitalist approach health care isn't appealing after all.

 

they have different objectives.

medicare hopes help/cure people, hmo's pretend objective. real mantra profit.

no wonder doctors prefer dealing medicare. less hassle course of treatment.

 

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