All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Healthcare Services

Just another example of how our healthcare system is not meeting the needs of consumers and how they can now find similar care elsewhere. Will healthcare in our country go they way of the automobile?

Let's face it - the rural US is a relatively 'undesirable' (please don't get offended) location, with little access to a big city or collegiality with other physicians.   It also poses a challenge, as there are limited access to specialists.    I suspect it's not a dream job...

This controversial article as well as another the same day http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/29/health/29OBSTACLES.html?ref=health point to flaws in our health care system as per Michael Moore's allegations. Drug costs are a problem but not as much as Doctors, insurers and the patients.

Reimbursement has continued to either remain flat or decline in the setting of rising office overhead costs.   Medicaid, which covers those that are the poorest with the least access to care provides even worse reimbursement. In the setting of being able to run a practice effectively, Medicaid...

First they want to keep cutting physician reimbursements like medicare, but when they realize medicare cuts may affect their ability to provide care for medicare patients, now they want raises? Certainly not a dime of what they want from the government will be put back in the pockets of physicians. ...

Chronic disease, by nature requires continuous management.    With disease such as diabetes, COPD, hypertension (and it's systemic manifestation), congestive heart failure and heart disease, many patients require round the clock medications, physician or nurse practioner management, and...

fighting terror also chased away knowledge immigrant from muslim countries. only 103 doctor for every 100,000 in the underserved areas. physicians in training with J-1 viva waivers has fallen from 11,600 in 96-97 to 6,200 in 04-05. and federal and state requests for J-1 for doctors dropped from 1,374...

It is commonly accepted that private Medicare HMOs are paid 12% to 19% more than traditional Medicare. The Democrats generally see private Medicare as a threat to the longstanding Medicare program. The Congress is ready to dramatically cut the payments HMOs get for Private Medicare. But first, the Congress...

Now the shoe is on the other foot.  The HMO's, for the most part, treat the physician with disdain.  They neglect to realize that they are simply a conduit for paying the physician with the patient supplying them with money.  They have decided that they have a G-d-given right to meddle...

The insurance industry is barking up the wrong tree. It doesn't really matter what happens to this segment of if there are no physicians willing to accept Medicare or HMO rates.