For nearly 50 years, Ohio woman collected dead mother's VA benefits

[Johnny]

Despite the VA's bad reputation, I'm very happy with the care I've received there. I chose them as my primary care. It's the only place I go.

So far (knock on wood) I'm an easy patient: No medical issues. No medications. No problems.

[NRA_guy]

Originally Posted by JD Miller

Hell, many doctors are just insurance company thieves. The dont treat patients , their objective is to treat themselves to the patients insurance money

Most all medical doctors are now nothing but "employees" of giant corporations. They have quotas (number of patients to crank through in a day) to meet.

They also are hamstrung by lawyers and fear of liability lawsuits.

Insurance companies also dictate what doctors can get paid for doing.

As we saw during the early days of Covid treatment, even state MD licensing dictates what a doctor can and cannot do.

My (now deceased) father-in-law used to go to people's houses in the 1950s and early 1960s to treat the patients who were unable to get to the hospital. He carried his black bag in the trunk of his car.

He retired when he was no longer allowed to treat patients as he saw fit.

[TheDevilIKnow]

Politicians are pissed she had been screwing the US taxpayers for 24 years, but never had to run for office...... ba-dum-dum

I'll be here all night.

[TheDevilIKnow]

Originally Posted by NRA_guy

Most all medical doctors are now nothing but "employees" of giant corporations. They have quotas (number of patients to crank through in a day) to meet.

They also are hamstrung by lawyers and fear of liability lawsuits.

Insurance companies also dictate what doctors can get paid for doing.

As we saw during the early days of Covid treatment, even state MD licensing dictates what a doctor can and cannot do.

My (now deceased) father-in-law used to go to people's houses in the 1950s and early 1960s to treat the patients who were unable to get to the hospital. He carried his black bag in the trunk of his car.

He retired when he was no longer allowed to treat patients as he saw fit.

They did it to themselves. (Not your FIL personally) They traded away the liberty of their offices to the security of insurances. With that came ever increasing rules they had to abide by. It necame so absolutely convoluted that entire industries surrounding just the billing came about. Now those we once thought were the smartest among us are slaves to corporate masters. And it only took about 60 years.
I say that as a warning to us. As we allow our lives to become so cluttered that we begin trading freedom for convenience. We will become slaves,if we are already not, out of sheer convenigames.
How crazy is that. To be so brainwashed that a person would see the promise of an easy life by giving up their individuality, and independence, as an achievable reality. The fish is surely surprised by the hook when it is set. But it is too late. "AN EASIER LIFE THROUGH SLAVERY " would be a cool slogan over the gates.

[Sanders]

Originally Posted by NRA_guy

Most all medical doctors are now nothing but "employees" of giant corporations. They have quotas (number of patients to crank through in a day) to meet.

They also are hamstrung by lawyers and fear of liability lawsuits.

Insurance companies also dictate what doctors can get paid for doing.

As we saw during the early days of Covid treatment, even state MD licensing dictates what a doctor can and cannot do.

My (now deceased) father-in-law used to go to people's houses in the 1950s and early 1960s to treat the patients who were unable to get to the hospital. He carried his black bag in the trunk of his car.

He retired when he was no longer allowed to treat patients as he saw fit.

Doctor: "I know this treatment will work, as I've done it several times with success on other patients. I'll write you a prescription for these 3 things."

Insurance Company: "Nahhh!"

[TheDevilIKnow]

Originally Posted by Sanders

Doctor: "I know this treatment will work, as I've done it several times with success on other patients. I'll write you a prescription for these 3 things."

Insurance Company: "Nahhh!"

My point exactly. And who signed the agreements and contracts that gave the insurance company the power to tell the doctor what to do in their own practice? Not us, the patients. But the doctors who wanted toget paid faster.
The medical fraud that has destroyed our Healthcare was committed by doctors,. They agreed to the contracts to get paid for XYZ. And when the agreements they made did not align with what they wanted to do they "MISDIAGNOSED " patients to get them the medication, treatment, tests that they wanted. Why? Because they are doctors and know what's best. I believe it is Ozempic that teats ABC, but cannot be found since it is being prescribed for weight loss. It's not us that have screwed the system.
I m not afraid to point the finger at the cause. I don't put all the blame on the insurance companies.

[Sanders]