Your doctor doesn't give a shot...they can't afford to
source: http://money.cnn.com/2009/09/08/news/economy/health_care_vaccinations/index.htm?postversion=...
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Parents who bring their kids to Dr. G. Andrew McIntosh for the chicken pox vaccine are out of luck.
The family physician, who has a solo practice in Uniontown, Ohio, doesn't offer that shot because he can't afford it. Most insurers won't sufficiently cover the cost.
"It doesn't do me any good. I am losing money on [them]," he said. The chicken pox vaccine runs about $115, but insurers only cover between $68 to $83 of that.
McIntosh has also cut back on a handful of other critical childhood vaccines for the same reason -- including the measles, mumps and rubella, known as the MMR vaccine.
It costs him about $58 to buy an MMR shot, he said, while insurers pay about about $40.
The family physician, who has a solo practice in Uniontown, Ohio, doesn't offer that shot because he can't afford it. Most insurers won't sufficiently cover the cost.
"It doesn't do me any good. I am losing money on [them]," he said. The chicken pox vaccine runs about $115, but insurers only cover between $68 to $83 of that.
McIntosh has also cut back on a handful of other critical childhood vaccines for the same reason -- including the measles, mumps and rubella, known as the MMR vaccine.
It costs him about $58 to buy an MMR shot, he said, while insurers pay about about $40.
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How is that corporate-controlled medicine working out?
Raise your mouse if you want a profit-motivated insurer to come between you and your doctor.
Wow. What is wrong with the public's capacity for critical thinking?
This post is just such a stellar example of the above-mentioned problem.
It's time Americans put down their partisan slingshots and came together and formulated a plan to begin to vote in their own common best interests for once and just set aside their partisan interests.
Unless you want Red China to be your daddy. Think about it. - 2 years ago
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