Robert Berry, DO
@txsportsdoc
Ortho Sports Med Director Former NFL Doc|Author|CA by birth TX by Choice| Podcast: The Call Room
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As @DrBruggeman discussed on latest @DRsLoungePod since NSA, the payouts on OON for many specialties went down, not up. This means insurers paid out less than before, so why wouldn’t they support the NSA? Because the INS co want to control pricing for all doctors in the US. Have those savings mentioned above been passed along to the already insured or did we see premiums go up? Do we really believe that when insurers can price fix and limit doctor fees, those savings will get passed onto patients in form of lower premiums? Don’t believe the false narrative pushed by INS. Many of us have offered real tangible, implementable ways to lower healthcare costs, but no takers.
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When you understand how the model works, this is just part of the game. Premiums will never go down, only up. This is how they make money. These same plans will then deny care and often limited networks. We don’t even take a single one of them in our practice. Many pay worse than Medicare. Coverage doesn’t equal care. Pass it on.
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