Leslie, I know what you mean. There just are too many "insurance whores."
Look at adult vaccinations. The insurance companies pay too little for you to offer this service profitably. Many doctors stopped providing the service. But, there are so many who still just accept the unviable reimbursements from the insurance companies that those who try to do that as a business can't get the volume needed. And many of those who do try it make the age-old mistake of small businesses...they don't charge enough for the product/service, sometimes charging as low as the insurance reimbursement feeling that this is much better because at least they don't have to file claim and wait for the reimbursement. I have found a couple places actually providing the services darn near at cost! Luckily, they don't advertise so most people only know about them by word of mouth (which is how I found out...one of our regular patients bragged to us about how little this place charged, then proceeded to try to ask Alice medical questions about the vaccinations that they didn't take the time to answer. She told them they needed to go back and ask the physician who administered the vaccination.)
