Free Market Surgery

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The Surgery Center of Oklahoma is a good option for those that need and could take advantage of them but what about the rest? Like what critics like Dr. Glied, the health economists say, there are people who are struggling with access and affordable issues, what can be done for them, idealistically now or soon as possible? Like what the article says, there’s too many sad and tragic stories out there, how can we reduce and end them? Especially in comparison to the several counties especially our peers who have a baseline option for their people especially working class folks while people who don’t fit neatly within our system (employment plans, Medicaid, Medicare) end up losing out. What can be done to give working class people like those living paycheck to paycheck a better deal?
I thought I was going to read another story about evil insurance companies and why we need socialized medicine.
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In respect to P.P.A.C.A covering other services, I admit that making people pay for resources they won’t use would increase the price on them but other than that, what can be done to help people in need of those services like maternal care and mental health (counseling/therapy)?
 
Why don’t you do a Google search for cash only providers in your local metropolitan area? You might be surprised at what you will find. MRIs, ultrasounds, dental, urgent care, blood and urine testing, etc., all available for cheap because they’re not dealing with the overhead of insurance.

The expense of insurance and medical care has created a demand for these types of providers and they’re starting to spring up in a lot of different places. Another exhibit in showing how the ACA ain’t affordable for many of us. $1650 monthly premiums for a family? That’s for a high deductible plan where the deductible is another $12700. That’s a potential maximum of $32500 per year for that family. You think the family that grosses $80k per year can afford that? No they can’t, hence the expansion of the cash only provider sector. That $32k can go a lot farther with cash providers than through the insurance racket.

The poor have the emergency room where they can’t be turned away. Those who make less than $45k can get the subsidies. Most everyone else making less than $100k is screwed.
 
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Sadly, insurance and government involvement never fail to drive up medical costs. $30,000 surgery vs $3,000 surgery.
 
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