Reply #52: Agreed, I don't think it is a bad paying profession, but it is not what [View All]

[Nimrod2005]

it used to be. Before HMOs, a doctor's fee used to be whatever he likes, if his rent was lower and he lived in a cheaper area, they charged less...But today, they can't set the price anymore.


For a certain service we provide, when we were able to, we used to ask for $90.00, then they said, we are only willing to pay $55.00, then $45.00, then the following year it became $40.00, now if we provide the service, we get $20.00!!! For private paying patients, we can say it is $100.00, but not too many people can afford private pay and not too many people are interested in paying this kind of money.

It is really ugly out there for our healthcare system, it is very broken for everyone...An ugly downward spiral.