Would you hit it?

[SpyWizard]

and she's holding a spoon

 

[SpyWizard]

damn it.. i was talking about nef's 10 gf..

 

[PICK3]

We'll buy goofy equipment like "arm blasters" to supposedly make them grow as well.

want to know what kind of apparatus I buy to make it grow?

 

[MichaelScott]

sure wood

 

[shirlene29]

Ive already got the bill....the hospital I go to and obgyn practice actually gets this out of the way first tri...and I know what my insurance pays for either vaginal or c-section delivery and all prenatal care...the only wild card is possible nicu complications or maternal complications...its all a pre-negotiated price otherwise (they even have ibuprofen/tylenol on the bill which I find perplexing because I've never had either in the last three deliveries nor been offered it )



for ED care though I have gone and not had insurance and it was three times as much as a self pay than as an insured pay(stitches, easy to compare).....I had to fight tooth and nail with billing to get the bill down to a reasonable number
I mean, I get what you're saying totally...don't misunderstand me... but my experience hasn't been the same as yours though I know your experience isn't unique but then neither is mine
I really can't help but wonder if this really boils down to location is what I was really getting at

 

[mrplunkey]

Ive already got the bill....the hospital I go to and obgyn practice actually gets this out of the way first tri...and I know what my insurance pays for either vaginal or c-section delivery and all prenatal care...the only wild card is possible nicu complications or maternal complications...its all a pre-negotiated price otherwise (they even have ibuprofen/tylenol on the bill which I find perplexing because I've never had either in the last three deliveries nor been offered it )



for ED care though I have gone and not had insurance and it was three times as much as a self pay than as an insured pay(stitches, easy to compare).....I had to fight tooth and nail with billing to get the bill down to a reasonable number
I mean, I get what you're saying totally...don't misunderstand me... but my experience hasn't been the same as yours though I know your experience isn't unique but then neither is mine
I really can't help but wonder if this really boils down to location is what I was really getting at

Location is definitely a big factor as well.

For example here in East Tennessee, there are areas that Medicare reimburses at literally half of a high-end metropolitan rate (i.e San Francisco).

Then there's the issue of local competition. We need more insurance providers in every area (something ObamaCare explicitly failed to do).

And another challenge is when the doctors form supergroups. They merge, but they don't really merge. For example, you'll have 75+ orthopedic surgeons in a city that all collectively negotiate with insurance companies. In that situation, of course it's going to be expense.

Here's an interesting question for all the libtard pro-union guys. Should doctors be able to unionize and collectively bargain for wages? Isn't it reasonable (for a pro-union person) to expect them to be able to set rates in any given geography? Furthermore, in closed-shop states, if a majority of physicians in a service area agree to unionize, should the other physicians be forced to as well? Oh... and in union strongholds like Illinois, New York and California, would it be reasonable for the governments to deny business to non-union physicians (i.e. union-only contracts, which are common in all three of those states)?

Hmmm... I need an EF liberal to chime-in on this one!

 

[chris302001]

obstetric care is sorta unique b/c you charge global fees.

 

[mrplunkey]

obstetric care is sorta unique b/c you charge global fees.

It's probably one of the longest globals I can think of. Aren't most of the mainstream ones 90 days?

 

[billfred]

Bill....karma...the blonde. That picture doesn't even do her justice, either.

Picture does her plenty. A true beauty indeed.

 

[calveless wonder]

Lol @ reading this last page only then looking at the thread title