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BrainBurner · 3882 days ago · link · · parent · post: How Being a Doctor Became the Most Miserable Profession
My father is a PCP, and I myself work in his office as a receptionist. Medicaid and Medicare are the absolute worst insurers in terms of payouts. They intentionally make the process of documentation so arduous, and the payouts so small, that PCPs don't even bother processing those claims. At least the private insurance companies pay out for the verification that they force physicians to endure. I support the idea behind the ACA but this really article summarizes nicely why it is a poor law. The devil is in the details, and until the system is streamlined and reformed, as the article states, the public is going to face rising costs and a increasing shortage of PCPs.