This is a great article and in the New York Times today and it has been broken down to show the overall mathematics that are used to determine payments. We are again, back to the “A” word that you see plastered in the center of this blog, an algorithm. I just finished watching a PBS documentary...
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Like the US, Germany’s system has the reputation of being one of the most expensive in the world. The new increases will result in premiums costs rising to 15.5 percent of employee gross pay effective January 1st. Patients will now be required to make payments at the doctor’s office with...
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Back in April things were already stirring relative to to charges from hospitals and in Germany they can also opt for additional private health insurance as well as contributing to the government system. With the new increases the poor will be protected and their payments will be subsidized by...
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Here’s some additional clips from “The Vanishing Oath”. Here’s my first post from last week in case you missed it and there’s an additional film clip talking to a doctor who is just out of residency for a few years and the stress levels, as well as working part time at Blockbuster so she...
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We all know the focus is to save money, but at what cost, the relationships that we enjoy as people, especially important when we need healing and depend on our doctors to help us. Granted we have a lot more information online today and should take advantage as patients to be better informed, but...
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This tells the story pretty well and there’s stories just like it all over the US. Fixed costs have gone up over the years an .png?imgmax=800" width="167" height="172" alt="" /> d basically family practice doctors have not had any increase since 2001. In my travels, I have run into physicians who...
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