BLAZER PROPHET
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There is no secret that the President wants a single payer national healthcare system similar to Canada. Granted, it'll cost millions of jobs and the ramifications (bankruptcies, losing homes, becoming homeless... in a crappy economy with no real light at the end of the tunnel), but transitions are often painful.
Now, not to argue the merits of eliminating the current system and moving fully to one single plan, but here is my question... As an example, I know that a typical dental crown costs about $1,200. The lab fee to make the crown is about $500. Dentists tell me Medicare pays about $200 for a crown. In other words, they lose $300 of their hard costs and do the rest of the work (crown prep, temp crown, seating...) for free. Obamacare cuts the Medicare payouts by 50%, or, the dentist now gets about $100 per crown. My PCP (primary care physician) treats me for diabetes. I go in for an injection every two weeks. The office visit is $160 and the injection costs $60. He tells me Obamacare will pay $10 for the office visit and $3 for the injection (which is less than the actual medicine costs, let alone his overhead...).
If we go to Obamacre as the sole insurance plan for Americans, how will dentists and doctors stay in business?
Will it become federally run clinics & hospitals and will all doctors, nurses... be employees of the federal government?
Now, not to argue the merits of eliminating the current system and moving fully to one single plan, but here is my question... As an example, I know that a typical dental crown costs about $1,200. The lab fee to make the crown is about $500. Dentists tell me Medicare pays about $200 for a crown. In other words, they lose $300 of their hard costs and do the rest of the work (crown prep, temp crown, seating...) for free. Obamacare cuts the Medicare payouts by 50%, or, the dentist now gets about $100 per crown. My PCP (primary care physician) treats me for diabetes. I go in for an injection every two weeks. The office visit is $160 and the injection costs $60. He tells me Obamacare will pay $10 for the office visit and $3 for the injection (which is less than the actual medicine costs, let alone his overhead...).
If we go to Obamacre as the sole insurance plan for Americans, how will dentists and doctors stay in business?
Will it become federally run clinics & hospitals and will all doctors, nurses... be employees of the federal government?
