Originally Posted by Tomastoria
I don't see any hope for a "cash only" practice. Obamacare is supposed to make not having insurance "illegal" -- and very few people are going to pay for medical care outside of their insurance plans.


When you have $2500-$10,000 deductibles, you don't really have insurance. It's only catastrophic coverage. If your lucky you have a MSA, and it makes it easier to document the deductible items, and makes them pre-tax.

The concept of high deductible health "insurance" works in favor of the hospitals primarily, but I think it probably won't effect the cash (credit card) practices.


Wendell
Pediatrician in Chicago

The patient's expectation is that you have all the answers, sometimes they just don't like the answer you have for them