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March 24, 2006
Fewer Physicians Providing Charity Care, Study Says
A report just put out by the Center for Studying Health System Change tells us that doctors are now spending less time taking care of people who are uninsured. Meanwhile the ranks the uninsured people are swelling...
Apparently, they used to do a lot more, but since the rise of HMOs and other health rationing devices doctors been making less money overall. Incentives matter, and right now our system is putting out powerful incentives to not take care of sick people. Indeed, many people in charge of creating health-rationing policy in this country are laboring under the idea that Americans simply want too much coverage, and should have even smaller access too it. If this seems nuts, there’s a good reason for it...
Let’s see: consumers are spending more and doctors are making less. Who the hell is making all the money? More importantly, who do we want to be making all the money? I’d bet your answer to the first question is different from your answer to the second. Mine sure is...
(Via Health Policy Blog, a blog you should read more often.)
Posted by Andrew at March 24, 2006 10:53 AM
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