The LOOP NOW Coalition sent a letter to Congressional leaders asking them to introduce bipartisan legislation to begin reducing Americans’ exposure to absurdly high out-of-pocket requirements.
The LOOP NOW Coalition sent a letter to Congressional leaders asking them to introduce bipartisan legislation to begin reducing Americans’ exposure to absurdly high out-of-pocket requirements.
Americans are being buried under a mountain of medical debt – including people with health insurance. Kaiser Health News reported last year that 100 million adults in America are carrying medical debt. Even if that figure includes every one of the approximately 30 million of us who are uninsured, that would still leave 70 million who
Your members and readers may be interested in what you have to say about the Mackenzie Scott-funded RIP Medical Debt organization. Please do an email blast addressing their mission and whether they are part of the solution or addressing symptoms only rather than the root cause of our systemic health system failures.
Mr. Potter, I have followed your writings and appreciate your efforts.
However, capping out of pocket costs won't help if people can't get the necessary approvals/referrals for treatment. As you are well aware, insurance companies deny, deny, deny.
Mr Potter I am a DPC physician and follow your writing ,posts and have heard you speak at many conferences. What me and my colleagues do across the country is completely under recognized and under supported. If we gave all Americans the ability to have the funds to pay for primary care- and I mean real primary care not eight minute visits- wholesale medications, labs and imaging the deductible issue wouldn’t be as much of an issue. And the cost of premiums, especially in self funded plans, would also decrease or at least stabilize. Maybe we should keep things simple and “ensure” robust, affordable and accessible primary care/mental health for all and real insurance for all? We need a maven like yourself to show medical students and residents that primary care can be rewardable and most of all valued again
This is madness. Not only do we not have single payer for all but have millions going bankrupt WITH so-called insurance . We deserve better.
Good effort. Glad it's getting some response from both sides of the aisle in Congress.
Your members and readers may be interested in what you have to say about the Mackenzie Scott-funded RIP Medical Debt organization. Please do an email blast addressing their mission and whether they are part of the solution or addressing symptoms only rather than the root cause of our systemic health system failures.
Mr. Potter, I have followed your writings and appreciate your efforts.
However, capping out of pocket costs won't help if people can't get the necessary approvals/referrals for treatment. As you are well aware, insurance companies deny, deny, deny.
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Mr Potter I am a DPC physician and follow your writing ,posts and have heard you speak at many conferences. What me and my colleagues do across the country is completely under recognized and under supported. If we gave all Americans the ability to have the funds to pay for primary care- and I mean real primary care not eight minute visits- wholesale medications, labs and imaging the deductible issue wouldn’t be as much of an issue. And the cost of premiums, especially in self funded plans, would also decrease or at least stabilize. Maybe we should keep things simple and “ensure” robust, affordable and accessible primary care/mental health for all and real insurance for all? We need a maven like yourself to show medical students and residents that primary care can be rewardable and most of all valued again