News-Record.com

The North Carolina Piedmont Triad's top go-to source for News
A service of the News & Record, Greensboro, North Carolina

Home

To Your Health

« Sad news | Main | Be nice or ... what, exactly? »

Doctors who don't take insurance

Maggie Mahar at The Health Care Blog writes about physicians who no longer accept any kind of health insurance.

How does it work? From the physician's standpoint, it means less time and resources devoted to insurance paperwork, which in turn means more time with patients. The down side? It's likely that fewer people will get health care because they can't afford it. Still, for certain types of practices (primarily primary care) it might work. Take a look at her post and tell me what you think.

Also: Do you know of any physicians locally who aren't taking any insurance? Please let me know.

TrackBack

TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://blog.news-record.com/cgi-sys/cgiwrap/nradmin/managed-mt/mt-tb.cgi/2279

Post a comment

Users who post comments to this blog tacitly agree to observe the News & Record Online Service Terms of Use and Content Submission Agreement. Comments which do not adhere to the terms of this agreement may be removed and the submitter may be banned from further participation. Please use the feedback form at the bottom of any page to report abuse of this feature.

ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT

Search

Channels
Font Size
Tools
Question, Comment or Suggestion? Please contact us.

News & Record and NRinteractive

200 E. Market Street, Greensboro, NC 27401 (336) 373-7000 (800) 553-6880
1813 N. Main Street, High Point, NC 27262 (336) 883-4422
203 E. Harris Place, Eden, NC 27288 (336) 627-1781
4213 S. Church Street, Burlington, NC 27215 (336) 449-7064

Copyright (C) 2008 News & Record and Landmark Communications, Inc.