Reply #4: I work for a doctor [View All]

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

And I can assure you that it is taking longer and longer to jump through all the hoops insurance companies put up. They will deny claims on the flimsiest of excuses, and often dictate, by what they will or will not pay, what kind of treatment a patient will get. It is a disgrace! Doctors should be allowed to practice medicine, not the insurance companies.

I work for a non-profit. Doc doesn't even get a salary for the work she does in the clinic. We have a program where we run fund raisers to gain funds to use for laboratory assistance grants. That means if someone comes to us who is ill and needs lab work they cannot afford (and it is surprising how many insurance companies aren't paying for certain labs), the Board of Directors can vote to have the non-profit pay for it. And at the clinic we take payments for office visits, too. We tend not to take insurance because it is too much of a hassle.